Humana Inc. (HUM - Free Report) is one of the largest health care plan providers in the United States.

At present Humana’s core operations include the provision of health insurance benefits under Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), Private Fee-For-Service (PFFS), and Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plans.

The company also provides other benefits with specialty products including dental, vision, and other supplementary benefits. Humana capitalizes on its established Accountable Care arrangement to provide its Medicare Advantage (MA) members with quality care at an affordable price. 

Currently, Humana has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), but that could definitely change following its earnings report which was just released. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

We have highlighted some of the key stats from this just-revealed announcement below:

Earnings: Humana surpassed our earnings estimate. Our consensus called for EPS of $2.06, and the company reported EPS of $2.09.

Revenue: Revenues miss our estimates. Our consensus called for revenues of $13.51 billion, and the company reported revenues of $13.46 billion.

Humana Inc. Price and EPS Surprise

Humana Inc. Price and EPS Surprise | Humana Inc. Quote

Key Stats to Note:

Benefit ratio decreased 320 basis points to 81.2% in the quarter. Operating cost ratio increased 90 basis points to 14.9%.

Cash flows from operations totaled $1.94 billion at the end of 2016, which compared favorably to cash flow from operations of $868 million in the prior year.