The framework has shifted from markup to markdown since the last review. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 5.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 4%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (24 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $341.
Cigna
CI · a US exchange · USD · Market cap $72.9B · 65,669 employees
The Cigna Group, together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance and related products and services in the United States.
PASS · Titan Ethical · score 85.8At the last full screen
2026-09-08
Screened 2026-09-08 · the tape above runs as of 22:12 UTC · 11 Sep · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
This name holds its accumulation label.
Cigna holds its Accumulation at $275.83. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 153 days.
| Phase | Accumulation |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 153 days |
| Price at the screen | $275.83 |
| Valuation | 11.41 trailing · 8.24 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | PASS · score 85.8 |
| Beta | 0.32 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Full pass across all five screens. This security clears the Titan Ethical Standard: its business and its balance sheet both stay inside the lines.
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Permissible | Core business clean | Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. | Pass |
| Debt load | 19.92% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is just 19.9% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money. | Pass |
| Interest-bearing cash | 2.24% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 2.2% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 23.08% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 23.1% of assets, under the 49% limit. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 0.00% | Below 5% | Only 0.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. | Pass |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
What the Numbers Say It Is WorthThe Fair Value Range
Our framework reads OPPORTUNITY: it trades at roughly a 45% discount to our $400.00 fair value, weak competitive moat, 6.70% revenue growth.
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-08 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 45.0% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 24 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits +24% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-08 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain WordsHealth coverage priced like a fragile business
Picture a family in Ohio sorting pharmacy bills and specialist visits each month. Cigna moves that money through pharmacy benefits and employer plans, yet the shares sit at just 8.4 times forward earnings with a 42 percent gap to our 400 fair value. Revenue edges up 5 percent and return on equity holds at 16 percent, which is why the opportunity stands out.
Analysts see the same picture, with a 340 median target and a buy consensus from 24 firms. The business splits between Evernorth services and core healthcare coverage, both steady in a market that never stops needing claims processing.
The weak moat leaves room for rivals to chip away at margins that already run at only 2 percent, and any regulatory shift on drug pricing could squeeze results quickly. Analysis, not advice.
| Forward P/E | 8.2xpriced for continued growth |
| Trailing P/E | 11.4xreasonably valued |
| EPS, trailing | 24.18 |
| EPS, forward | 33.49 |
| Revenue growth | +6.7%slow but positive growth |
| Profit margin | 2.3%barely profitable |
| Return on equity | 16.8%a solid return on shareholder capital |
| FCF yield | 10.95% |
| Dividend yield | 2.12% |
| Debt to equity | 0.74moderate, manageable leverage |
| Current ratio | 0.85below 1: short-term bills exceed liquid assets |
| Beta | 0.32barely tracks the market's swings |
| Short interest, float | 0.02% |
| 52-week range | 239.51 - 315.47 |
| Moat | WEAK |
| Market cap | $72.9B |
| Employees | 65,669 |
The risks · The main risks here are ordinary market swings and the chance our fair-value read proves too optimistic.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Every Entry, As Written
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 4%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (24 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $342. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 4%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (24 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $342. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 4%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (24 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $342. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 4%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (24 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $342. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 2.9% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 4%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (24 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $342. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 4%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (24 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $342. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 2.8% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 4%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (24 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $342. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 4%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 16%. The street (24 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $342.
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
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| Date | Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-13 | CORDANI DAVID M | Chief Executive Officer | 212,543 | $36,205,221 | |
| 2026-05-12 | CORDANI DAVID M | Chief Executive Officer | 201,878 | $59,114,186 | |
| 2026-04-22 | MAZZARELLA KATHLEEN M. | Director | 782 | · | |
| 2026-04-22 | FOSS ERIC J. | Director | 782 | · | |
| 2026-04-22 | ZARCONE DONNA F | Director | 782 | · | |
| 2026-04-22 | HENNIGAN MICHAEL J | Director | 782 | · | |
| 2026-04-22 | WISEMAN ERIC C | Director | 782 | · | |
| 2026-04-22 | KURIAN GEORGE | Director | 782 | · | |
| 2026-04-22 | MCCLELLAN MARK B | Director | 782 | · | |
| 2026-04-22 | ROSS KIMBERLY A | Director | 782 | · |
Public filings, recorded as found. The full tape lives at Insider Intelligence.
| Date | Politician | Party | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Apr2026 | Josh Gottheimer | Democrat | sell | 1K–15K |
| 9 Apr2026 | Josh Gottheimer | Democrat | sell | 15K–50K |
| 9 Apr2026 | Scott Peters | Democrat | buy | 50K–100K |
| 9 Apr2026 | Scott Peters | Democrat | sell | 500K–1M |
| 8 May2026 | Ro Khanna | Democrat | buy | 1K–15K |
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $287.40 | +2.9% | $1.56 | $1,035 | +3.5% |
| 2 months | $269.69 | +9.7% | $1.56 | $1,103 | +10.3% |
| 3 months | $264.35 | +11.9% | $1.56 | $1,125 | +12.5% |
| 6 months | $269.21 | +9.9% | $3.12 | $1,111 | +11.1% |
| 1 year | $306.82 | -3.6% | $6.14 | $984 | -1.6% |
| 2 years | $325.49 | -9.1% | $11.96 | $946 | -5.4% |
| 3 years | $251.13 | +17.8% | $17.22 | $1,247 | +24.7% |
| 5 years | $220.58 | +34.1% | $26.16 | $1,460 | +46.0% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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