The Cigna Group (The Cigna Group) Graham Number

: $N/A (As of Dec. 2023)

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Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-04-19), the stock price of The Cigna Group is $348.78. The Cigna Group's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $N/A. Therefore, The Cigna Group's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is N/A.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Cigna Group's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of The Cigna Group was 2.44. The lowest was 1.85. And the median was 2.11.

CI's Price-to-Graham-Number is not ranked ^*
in the Healthcare Plans industry.
Industry Median: 2.41
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Graham-Number only.

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.

The Cigna Group Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Cigna Group's Graham Number can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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The Cigna Group Annual Data

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Competitive Comparison

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, The Cigna Group's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

The Cigna Group Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, The Cigna Group's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Cigna Group's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.

The Cigna Group Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

The Cigna Group's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

	Graham Number
=	sqrt of (22.5	*	Tangible Book per Share	*	EPS without NRI)
=	sqrt of (22.5	*	-98.799	*	25.09)
=	N/A

The Cigna Group's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

	Graham Number
=	sqrt of (22.5	*	Tangible Book per Share	*	EPS without NRI (TTM))
=	sqrt of (22.5	*	-98.799	*	25.1)
=	N/A

The Cigna Group (NYSE:CI) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

The Cigna Group's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number	=	Share Price (Today)	/	Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	348.78	/	N/A
	=	N/A

Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.

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The Cigna Group (The Cigna Group) Business Description

Industry

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Address

900 Cottage Grove Road, Bloomfield, CT, USA, 06002

Website

https://www.cigna.com

Cigna primarily provides pharmacy benefit management and health insurance services. Its PBM services, which were greatly expanded by its 2018 merger with Express Scripts, are mostly sold to health insurance plans and employers. Its largest PBM contract is the Department of Defense and it recently won a deal with top-tier insurer Centene. In health insurance and other benefits, Cigna mostly serves employers through self-funding arrangements, but it also operates in government programs, such as Medicare Advantage. The company operates mostly in the U.S. with 18 million U.S. medical members covered as of the end of June 2023.

Executives

Cynthia Ryan	officer: EVP, CHRO	1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Z, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Nicole S Jones	officer: EVP, General Counsel	1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL18Y, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Agoglia Hoeltzel Mary T	officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer	1601 CHESTNUT STREET, TWO LIBERTY PLACE, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Brian C Evanko	officer: President Government Business	1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Y, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Everett Neville	officer: EVP, Strategy and Business Dev	ONE EXPRESS WAY, ST. LOUIS MO 63121
Paul A Sanford	officer: EVP Operations	1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Z, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Phillip Ozuah	director	30 HUDSON STREET, FLOOR 33, JERSEY CITY NJ 07302
Donna F Zarcone	director	C/O HARLEY DAVIDSON, 3700 W. JUNEAU AVE, MILWAUKEE WI 53208
Michael W Triplett	officer: President, US Markets	1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Y, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Elder Granger	director	5176 S. LEWISTON WAY, CENTENNIAL CO 80015
David Cordani	director, officer: President & CEO	THE CIGNA GROUP, 900 COTTAGE GROVE ROAD, BLOOMFIELD CT 06002
Jason D Sadler	officer: Pres., International Markets	1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Y, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Eric P Palmer	officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer	1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Y, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
David J Brailer	officer: EVP & Chief Health Officer	4 PRESIDIO TERRACE, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94118
Charles Berg	officer: Pres, Govt Programs & Sr Advsr	48 MONROE TURNPIKE, TRUMBULL CT 06611