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Financial profile · Q3 FY2026

Premium growth at scale, with earnings sensitive to medical costs

Humana has expanded revenue over time, but operating earnings have not kept pace with that growth. Its insurer economics remain sensitive to benefit costs and Medicare pricing, while administrative efficiency can partly offset claims pressure.

What is developing

The latest results continued rapid revenue growth but left only a narrow operating margin, showing that enrollment scale has not yet translated into consistent operating leverage. Higher benefit costs absorbed much of the added premium revenue, despite improved administrative cost efficiency.

What matters next

Whether the benefit ratio improves as the effects of new-member mix and Star Ratings funding become clearer.

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54B 53.4B 56.4B 64.4B 76B 82.9B 92.5B 105.3B 116.5B 128.7B
54.4B 53.8B 56.9B 64.9B 77.2B 83.1B 92.9B 106.4B 117.8B 129.7B
(52.6B) (50.4B) (53.8B) (61.7B) (72.2B) (79.8B) (88.7B) (101.7B) (114.7B) (126.3B)
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(354m) (378m) (405m) (458m) (489m) (596m) (709m) (779m) (839m) (698m)
(45B) (43.5B) (45.9B) (53.9B) (61.6B) (69.2B) (75.7B) (88.4B) (100.7B) (110.8B)
(7.3B) (6.6B) (7.5B) (7.1B) (10.1B) (10B) (12.3B) (12.3B) (13B) (14.5B)
1.7B 3.3B 3.1B 3.2B 5B 3.3B 4.2B 4.7B 3B 3.4B
(189m) (242m) (218m) (242m) (283m) (326m) (401m) (493m) (660m) (631m)
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1.6B 4B 2.1B 3.5B 4.6B 3.4B 3.6B 3.4B 1.7B 1.6B
(938m) (1.4B) (352m) (763m) (1.3B) (485m) (762m) (836m) (413m) (250m)
614m 2.6B 1.7B 2.7B 3.3B 2.9B 2.8B 2.5B 1.3B 1.3B
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614m 2.4B 1.7B 2.7B 3.4B 2.9B 2.8B 2.5B 1.2B 1.2B
4.07 16.81 12.16 20.09 25.31 22.67 22.08 20.00 9.99 9.83