Magellan Health Inc (NASDAQ:MGLN) Has Attractive Fundamentals, Here’s Why

I’ve been keeping an eye on Magellan Health Inc (NASDAQ:MGLN) because I’m attracted to its fundamentals. Looking at the company as a whole, as a potential stock investment, I believe MGLN has a lot to offer. Basically, it is a company with strong financial health as well as a excellent growth outlook. Below, I’ve touched on some key aspects you should know on a high level. For those interested in understanding where the figures come from and want to see the analysis, take a look at the report on Magellan Health here.

Reasonable growth potential with adequate balance sheet

MGLN is financially robust, with ample cash on hand and short-term investments to meet upcoming liabilities. This implies that MGLN manages its cash and cost levels well, which is a key determinant of the company’s health. MGLN’s has produced operating cash levels of 0.34x total debt over the past year, which implies that MGLN’s management has put its borrowings into good use by generating enough cash to cover a sufficient portion of borrowings.

NasdaqGS:MGLN Future Profit June 21st 18
NasdaqGS:MGLN Future Profit June 21st 18

Next Steps:

For Magellan Health, I’ve compiled three pertinent factors you should further examine:

  1. Historical Performance: What has MGLN’s returns been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.

  2. Valuation: What is MGLN worth today? Is the stock undervalued, even when its growth outlook is factored into its intrinsic value? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether MGLN is currently mispriced by the market.

  3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of MGLN? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!


To help readers see pass the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price sensitive company announcements.

The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned.

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