Independence Holding Company (IHC): Price and Financial Metrics

IHC POWR Grades

• IHC scores best on the Sentiment dimension, with a Sentiment rank ahead of 84.22% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for IHC is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 52 weeks.
• IHC's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 0.86% of US stocks).

IHC Stock Summary

• With a one year PEG ratio of 1.11, Independence Holding Co is expected to have a higher PEG ratio (a measure of how expensive a stock is relative to its expected earnings growth) than only 5.12% of US stocks.
• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for Independence Holding Co is higher than it is for about just 0.37% of US stocks.
• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, Independence Holding Co is reporting a growth rate of 716.44%; that's higher than 96.98% of US stocks.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Independence Holding Co, a group of peers worth examining would be BV, JHG, CR, EVI, and HI.
• Visit IHC's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.ihcgroup.com.

IHC Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Financial Services stock, IHC's price/earnings ratio is 43.64% lower, now standing at 6.2.
• Over the past 243 months, IHC's EV/EBIT ratio has gone down 0.4.
• IHC's price/earnings ratio has moved down 3 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for IHC.

IHC Growth Metrics

• The year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 154.49%.
• Its 5 year price growth rate is now at 64.39%.
• Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 123.89%.

Over the past 33 months, IHC's revenue has gone down $50,933,000.

The table below shows IHC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-09-30	299.842	55.32	104.945
2021-06-30	406.549	76.71	96.274
2021-03-31	464.524	70.128	20.224
2020-12-31	443.864	51.422	18.881
2020-09-30	414.501	45.552	4.067
2020-06-30	396.446	37.682	1.521

IHC's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• IHC has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 73.02% of graded US stocks.
• IHC's asset turnover comes in at 0.361 -- ranking 43rd of 133 Insurance stocks.
• CIA, AXS, and JRVR are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with IHC.

The table below shows IHC's key quality metrics over time.