Independence Holding Company (IHC): Price and Financial Metrics

IHC POWR Grades

• IHC scores best on the Sentiment dimension, with a Sentiment rank ahead of 81.76% of US stocks.
• IHC's strongest trending metric is Value; it's been moving down over the last 179 days.
• IHC ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 1st percentile.

IHC Stock Summary

• IHC's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 1.11 -- higher than merely 5.83% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• For IHC, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by merely 0.43% of US equities we're observing.
• 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 96.82% of US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to IHC, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are EIG, FHI, EBF, EVI, and TAYD.
• IHC's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Independence Holding Co's official 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

Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -84.18%.
• The 5 year price growth rate now stands at 65.73%.
• Its 2 year revenue growth rate is now at 14.04%.

IHC's revenue has moved down $174,656,000 over the prior 67 months.

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.