Sector Alpha Week of 2026-08-05
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Alignment Healthcare, Inc.

ALHC
Healthcare · Healthcare Plans

Alignment Healthcare, Inc.'s three tracks disagree. Price, valuation and the earnings engine each tell a different story — the next quarter or two settles it.

Biggest watch item: margins are the best this company has ever printed — every ratio flatters at record profitability, so the whole story leans on margins holding.

The price is building a base (2 weeks in). Underneath, the last four quarters read improving. What settles it: the next one or two quarters of delivery.

Price
$13.5
+4.2% 1Y
P/E
68.4×
vs its own history
Revenue (Mar 26)
$1.2 B
+33.3% YoY
Profit (Mar 26)
$0.0 B
Operating margin
1.6%
+2.7 pp YoY
ROE
20%
FY25
ROIC
9.9%
vs WACC 9.8% → +0.1 pp
01 · Price story

Price story Before the numbers, the tape. A stock price moves through four repeating seasons: a flat base (stage 1), an advance (2), a top (3), a decline (4). Where the price sits in that cycle frames everything below.

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. trades at $13.5, building a base and 2 weeks into that stage. That is −29.9% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 0% of a 52-week range of $14 to $24. On relative strength it is currently behind the S&P 500 on a trailing-13-week view (5 weeks and counting).

Today the stock is building a base — week 2 of stage 1. At $13.5 it trades −29.9% versus its 200-day average and sits at 0% of its 52-week range ($14–$24).

Aug 26: $13.5 Weekly closing price ($) with 50- and 200-day averages; shaded bands mark the price stage (grey base, green advance, amber top, red decline). 3-year window.
−29.9% versus the 200-day line, week 2 of stage 1
Price50-day avg200-day avg
S4S3S4S2S2$25.3$19.8$14.2$8.7$3.2$$14$19Jul 23Apr 24Jan 25Oct 25Aug 26
S4S3S4S2S2$25.3$19.8$14.2$8.7$3.2$$14$19Jul 23Jan 25Aug 26
Beating or trailing, week by week since 2021 Each cell is one week from 2021 to now (280 weeks): the stock's trailing 13-week return minus the S&P 500's, green ahead / red behind (±25% ramp). Grey cells are the 13-week warm-up or weeks where the S&P 500 reading is not held.
trailing 13-week return vs the S&P 500
Apr 21Aug 26

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 5.3 years the stock moved −42% while the S&P 500 moved +93% — behind the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock is currently behind (5 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-07-02) — the ribbon below is that same metric, week by week.

What would end the trend, mechanically: two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day line. That is the exit rule — no debates.

02 · Valuation

Valuation P/E is the price of $1 of annual profit: how many dollars the market pays for each dollar the company earns in a year.

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. trades at 68.4× P/E, against too little history to rank. This places the multiple against the stock’s own record, and says nothing about what the business is worth.

Today's P/E of 68.4× is against too little history to rank. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.

P/E
68.4×
too little history to rank
PEG
1.31
derived from 3-year earnings growth

Put together: the multiple is unremarkable against its own past, so the story rests on the earnings line underneath it, not the multiple.

03 · Stage: No read

Stage: No read Every business sits somewhere on a fundamental arc, and this page names the spot before anything else. The last twelve quarters of revenue, profit and EPS growth — plus the return the business earns on its capital — are read as curves: Deteriorating (the curves are falling), Turning around (a trough has just formed and the last few quarters lift off it), Improving (the climb off the trough is sustained), Consistent (steadily positive with healthy returns), Topping out (still high but decelerating from the peak). When the curves genuinely disagree the read is Mixed; too little history is No read. CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is the smooth yearly pace that turns the starting value into the latest one — the fairest way to compare growth across different time spans. Read the columns together: if the 1-year number towers over the 10-year, recent growth is running hotter than the long-run trend. A dash means that window is not held, or the base year was a loss (where a growth rate is not meaningful).

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. reads as no read on its fundamental arc. Under eight usable quarters on the growth trio — not enough history for an honest trajectory read. The read is built from 12 quarters across 2 curves, on partial evidence.

Growth, year by year: revenue +46.3% in FY25 Year-over-year growth per fiscal year, %: revenue (left axis); net profit and EPS (right axis — profit growth swings far wider). Zero line drawn.
Revenue YoY
50%43%35%28%20%%46.3%FY21FY23FY25
50%43%35%28%20%%46.3%FY21FY23FY25
Three growth curves, twelve quarters Year-on-year growth of trailing-twelve-month revenue (left axis), profit and EPS (right axis — they swing far wider), % at each quarter-end. A missing point means that reading is not held for the quarter.
the trajectory the stage is read from · revenue rolling over
Revenue
51%44%36%29%22%%42%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
51%44%36%29%22%%42%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
ROCE Trailing-twelve-month operating profit (before interest and tax) as a share of average capital employed — total assets minus current liabilities, the standard textbook basis, %.
the return curve, computed quarterly
ROCE
12%−1.4%−15%−28%−41%%8.2%Jun 23Dec 23Sep 24Jun 25Mar 26
12%−1.4%−15%−28%−41%%8.2%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
Revenue growth
Steady high
latest +42.0% · span +23.7% to +49.1%
ROCE
Rising
latest 8.2% · span −37.7%–8.2%

Why it matters: with too little history, an honest page says so instead of guessing a trajectory.

Fewer than eight usable quarters on the growth curves — this page will not guess a trajectory from a stub of history.

Compound annual growth rate (%) Compound annual growth rate over each window, %. Revenue, profit and EPS from fiscal-year figures; stock price is the price CAGR over the same spans. A dash = that window is not held, or the base was a loss.
1yr3yr5yr10yr
Revenue+46.3%+40.3%
Stock price+4.2%+28.0%−7.8%
Revenue YoY (Mar 26)
+33.3%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Revenue 10y
35.6%
long-run compound pace
04 · 4-Factor Sector Score

4-Factor Sector Score

37.2/100 — rank 9 of 11 in Healthcare Plans · 58% evidence confidence

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. scores 37.2 out of 100 against the 11 companies it is compared with in Healthcare Plans, ranking 9. Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 18.5 + 10.2 + 8.5 + 0 = 37.2. This is the SAME number shown on the sector comparison — it is computed once, for the whole peer set, and read here.

What would change it: The read weakens if profit growth turns negative or margin improvement reverses while sector-relative strength deteriorates.

05 · Revenue

Revenue Revenue is the top line: everything the company billed its customers in the period.

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. reported $1.2 B of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +33.3% year on year. That is the 12th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 4 years it has compounded at 35.6% a year. The last full year, FY25, came in at $4.0 B. The last four reported quarters add to $4.3 B.

FY25 revenue came in at $4.0 B (+46.3% on the year), capping 4 years at 35.6% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed $1.2 B, +33.3% year on year — the 12th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

FY25 revenue $4.0 B (+46.3% YoY) Revenue bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 5-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
35.6% a year over 4 years
RevenueYoY growth
4.350%3.243%2.135%1.128%0.020%$ B%$4B46.3%FY21FY23FY25
4.350%3.243%2.135%1.128%0.020%$ B%$4B46.3%FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: $1.2 B (+33.3% YoY) Quarterly revenue bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
12th straight quarter of growth
Revenue (quarterly)YoY growth
1.352%1.045%0.737%0.330%0.022%$ B%$1B33.3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
1.352%1.045%0.737%0.330%0.022%$ B%$1B33.3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +42.8% growth against the decade's 35.6% — the current year is running faster than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +42.0% over the last 4 quarters against +45.2%/yr over the last 8 — rolling over.

06 · Operating margin

Operating margin Operating margin is what is left of every $100 of sales after running the business, before interest and tax. It is the cleanest read on pricing power and cost control.

Alignment Healthcare, Inc.'s operating margin is 1.6% in the Mar 26 quarter, +2.7 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. That is the widest this company has ever printed on a full-year basis. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −15.4% to 0.3%. The current quarter is running above every full year in that window.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 1.6%, +2.7 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −15.4%–0.3%, and FY25's 0.3% is the top of that band — a record year.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +2.7 pp year on year while gross margin went −0.5 pp — the gain came mostly below the gross line: operating leverage, with costs spread over a bigger revenue base.

Worth repeating from the valuation section: cheap against its own history on record margins is not the same thing as cheap — a record margin flatters every ratio built on top of it.

FY25: 0.3% Operating margin by fiscal year, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). 5-year window.
the widest a −15.4–0.3% band over 5 years
operating marginYoY change (pp)
1.6%6.6%−3.0%5.4%−7.5%4.2%−12%2.9%−17%1.7%%%0.3%4%FY21FY23FY25
1.6%6.6%−3.0%5.4%−7.5%4.2%−12%2.9%−17%1.7%%%0.3%4%FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: 1.6% operating margin (+2.7 pp YoY) Quarterly operating margin, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). Last 12 quarters. Operating profit as a share of revenue, per quarter.
Operating marginYoY change (pp)
2.8%6.2%−0.2%4.1%−3.3%2.0%−6.3%−0.1%−9.3%−2.2%%%1.6%2.7%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
2.8%6.2%−0.2%4.1%−3.3%2.0%−6.3%−0.1%−9.3%−2.2%%%1.6%2.7%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
07 · Net profit

Net profit Net profit is what survives every cost, interest and tax — the number EPS, dividends and book value all grow from.

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. earned $0.0 B of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter. Full-year FY25 profit was $0.0 B. That is 0.8% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier lost $0.01 B. 9 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

Mar 26 profit was $0.0 B, null year on year. On the full year, FY25 printed $0.0 B (null).

FY25 profit $0.0 B (null YoY) Net profit bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 5-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
Net profit
0.02−0.04−0.10−0.16−0.22$ B$0BFY21FY23FY25
0.02−0.04−0.10−0.16−0.22$ B$0BFY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: $0.0 B (null YoY) Quarterly net profit bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
Net profit (quarterly)
0.030.01−0.02−0.04−0.06$ B$0BJun 23Sep 24Mar 26
0.030.01−0.02−0.04−0.06$ B$0BJun 23Sep 24Mar 26
08 · Cash flow — the router

Cash flow — the router The P&L says what was earned; the cash-flow statement says what actually arrived. Operating cash flow (CFO) against profit is the cleanest lie detector in the accounts.

Alignment Healthcare, Inc.'s cash-flow history is too thin to judge how much reported profit converts into cash. In FY25 that was $0.1 B of operating cash against $0.0 B of profit. After $0.0 B of capital spending, $0.1 B was left as free cash. Cash resolution here is annual, because quarterly cash statements are not published.

FY25: operating cash of $0.1 B against reported profit of $0.0 B, leaving free cash of $0.1 B after $0.0 B of capital spending.

Cash-flow readings here are annual — that is the resolution our series carries, so this section moves once a year.

FY25: CFO $0.1 B vs profit $0.0 B Operating cash flow and net profit by fiscal year, $ B; the line is free cash flow (CFO minus capital spending). 5-year window, annual resolution.
Operating cashNet profitFree cash
0.20.10.0−0.1−0.2$ B$0B$0B$0BFY21FY23FY25
0.20.10.0−0.1−0.2$ B$0B$0B$0BFY21FY23FY25
Jun 26: operating cash $−0.0 B Operating cash per quarter, $ B (bars); conversion = operating cash as % of net profit (line, right). Last 12 quarters. Dashed line = 100%.
Operating cash (quarterly)Conversion100%
0.141,396%0.091,048%0.04700%−0.01352%−0.060.0%$ B%$0B1,300%Sep 23Dec 24Jun 26
0.141,396%0.091,048%0.04700%−0.01352%−0.060.0%$ B%$0B1,300%Sep 23Dec 24Jun 26

Router verdict: the visible cash user is investment — the next section checks what the spending is buying.

09 · Where the cash goes

Where the cash goes Working capital is the cash tied up between paying suppliers and getting paid: debtor days (customers owe), inventory days (stock waits), and the cash conversion cycle (the whole loop, in days of sales).

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. does not report the debtor, inventory and payable day-counts a cash cycle is built from, so this section reads the investment side instead. Capital spending ran $0.0 B over the last 3 years. Averaged over those years that is 0.0% of FY25 revenue a year.

Working-capital day-counts are not in our numbers for this stock, so this section reads the investment side — where the cash is being put to work.

On the investment side: capital spending of $0.0 B over the last 3 fiscal years.

FY25: capex $0.0 B Capital spending per fiscal year, $ B (bars).
steady investment
Capex
0.040.030.020.010.00$ B$0BFY21FY23FY25
0.040.030.020.010.00$ B$0BFY21FY23FY25
Jun 26: capex $0.0 B in the quarter Capital spending per quarter, $ B (bars, left); free cash flow, $ B (line, right). Last 12 quarters.
Capex (quarterly)Free cash
0.0110.130.0080.080.0050.030.003−0.020.000−0.07$ B$ B$0B$0BSep 23Dec 24Jun 26
0.0110.130.0080.080.0050.030.003−0.020.000−0.07$ B$ B$0B$0BSep 23Dec 24Jun 26

The synthesis: the cash is going into capacity, not disappearing into the cycle — the question becomes whether the new capacity earns.

10 · Return on equity

Return on equity Return on equity (ROE) is the profit the business earns on its shareholders’ money. With the full capital-employed split not in our numbers, ROE is the cleanest long ladder we can draw here.

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. earns a ROE of 0% in FY25. That is up from a trough of −130% in FY24. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by +0.1 percentage points, so growth here adds value rather than only size. The wiring behind it is 0.0% net margin on 3.69× asset turns.

FY25 ROE is 0%, recovered from a FY24 trough of −130% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY25): 0.0% net margin × 3.69× asset turns × 5.94× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 0.0% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is a meaningful part of the equation.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 9.9% − 9.8% = a +0.1 pp spread. The 9.8% is an estimate of this company's own cost of capital — read the sign and the size of the spread, not the decimals. Positive but thin — value creation with little room for error.

FY25: ROE 0% Return on equity by fiscal year, % (line); ROIC by fiscal year, % (line). 5-year window, dips included. Dashed line = the 9.8% cost of capital used on this page.
the climb back from FY24's −130%
ROEROIC (annual)WACC
476%−1,214%−2,904%−4,594%−6,285%%0%−5,818.3%FY21FY23FY25
476%−1,214%−2,904%−4,594%−6,285%%0%−5,818.3%FY21FY23FY25
Mar 24: ROIC −760.1% (TTM) vs WACC 9.8% Trailing-twelve-month ROIC and ROE, per quarter, %; dashed line = the cost of capital. Last 12 quarters, put on a trailing-twelve-month basis and anchored to the annual figure.
ROIC (TTM)ROE (TTM)WACC
80%−145%−371%−597%−822%%−760.1%18%Sep 23Dec 24Jun 26
80%−145%−371%−597%−822%%−760.1%18%Sep 23Dec 24Jun 26
11 · Dividend

Dividend

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. pays no dividend. Across the last 12 reported quarters it has declared no dividend per share, so there is no payout history to chart and no yield to quote. Companies at this stage typically reinvest earnings rather than distribute them, which makes the cash-flow and reinvestment sections the place that cash shows up.

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. does not currently pay a dividend. Across the last 12 reported quarters the company has declared no dividend per share, so there is no payout history to chart and no yield to quote. Companies at this stage typically reinvest earnings instead of distributing them.

12 · Debt

Debt Debt-to-equity says how much of the business is funded by borrowings. Low is the safe corner; the trend matters as much as the level.

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. carries total debt of $0.3 B against shareholder equity of $0.3 B as of Jun 26, a debt-to-equity of 1.22. On the annual view that ratio went from 0.52 in FY21 to 1.83 in FY25. Read the returns elsewhere on this page with that leverage in mind.

Jun 26: total debt of $0.3 B against shareholder equity of $0.3 B — a debt-to-equity of 1.22. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 0.52 (FY21) to 1.83 (FY25). Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind.

FY25: debt $0.3 B at 1.83× equity Total debt by fiscal year, $ B (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). 5-year window.
Total debtDebt-to-equity
0.43.5×0.32.7×0.21.9×0.11.1×0.00.3×$ B×$0B1.83×FY21FY23FY25
0.43.5×0.32.7×0.21.9×0.11.1×0.00.3×$ B×$0B1.83×FY21FY23FY25
Jun 26: debt $0.3 B, debt-to-equity 1.22 Total debt per quarter, $ B (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). Last 12 quarters.
Total debt (quarterly)Debt-to-equity
0.43.5×0.32.8×0.22.1×0.11.4×0.00.7×$ B×$0B1.22×Sep 23Dec 24Jun 26
0.43.5×0.32.8×0.22.1×0.11.4×0.00.7×$ B×$0B1.22×Sep 23Dec 24Jun 26
13 · Ownership

Ownership There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read here, so we read the crowd through short interest — the slice of tradable shares currently sold short, positioned for a fall.

13.2% of Alignment Healthcare, Inc.'s tradable float is currently sold short — a large bloc is positioned against it. At typical trading volumes those positions would take about 4.7 days to buy back. There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read for this filer, so the crowd is read through short interest instead.

The latest reading: 13.2% of the float is sold short, and at typical trading volumes it would take about 4.7 days to buy those positions back. A large bloc is positioned against it. This is a single point-in-time reading — we do not yet hold its history, so we show no trend chart.

Short interest
13.2%
of the tradable float
Days to cover
4.7
at typical volumes

Why it sits there: who is doing the shorting, and why, does not travel with the number — the level is shown without inventing its story.

14 · Safety line

Safety line The Z-score estimates how far a company sits from balance-sheet distress — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the danger zone. It was built for manufacturers, so it is not applied to banks and lenders.

Alignment Healthcare, Inc.: the Z-score is not available for this stock, so we say so rather than invent one. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure. The debt, cash-flow and return sections above carry the balance-sheet evidence this page does hold, and each of them states its own reporting date.

The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score is not available for this stock, so we say so rather than invent one.

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1Progyny, Inc.PGNY 70.9/100Favorable setup81% evidence LEADER 24.9/35 Revenue 6.6% · PAT 28.9% · OPM change 3.3 pp 83% evidence 14.6/25 ROCE 7.4% · OPM 10.8% 76% evidence 15.5/20 P/E 22.1× · PEG 0.63 65% evidence 15.9/20 RS sector 6.6% · RS bench 21.3% · 1Y 37.8%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 24.9 + 14.6 + 15.5 + 15.9 = 70.9 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
2Oscar Health, Inc.OSCR 68.6/100Favorable setup71% evidence LEADER 21.5/35 Revenue 32% · PAT -130.4% · OPM change 5.4 pp 83% evidence 18.3/25 ROCE 36.6% · OPM 15.2% 76% evidence 8.8/20 P/E 46.8× · PEG — 15% evidence 20.0/20 RS sector 29.2% · RS bench 44.7% · 1Y 96.5%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 21.5 + 18.3 + 8.8 + 20 = 68.6 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
3Clover Health Investments, Corp.CLOV 63.1/100Mixed-positive evidence61% evidence LEADER 25.0/35 Revenue 48.9% · PAT — · OPM change 3.9 pp 62% evidence 9.7/25 ROCE 7.5% · OPM 3.6% 76% evidence 10.0/20 P/E — · PEG — 0% evidence 18.4/20 RS sector 16.3% · RS bench 30% · 1Y 95.9%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 25 + 9.7 + 10 + 18.4 = 63.1 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
4Centene CorporationCNC 53.9/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence LEADER 19.2/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 0.4 pp 45% evidence 8.1/25 ROCE 2.6% · OPM 3.7% 76% evidence 11.2/20 P/E 13.4× · PEG — 15% evidence 15.4/20 RS sector 15.6% · RS bench 30.3% · 1Y 150.4%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 19.2 + 8.1 + 11.2 + 15.4 = 53.9 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
5Humana Inc.HUM 46.6/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence LEADER 13.8/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change -1.9 pp 45% evidence 7.5/25 ROCE 2.5% · OPM 4.4% 76% evidence 9.5/20 P/E 37.6× · PEG — 15% evidence 15.8/20 RS sector 7.1% · RS bench 20.6% · 1Y 35.8%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 13.8 + 7.5 + 9.5 + 15.8 = 46.6 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
6UnitedHealth Group IncorporatedUNH 46.3/100Mixed-negative evidence85% evidence FADING 13.6/35 Revenue 6.5% · PAT -32.5% · OPM change 2.5 pp 95% evidence 10.9/25 ROCE 2.6% · OPM 7.1% 76% evidence 15.2/20 P/E 26.7× · PEG 0.73 65% evidence 6.6/20 RS sector -6.4% · RS bench 6.7% · 1Y 62.4%11 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 13.6 + 10.9 + 15.2 + 6.6 = 46.3 · Decision use: Cheap but unconfirmed: require improving earnings before treating the valuation as an opportunity.
7CVS Health CorporationCVS 44.8/100Mixed-negative evidence71% evidence LEADER 13.6/35 Revenue 7.6% · PAT -44.6% · OPM change 1.1 pp 83% evidence 11.4/25 ROCE 2.8% · OPM 4.7% 76% evidence 9.8/20 P/E 31.6× · PEG — 15% evidence 10.0/20 RS sector -1.1% · RS bench 12.9% · 1Y 59.3%11 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 13.6 + 11.4 + 9.8 + 10 = 44.8 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
8The Cigna GroupCI 39.4/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence ASLEEP 16.2/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 0.4 pp 45% evidence 10.0/25 ROCE 2.7% · OPM 3.4% 76% evidence 11.5/20 P/E 11.4× · PEG — 15% evidence 1.7/20 RS sector -24.7% · RS bench -13% · 1Y -0.3%0 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 16.2 + 10 + 11.5 + 1.7 = 39.4 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
9Alignment Healthcare, Inc.this pageALHC 37.2/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence ASLEEP 18.5/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 1.9 pp 45% evidence 10.2/25 ROCE 7.9% · OPM 1.3% 76% evidence 8.5/20 P/E 125.3× · PEG — 15% evidence 0.0/20 RS sector -43.3% · RS bench -34.6% · 1Y -6.8%3 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 18.5 + 10.2 + 8.5 + 0 = 37.2 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
10Elevance Health, Inc.ELV 35.8/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence FADING 13.6/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change -2.2 pp 45% evidence 8.7/25 ROCE 2.1% · OPM 4% 76% evidence 10.8/20 P/E 17.2× · PEG — 15% evidence 2.7/20 RS sector -14.5% · RS bench -2.1% · 1Y 28.6%10 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 13.6 + 8.7 + 10.8 + 2.7 = 35.8 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
11Molina Healthcare, Inc.MOH 34.1/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence FADING 11.4/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change -3.1 pp 45% evidence 5.8/25 ROCE 1.7% · OPM 0.8% 76% evidence 9.2/20 P/E 39.4× · PEG — 15% evidence 7.7/20 RS sector -13.3% · RS bench -1.2% · 1Y 22%9 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 11.4 + 5.8 + 9.2 + 7.7 = 34.1 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.

Missing observations are not scored as bad. Their missing weight lowers confidence and pulls the final score toward neutral. PEG is not shown when the ratio cannot mean anything: the company must be making a profit, its price-to-earnings must be positive, and its three-year earnings growth must fall between 5% and 60%. Dividing a price multiple by a loss, or by growth measured off a tiny base, produces a number that looks precise and tells you nothing. Under relative strength, one mark per week shows the last 12 weeks: a mark is filled where the company led S&P 500 by 5% or more over the 13 weeks ending that week, which is the same test used everywhere on this site. Price stage places the company on the same six-step curve the sector itself is placed on — basing, turning, breaking out, leader, fading, asleep — read from how many weeks running it has led S&P 500 and whether that lead is widening or shrinking. It describes where the PRICE stands, not the earnings trajectory and not a recommendation, and it is left blank for a company whose weekly history is too short or too stale to read.

16 · Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is Alignment Healthcare, Inc.'s stock price today?

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. trades at $13.5, +4.2% over the past year. The company is valued at $3.0 B. The stock sits at 0% of its 52-week range of $14–$24, −29.9% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is building a base, 2 weeks in. — as of 5 August 2026.

What were Alignment Healthcare, Inc.'s latest quarterly results?

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. reported revenue of $1.2 B and net profit of $0.0 B for the Mar 26 quarter. Earnings per share were $0.05. The operating margin was 1.6%, 2.7 pp higher than a year earlier. — as of 5 August 2026.

What is Alignment Healthcare, Inc.'s revenue?

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. reported revenue of $1.2 B in the Mar 26 quarter, +33.3% year on year. For the full FY25 fiscal year, revenue was $4.0 B (+46.3%). Over the last 4 years revenue compounded at 35.6% a year. — as of 5 August 2026.

What is Alignment Healthcare, Inc.'s profit?

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. earned $0.0 B of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter. Full-year FY25 profit was $0.0 B. The operating margin ran 1.6% in the latest quarter. — as of 5 August 2026.

What is Alignment Healthcare, Inc.'s market cap?

Alignment Healthcare, Inc.'s market capitalisation is $3.0 B at a stock price of $13.5. Market cap is the share price multiplied by shares outstanding, so it is restated whenever the price moves. — as of 5 August 2026.

Does Alignment Healthcare, Inc. pay a dividend?

No — Alignment Healthcare, Inc. has declared no dividend per share in any of its last 12 reported quarters, so there is no payout history and no yield to quote. That is a reading of the filed statements, not an estimate. — as of 5 August 2026.

How is Alignment Healthcare, Inc. performing?

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. is building a base, 2 weeks in. Against the S&P 500 it has been behind on a trailing-13-week view for 5 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 5 August 2026.

Is Alignment Healthcare, Inc. in an uptrend?

No — the price is building a base (week 2 of stage 1), trading −29.9% versus its 200-day average and at 0% of its 52-week range. Price stages cycle base → advance → top → decline, and the stage names where this stock sits in that cycle — as of 5 August 2026.

Is Alignment Healthcare, Inc. beating the market?

Not lately — on a trailing-13-week view Alignment Healthcare, Inc. is currently behind the S&P 500 (5 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-07-02), the same metric the week-by-week ribbon on this page draws. Separately, on the cumulative view: over the last 5.3 years the stock moved −42% against the S&P 500's +93% — behind the index over the full window. — as of 5 August 2026.

Will Alignment Healthcare, Inc.'s stock price go up?

This page publishes no price forecast for Alignment Healthcare, Inc. What it measures instead: the stock price is $13.5, the price is building a base 2 weeks in. Direction is not something this site claims to know. — as of 5 August 2026.

Is the market betting against Alignment Healthcare, Inc.?

Yes — short interest is 13.2% of Alignment Healthcare, Inc.'s tradable float, about 4.7 days to cover at typical volumes. A crowded short: a large bloc is positioned against it. With no quarter-by-quarter holder register here, short interest is the cleanest crowd read we hold — as of 5 August 2026.

Does Alignment Healthcare, Inc. have too much debt?

It carries real leverage — Alignment Healthcare, Inc.'s debt-to-equity is 1.25. A year-by-year borrowings ladder is not in our numbers for this stock, so the latest reading is the cleanest hold. Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind — as of 5 August 2026.

What is Alignment Healthcare, Inc.'s capex?

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. spent $0.0 B on capital expenditure over the last 3 fiscal years, a figure derived from the change in fixed assets plus depreciation. In FY25 alone that was $0.0 B. — as of 5 August 2026.

What is Alignment Healthcare, Inc.'s cash flow?

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. generated $0.1 B of operating cash flow in FY25 and $0.1 B of free cash flow after $0.0 B of capital spending. Reported profit that year was $0.0 B, so operating cash ran ahead of profit. — as of 5 August 2026.

Where is Alignment Healthcare, Inc. in its business cycle?

Alignment Healthcare, Inc.'s FY25 operating margin was 0.3%, against a 5-year band of −15.4%–0.3%: the top of the band — a record year. Record profitability is late-cycle territory: every ratio flatters at the top, and the story leans on margins holding. The latest quarter ran 1.6%. Profitability versus a company's own long band is the cleanest cycle clock this page holds — as of 5 August 2026.

What could break the Alignment Healthcare, Inc. story?

Biggest watch item: margins are the best this company has ever printed — every ratio flatters at record profitability, so the whole story leans on margins holding. Mechanically, two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day average would end the price trend — that is the exit rule this page tracks — as of 5 August 2026.

Is Alignment Healthcare, Inc. a stock worth studying right now?

This is not investment advice. The machine read: Alignment Healthcare, Inc.'s three tracks disagree. Price, valuation and the earnings engine each tell a different story — the next quarter or two settles it. The sharpest open question: the next one or two quarters of delivery. Every number on this page is drawn deterministically from the raw series, with no forecasts and no price opinions — as of 5 August 2026.

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