What Happened?
Shares of online health insurance comparison site eHealth (NASDAQ: EHTH) jumped 23.6% in the afternoon session after the company reported strong first quarter 2025 results which significantly beat analysts' revenue, EPS, and EBITDA expectations. In addition, full-year EBITDA guidance topped Wall Street's estimates. Medicare Advantage sign-ups rose by 25%, leading to a similar growth in the number of people approved for those plans. This gave the company a boost in total sales from last year. Zooming out, we think this was a good print with some key areas of upside.
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What The Market Is Telling Us
eHealth’s shares are extremely volatile and have had 47 moves greater than 5% over the last year. But moves this big are rare even for eHealth and indicate this news significantly impacted the market’s perception of the business.
eHealth is down 32.2% since the beginning of the year, and at $6.05 per share, it is trading 45.7% below its 52-week high of $11.14 from February 2025. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of eHealth’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $52.09.
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