Alignment Healthcare (ALHC) Reports Q4: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings

Health insurance company Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ:ALHC) will be reporting results this Thursday after market hours. Here’s what investors should know.

Alignment Healthcare beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $993.7 million, up 43.5% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and full-year EBITDA guidance exceeding analysts’ expectations. It added 5,900 customers to reach a total of 229,600.

This quarter, the market is expecting Alignment Healthcare’s revenue to grow 43% year on year, slowing from the 50.7% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Alignment Healthcare has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations.

Looking at Alignment Healthcare’s peers in the health insurance providers segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. CVS Health delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 8.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2%, and Cigna reported revenues up 10.4%, topping estimates by 3.8%. CVS Health traded up 1.6% following the results while Cigna was also up 7.5%.

The euphoria surrounding Trump’s November win lit a fire under major indices, but potential tariffs have caused the market to do a 180 in 2025. While some of the health insurance providers stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 3.7% on average over the last month. Alignment Healthcare is down 19.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $25.17 (compared to the current share price of $19.60).

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