SocialPicks Sentiment:
** v.s.
other stocks
|
This Quarter's Sentiment:
|
|
|
SocialPicks Community
New Stock Indexes to Track Healthcare Trends
UNH
|
|
|
+16.96%
in
137 days
Below are new healthcare stock indexes I have created, revised, and tracked over the past few years which are now featured at a new website called Investars YOU. The new site includes automated index tracking and allows investors to create custom stock portfolios based on their individual preferences with the ability to invest real money by linking your brokerage account. TEVA, MYL, MO, UNH, AET, WYE, PFE, CRXL, MDRX, QSII, MRGE, ECLP, ZIXI, CPSI, CERN <> The <> <> <> Co...
|
Health Benefit Providers Index Drops on Reform Prospects
UNH
|
|
|
-29.08%
in
119 days
(closed on 06/27/09)
The accompanying table includes 38 companies in the ETF Innovators Health Benefit Providers Index, which was down sharply in the past week and has lost 14% of its market value to a level of 192,305 since I last wrote about the group five weeks ago. <> <> The uncertain future for health insurers and benefit providers that I wrote about previously came to a head this week with plans by President Obama for healthcare reform aimed at cutting health costs by favoring generic drug makers and smaller Medicare Advantage payments to private insurers, along with smaller increases...
|
Who's getting old?
UNH
|
|
|
+44.71%
in
364 days
Damn son of a #!*% stock market. Like yesterdays dollar is only worth .25 today in this bubble bursting market. Oh hi there!
Great bargains are flooding the floor right now and some will make it while others will drown. UNH is a survivor and I am adding it today. Hell the market can't get much lower can it? Anyhow back to the story.
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated provides healthcare services in the United States. The companys Health Care Services segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services; administrative and other management services to customers tha...
|
Health Benefit Providers Need a Check-Up
UNH
|
|
|
+18.96%
in
118 days
(closed on 02/28/09)
<> 
The accompanying table provides statistics and the top seven companies by market cap for the ETFI Health Benefit Providers Index & short ETF proposal of 33 companies with market caps over $100M, which includes all types of pharmacy services (retail, mail order, institutional), pharmacy benefit managers, managed care companies, health insurers, and supplemental health insurance. The 25 lowest rated companies in the index have lost nearly half of their market value in the past year, underperforming the Healthcare Sector S...
|
Bullish on UNH ...
UNH
|
|
|
+4.55%
in
430 days
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated provides healthcare services in the United States. The company�s Health Care Services segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services; administrative and other management services to customers that self-insure the medical costs of their employees and their dependents; and non-employer based insurance options for purchase by individuals, which are designed to meet the health coverage needs of consumers and their families. This segment also delivers health care and well-being services to large national employers, individual consumers, and o...
|
From the Blogosphere
Health Net Beats Estimates – Analyst Blog
|
|
|
Health Net’s (HNT) third-quarter earnings per share came in at 67 cents, well above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 61 cents and the year-ago earnings of 35 cents. The company reported revenues of $4 billion, an increase of 3.9% compared to the corresponding quarter of last year. The company receives revenues in the form of health plan service premiums, government contracts, net investment income and administrative services, fees and other income. <>Health plan services premium, accounting for approximately 80% of total revenues during the quarter increased 3% year over year to $3.17 million...
|
Low PE Portfolio – October 2009 Update
|
|
|
 On the first Tuesday of every month, we will screen our database for the 10 companies with the lowest price to earnings ratio (ModernGraham-style) that are suitable for the enterprising investor. These 10 companies will be placed in a mock portfolio and rebalanced to have a 10% allocation to each company. The starting value of the portfolio is $100,000.00. Dividends will be reinvested in the portfolio.
To see the mock portfolio, you can view this google spreadsheet. This month, the screen resulted in the following companies being targeted: <>Chubb Corp (CB) – 9.01<><>International Shipholdin...
|
Notable Analyst Rating Changes: CSX, UNH, DF, TS Upgraded; SNDK, INTC, VALE Upgraded
UPGRADES:Stifel Nicolaus upgraded shares of CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) from Hold to Buy. The analyst also set a $51 price target on the stock.Morgan Stanley upgrades UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) from Equalweight to Overweight. Price target $33. Stephens & Co upgrades Dean Foods (NYSE: DF) from Equalweight to Overweight, sets price target of $20. Stifel Nicolaus also upgraded Dean Foods from Hold to Buy, and set a price target $20. Jefferies & Co upgrades Tenaris S.A. (NYSE: TS) from Hold to Buy. Price target increased from $30 to $44. For daily real-time Upgrades go to <>http://www.streetinside...
|
Coventry Tops Zacks Estimate – Analyst Blog
|
|
|
Coventry Health Care, Inc. (CVH) reported third quarter earnings of 66 cents per share, which was above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 54 cents. The company earned 73 cents in the year-ago quarter.
Total operating revenues for the reported quarter increased 17.8% to $3.44 billion from the previous year's $2.92 billion. Revenues from managed care premiums rose 20% to $3.15 billion, while revenues from management services decreased to $290.9 million from $298.4 million a year earlier.
Due to reduced commercial risk and commercial management membership, total enrollment in Coventry plans incr...
|
Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Coventry Health Care, Inc., Aetna Inc., Unitedhealth Group, Inc., WellPoint Inc. and Expedia – Press Releases
|
|
|
For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 2, 2009 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Coventry Health Care, Inc. (CVH), Aetna Inc. (AET), Unitedhealth Group, Inc. (UNH), WellPoint Inc. (WLP) and Expedia (EXPE). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit from the Pros newsletter: http://at.zacks.com/?id=5513 <><>Here are highlights from Friday’s AnalystBlog:<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< />< />< />< /><><><><>< /><><>< /><>< /><>< />< />...
|
|
ROCK-STAR INVESTORS
|
|
POPULAR STOCKS
|
|
TODAY'S HEADLINES
|
|
TODAY'S TOP PICKS
|
|
|
Visit streetinsider.com
Portfolio results thru 8/8/08
- Portfolio at www.updown.com - started 1/11/08
9.8% return includes dividends and commission.
Started socialpicks on 6/30. some stocks here are not in...
|
Stock update and watch list 7/29/08
- Due to difficulties understanding the socialpicks system regarding changing rating from buy to hold and thus resetting the performance, I wanted to sum...
|
How to reform US health care?
- Jim Jubak in a recent article argued that the best method to reform health care was to hand it to Walmart.They would cut down on salaries,medicine cost...
|
More Resources
|
About UnitedHealth Group Inc
- Answers.com
