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Earnings Scheduled For February 7 (HUM, OMI, CTSH, HAS, CNA, SYY, IT, LO, BDX, PFG, L, PXD, GLUU, SNCR)
Monday, February 7, 2011 - 5:12am | 362Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) is projected to report its Q4 earnings at $0.81 per share on revenue of $8.36 billion. Owens & Minor (NYSE: OMI) is projected to report its Q4 earnings at $0.51 per share on revenue of $2.06 billion. Cognizant Tech (NASDAQ: CTSH) is projected to post its Q4 earnings at $...
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Options Brief: MetLife, Inc. (MET)
Friday, February 4, 2011 - 11:46am | 83Shares of MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) are higher on the session by 1.01%, trading at $47.00. Overall call volume is now running at 2.29x the daily average, with 45% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 5,618 contracts have traded on the session so far. MetLife, Inc. is a provider of...
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Unum Group Announces $200 Million Accelerated Share Repurchase
Friday, February 4, 2011 - 9:46am | 75Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) announced today that it entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement with Goldman, Sachs & Co. to repurchase $200 million of its outstanding common stock. The repurchase follows the recently announced authorization by Unum Group's Board of Directors to...
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FBL Financial Group Reports Q4 EPS of $1.67 vs. $.76
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 5:01pm | 52FBL Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: FFG) today reported net income attributable to FBL for the fourth quarter of 2010 of $51.6 million, or $1.67 per diluted common share, compared to net income attributable to FBL of $31.0 million, or $1.02 per diluted common share, for the fourth quarter of 2009.
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Hartford Lags; Doubles Dividend - Analyst Blog
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 11:01am | 1354Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (HIG) reported its fourth-quarter adjusted core earnings of $451.0 million or 91 cents per share, lagging the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 96 cents. Additionally, Hartford was way behind the adjusted core earnings of $527 million or $1.12 per share reported...
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Citi Reiterates Buy Rating & $29 PT on Unum Group Following Share Buyback
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 10:26am | 201Citi remains confident in the Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) story despite some minor noise in 4Q10 from a reserve addition at Colonial. While Citi has trimmed its 2011E to $2.95, it has also raised its 2012E to $3.35 and 2013E to $3.80. The $1B buyback was 2x Citi's projection and when added to the $...
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Hartford Lags; Doubles Dividend - Analyst Blog
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 10:15am | 1354Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (HIG) reported its fourth-quarter adjusted core earnings of $451.0 million or 91 cents per share, lagging the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 96 cents. Additionally, Hartford was way behind the adjusted core earnings of $527 million or $1.12 per share reported...
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Unum Beats Topline, Lags EPS Est. - Analyst Blog
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 10:01am | 1120Unum Group (UNM) reported fourth-quarter operating income of 66 cents per share, 3 cents lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Results were in line with the prior-year period. Operating income was $208.6 million in the quarter, down 4% from $218.3 million in fourth-quarter 2009. Soft...
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J.P. Morgan Maintains Neutral on Unum Group (UNM)
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 9:56am | 116J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on Unum Group (NYSE: UNM), maintaining Neutral and a $28 price target. In a report sent to clients, J.P. Morgan states, "UNM announced 4Q10 operating EPS of $0.66, below our and consensus forecasts of $0.69. We remain Neutral. Our outlook for UNM is...
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Unum Beats Topline, Lags EPS Est. - Analyst Blog
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 9:30am | 1120Unum Group (UNM) reported fourth-quarter operating income of 66 cents per share, 3 cents lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Results were in line with the prior-year period. Operating income was $208.6 million in the quarter, down 4% from $218.3 million in fourth-quarter 2009. Soft...
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Citi Reiterates Hold on Lincoln National Corp. (LNC)
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 9:01am | 134Citi is out with its report today on Lincoln National Corp. (NYSE: LNC), reiterating Hold and a $29 price target. In its note sent to clients, Citi writes, "Operating EPS of $0.82 fell short of our $0.89E and FC at $0.88, due to about $0.10 of net unfavorable items. There is no change to our 2011E-...
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JP Morgan Raises PT On Lincoln National To $33
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 8:18am | 28JP Morgan has raised the price target on Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE: LNC) from $31 to $33 and maintains its Neutral rating.
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Aflac Up Annually, Falters on Ests - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 7:01pm | 1154Aflac Inc.'s (AFL) fourth quarter operating earnings per share of $1.33 came in a couple lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.35 although results were higher than $1.18 reported in the year-ago quarter. Earnings in the reported quarter excluded after-tax realized net investment losses...
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Aflac Up Annually, Falters on Ests - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 6:41pm | 1154Aflac Inc.'s (AFL) fourth quarter operating earnings per share of $1.33 came in a couple lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.35 although results were higher than $1.18 reported in the year-ago quarter. Earnings in the reported quarter excluded after-tax realized net investment losses...
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Unum Group AnnouncesAdditional $1 Billion Share Repurchase
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 5:47pm | 48Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved an additional $1 billion to repurchase the company's outstanding common stock over the next 18 months. This amount is in addition to the $144.3 million remaining on its previous authorization.