Managed Health Care

Deutsche Bank has raised the price target on CIGNA (NYSE: CI) from $51 to $56 and maintains its Buy rating.

Shares of CIGNA Corporation (NYSE: CI) are higher on the session by 0.60%, trading at $43.78. Overall call volume is now running at 4.29x the daily average, with 53% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 2,894 contracts have traded on the session so far. CIGNA Corporation is a...

Oppenheimer is raising its PT on shares of WellPoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP) from $65 to $83. Oppenheimer is also reiterating its Outperform rating on the stock, which currently trades at $68.87.

Oppenheimer is upgrading Unitedhealth Group, Inc. (NYSE: UNH) from Underperform to Perform and is increasing its PT from $29 to $49. Unitedhealth Group currently trades at $45.36.

(TheStreet) -- Drug stocks such as Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) have been beaten up in the year since the health-care reform bill was passed. That may soon change, as fund managers are pouncing on shares of undervalued companies. Over the past year, the S...

Morgan Stanely recently caught up with Aetna (NYSE: AET) management to discuss the company's commission strategy as well as the overall backdrop for the company. While a source of some debate recently, Morgan Stanley does not see the commission strategy moving the needle much in 2011, either way....

Being debt free, either from a personal standpoint or a corporate standpoint, can carry many financial advantages. Which means that debt free stocks selling at or near cash can be a very favorable investment. These are stocks which have virtually no debt and are trading close to the amount of cash...

HealthSpring, Inc. (NYSE: HS) announced today that it has priced its underwritten public offering of 7,500,000 shares of its common stock. The shares were resold by the underwriters at a price of $35.95 per share. The Company has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an...

As previously announced, Amerigroup Corporation (NYSE: AGP) confirmed that it will report its earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011, at approximately 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 29, 2011. At 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the same day, Amerigroup's management will host a...

HealthSpring, Inc. (NYSE: HS) announced today that it has agreed to sell 7,500,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. The Company has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,125,000 shares of common stock. The last reported sale...

Universal American Corp. (NYSE: UAM) announced today the record date and meeting date for a special meeting of its shareholders to consider and vote upon the proposal to adopt the previously announced definitive agreement, dated as of December 30, 2010, providing for the acquisition of the Company'...

Concentra, a subsidiary of Humana (NYSE: HUM), announced today it has expanded its presence in the Portland, Ore. market with the acquisition of the assets of Cascade Occupational Medicine Physicians, Inc. , which includes five medical centers. Following completion of the transaction, Concentra...

Expeditors International of Washington Inc (NASDAQ: EXPD) was downgraded by RBC Capital from "outperform" to "sector perform." EXPD's shares closed at $48.33 yesterday. EXPD's PEG ratio is 1.76. Morgan Stanley downgraded Valspar Corporation (The) (NYSE: VAL) from “overweight” to “underweight.” VAL...

Goldman Upgrades HUM To Neutral Analysts at Goldman upgrade Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) from “sell” to “neutral.” The target price for HUM has been raised from $65 to $69. HUM shares gained 0.51% to close at $65.24 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Goldman Downs AGP To Sell Analysts at Goldman downgrade AMERIGROUP Corporation (NYSE: AGP) from “neutral” to “sell.” The target price for AGP is set to $60. AGP shares rose 0.32% to close at $60.27 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here