Health insurers are running higher in Thursday afternoon trading after a wave of bullish Wall Street analyst notes on the managed-care sector, centered on UnitedHealth, citing softer medical cost and utilization trends…
According to Kiplinger, the Congressional Joint Economic Committee found Medicare Advantage is overpaying insurers by $212 per enrollee. The figure looks small until you scale it. The data, scaled Multiply $212 against…
Deutsche Bank just delivered one of the most aggressive analyst upgrades of 2026 on Humana (NYSE:HUM | HUM Price Prediction), lifting the managed care giant to Buy from Hold while nearly doubling…
David Moadel Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher on the heels of the third straight day of stock declines, and there is growing apprehension that yields will go even higher and that inflation…
Shares of Humana (NYSE:HUM | HUM Price Prediction) are trading near $303 at midday Monday, slightly lower on the session after a flat open. The one-month picture, however, tells a very different…
Humana (NYSE:HUM | HUM Price Prediction) stock received a price target raise to $254 from $182 from Piper Sandler, which maintained a Neutral rating. The move follows a Q1 2026 earnings beat driven…
David Moadel The April scoreboard is in for managed care. UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH | UNH Price Prediction) stock and Humana (NYSE:HUM) stock both staged impressive rallies, yet UnitedHealth won by just a few basis…
Shares of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH | UNH Price Prediction) are up 4% at midday Tuesday, trading near $368, while Humana (NYSE:HUM) stock is also up 4% to $233. Both managed care names…
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH | UNH Price Prediction) stock is up 9% today, rising from $323.48 to $351.40, after the company delivered a Q1 2026 earnings report that beat expectations and raised its…
Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV | ELV Price Prediction) stock surged this week after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized a 2.48% Medicare Advantage payment rate increase for 2027, coming in above…
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH | UNH Price Prediction) stock is up nearly 11% today, moving from $281.36 to $311 and change, as the managed care sector stages a powerful relief rally. Humana (NYSE:HUM)…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the 2027 Medicare Advantage payment rate at a +2.48% net average increase, well above the +0.09% proposed in January and above the roughly…
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH | UNH Price Prediction) stock got a meaningful vote of confidence from Bank of America on Tuesday, as analyst Kevin Fischbeck raised the firm’s price target to $337 from…
Alphabet reports Q4 2025 earnings today after market close. After being one of only two Magnificent Seven companies that outperformed the S&P 500 last year, Wall Street is expecting EPS of $2.64,…
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading lower after a big-time risk-off Friday, in which all major indices declined, as Thursday’s selling carried through. The combination of end-of-month profit-taking, the announcement of President…
