Health Care Stocks Point Lower On Aetna's (AET) Profit Warning

June 2, 2009 4:16 PM EDT

A number of health care plan stocks are indicated lower after Aetna (NYSE: AET) lowered 09 guidance. Aetna cited continuation of higher projected Commercial medical costs; and lower projected 2009 Medicare revenue, reflecting an updated view of the risk profile of the Medicare book of business.

Stocks:


  • CIGNA Corp. (NYSE: CI)
  • WellPoint (NYSE: WLP)
  • Coventry Health (NYSE: CVH)
  • Humana (NYSE: HUM)
  • UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH)
  • AMERIGROUP(NYSE: AGP)
  • Centene (NYSE: CNC)

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AET 29.82

+0.71 +2.44%
Volume: 3,793,398
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AGP 24.14

+0.43 +1.81%
Volume: 363,578
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CI 33.08

+1.00 +3.12%
Volume: 4,225,975
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CNC 19.27

+0.45 +2.39%
Volume: 287,764
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CVH 22.83

+0.28 +1.24%
Volume: 961,635
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HUM 42.46

+0.95 +2.29%
Volume: 1,451,891
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UNH 28.70

+0.03 +0.10%
Volume: 9,705,818
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WLP 54.79

+0.76 +1.41%
Volume: 3,542,663
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