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 29.16

+0.56 +1.96%
Volume: 6,368,089
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AGP 22.01

-0.10 -0.45%
Volume: 849,543
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CI 30.88

+0.44 +1.45%
Volume: 3,432,328
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CNC 19.24

+0.58 +3.11%
Volume: 500,395
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CVH 21.99

+0.09 +0.41%
Volume: 1,502,215
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HUM 40.45

+0.54 +1.35%
Volume: 1,485,567
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UNH 28.67

+0.46 +1.63%
Volume: 11,892,011
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WLP 51.00

+0.10 +0.20%
Volume: 4,325,748
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