Jefferies Raised Price Target on UnitedHealth Group (UNH) to $136 Following 4Q

Piper Jaffray Remains Bullish on UnitedHealth Group (UNH) as Optum Drives Value

January 20, 2016 7:56 AM EST

Piper Jaffray maintained an Overweight rating on UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), and cut the price target to $142.00 (from $149.00). Optum exceeded expectations on a standalone basis. On a stand-alone basis, Optum saw 13% organic revenue growth, 20% backlog growth, and was 32% of total operating income. In 2016 we... More

Market Wrap: Netflix Smashes Q4 Expectations; Builder Confidence Firm in Jan.; Merger Tuesday

January 19, 2016 5:25 PM EST

Market wrap for January 19th

End of the Day: S&P 500 up 1.0 to 27.9; Dow Jones up 27.9 to 16,016.02; Nasdaq down 11.5 to 4,476.95

Market Brief: Markets popped higher Monday after data showed China's growth rate didn't slow more than expected last year. GDP for China was 6.9 percent for 2015 (6.8 percent for Q4), which is the slowest growth seen in the country for 25 years.

Large banks Bank of America and Morgan Stanley reported confidence Q4 results, helping to drive shares higher.

Netflix gained in late trading after... More

FBR Capital Reiterates Outperform on UnitedHealth Group (UNH) Following 4Q Results

January 19, 2016 3:38 PM EST

FBR Capital reiterated an Outperform rating and $130.00 price target on UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) following the company's 4Q earnings report. UnitedHealth Group reported slightly better than expected results, with an adjusted EPS at $1.40. FBR says that the company continues to see challenges in its... More

S&P 500 ends unchanged; more carnage in oil stocks

January 19, 2016 7:30 AM EST

By Noel Randewich

(Reuters) - Wall Street ended flat after a choppy session on Tuesday as falling oil prices led to more carnage in energy stocks and an "in line" economic report showed slower growth in China.

Declining U.S. crude pulled down materials stocks as well as the S&P energy sector , which slumped 2.17 percent.

Oil at 12-year lows is stoking fears on Wall Street of deeper losses for energy companies and the potential that some may fail to pay their debts. That has decimated oil stocks, helping push the S&P 500 down 8... More

UnitedHealth Group (UNH) Tops Q4 EPS by 2c

January 19, 2016 6:16 AM EST

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) reported Q4 EPS of $1.40, $0.02 better than the analyst estimate of $1.38. Revenue for the quarter came in at $43.6 billion versus the consensus estimate of $43.26 billion.

The people of UnitedHealth Group are focused sharply on executing fully on 2016 commitments and delivering... More