UnitedHealth Group (UNH) PT Raised to $259 at Piper Jaffray; Remains Bullish

UnitedHealth Group (UNH) PT Raised to $260 at Oppenheimer Following 4Q

January 17, 2018 9:37 AM EST

Oppenheimer raised its price target on UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) to $260.00 (from $240.00) while maintaining a Outperform rating following the company's 4Q earnings report. UNH reported 4Q17 adj. EPS of $2.59 vs. the Street's estimates of $2.51. The key topic of discussion was the impact of... More

UnitedHealth Group (UNH) PT Raised to $275 at BMO Capital; 'Tax Reform Upside, Risk Retrenchment and Growth'

January 17, 2018 9:10 AM EST

BMO Capital raised its price target on UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) to $275.00 (from $250.00) while maintaining a Outperform rating.

Analyst Matt Borsch commented, "We are bullish on UNH stock as the company posted another solid quarter while guiding to a stronger-than-expected... More

UnitedHealth Group (UNH) PT to $268 On Guidance Upside at Citi

January 17, 2018 7:00 AM EST

Citi analyst, Ralph Giacobbe, reiterated his Buy rating on shares of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and raised his price target to $268 from $235 after the company reported upside and issued guidance ahead of expectations. EPS goes to $12.45 from $10.50 for FY18E.

The analyst... More

UnitedHealth Group (UNH) PT Raised to $260 at Deutsche Bank on Q4 Earnings Beat; 'Improved Visibility on Benefit from Tax Reform'

January 17, 2018 6:23 AM EST

Deutsche Bank raised its price target on UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) to $260.00 (from $240.00) while maintaining a Buy rating, following the company's fourth quarter earnings report.

Analyst Chris Rigg notes an increased price target and raised estimates on the shares, as the company reported... More

UnitedHealth Group (UNH) PT Raised to $280 at Cantor Fitzgerald

January 16, 2018 1:43 PM EST

Cantor Fitzgerald raised its price target on UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) to $280.00 (from $235.00) while maintaining an Overweight rating.

Analyst Steven Halper commented, "On January 16, UNH reported strong 4Q17 results, driven by broad-based growth. Membership growth was stronger than expected driven by gains in Medicare... More

Pre-Open Movers 01/16: (HAWK) (CATS) (MRK) Higher; (EIGR) (DPW) (KODK) Lower (more...)

January 16, 2018 9:27 AM EST

Today's Pre-Open Stock Movers

SPI Energy Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: SPI) 144% HIGHER; announced that it has established a blockchain-based infrastructure application division in Palo Alto, California, to explore blockchain-based infrastructure and e-commerce application in global presence.

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: EIGR) 44.7% LOWER; announced today Phase 2 LIBERTY study results in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) that demonstrated no improvement overall or in key subgroups for both the primary efficacy endpoint of pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and the secondary endpoint of 6-minute... More

UnitedHealth Group (UNH) Tops Q4 EPS by 8c, Revs Beat; Raises Outlook

January 16, 2018 5:59 AM EST

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) reported Q4 EPS of $2.59, $0.08 better than the analyst estimate of $2.51. Revenue for the quarter came in at $52.1 billion versus the consensus estimate of $51.5 billion.

GUIDANCE:

UnitedHealth Group sees FY2018 EPS of $12.30-$12.60, versus the consensus of... More

Global stocks retreat from early gains as oil, copper lag

January 15, 2018 7:48 PM EST

By Chuck Mikolajczak

NEW YORK (Reuters) - World stock markets slipped on Tuesday, giving back early gains as Wall Street pulled back from initial highs after a decline in oil and metals dragged energy and materials stocks lower.

Wall Street had opened higher, as the Dow breached the 26,000 mark for the first time. The healthcare sector, up 0.46 percent, provided support to the upside, with Merck (NYSE: MRK) up 5.8 percent and UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) up 1.9 percent.

UnitedHealth posted quarterly results that topped analyst estimates and raised its 2018 outlook,... More