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CVS Health Corp. (NYSE:CVS) reported a better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings result and issued an optimistic guidance for the fiscal year 2025 stemming from the expected recovery in its insurance business — Aetna’s turnaround. What Happened: The company provided an initial full-year...

On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported activist investor Starboard Value LP has taken a stake in CVS Health Corp (NYSE: CVS) and has been holding talks with the drugstore. It's unknown how much Starboard currently owns of CVS. See Also: CVS Health Reports Q3 Earnings Beat, Raises...

CVS Health Corp (NYSE: CVS) laid out its ideas for growing earnings growth from the low single digits expected next year, giving analysts a look at a plan that includes a turnaround in its retail long-term care business, growth at its acquired health insurer Aetna and faster-than-expected ramp up...

Bernstein is bullish on the prospects for CVS Health Corp (NYSE: CVS), notwithstanding the headwinds facing pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, given the likelihood that the bulk of prescriptions may ultimately move online. The Analyst Analyst Lance Wilkes initiated coverage of CVS Health with an...

This weekend's Barron's offers a look at potential consequences to a proposed restructuring of the S&P sectors. Other featured articles discuss an undervalued master limited partnership and a leading retailer looking to get out from under Amazon's shadow. Prospects for a...

Few investors consider a 150-year-old company as one that has a pathway toward growth, but there are always exceptions to every rule. Barclays' Joshua Raskin maintains an Overweight rating on the 150-year old diversified healthcare company Aetna Inc (NYSE: AET) with a $162 price target. In a...

Deutsche Bank initiated coverage on eight companies in the managed care sector, saying it has a constructive view on industry fundamentals, most notably the long-term growth projected for the Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care segments. The commercial segment trends have been volatile in...

Two of the so-called FANG stocks offered up disappointing quarterly results last week. The other two FANG stocks are on deck to share their latest results this week. Wall Street analysts continue to look for strong earnings growth from both of them. The so-called FANG stocks were the momentum...

Upcoming earnings highlights include the latest results from two automaker giants. Wall Street analysts are looking for strong earnings growth from both of them. However, estimates have been slipping for one and rising for the other. Expectations were already high for the latest earnings from...

This weekend in Barron's online: Lyrical U.S. Value Equity hedge fund, the Penta Quarterly, the best hedge funds, as well as the prospects for Level 3 Communications, Media General, Brink's and more. Cover Story "Lyrical U.S. Value Equity's Sweet Results" by Michael Shari. The name of this top-...

U.S. stocks continued to charge forward as the Dow closed above the 17,000 mark as consumer confidence rose more than expected in October. The Federal Reserve gathered Tuesday and will release a statement on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. ET. It is not a foregone conclusion that the Federal Reserve...

Companies most likely to offer workers the opportunity to work from home are those involved in health care, IT, education, nonprofit and sales, according to Forbes. The list of companies that offer telecommuting options is surprisingly extensive. One website, Flexjobs, has created a database of...

Analysts believe that Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), Teva Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: TEVA), UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and Zimmer Holdings (NYSE: ZMH) shares still have some headroom, though they all have handily outperformed the S&P 500 over the past six months. They are all dividend payers as well....

U.S. stocks inched higher as Apple's strong earnings reported on Wednesday proved to be not enough to ease fears over an escalating tension between Russia and Ukraine. Reports surfaced of escalated troop movements in Ukraine while Russia began military drills near the Ukraine border. After...