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UnitedHealth Group is an AI Stock That Isn't Beating Expectations
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 - 10:26am | 899UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) is down 7.2% in 2023. The health maintenance organization (HMO) sector in general is lagging in the market. So, investors may simply be taking a pause on a stock that's climbed 100% over the last five years. And with so many macroeconomic headwinds, it...
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UnitedHealth To Buy Diplomat Pharmacy For $300M
Monday, December 9, 2019 - 9:16am | 290Diplomat Pharmacy (NYSE: DPLO) shares are trading lower on Monday after the company received a $4 per share acquisition offer from UnitedHealth Group's (NYSE: UNH) OptumRx. Optum is UnitedHealth Group's pharmacy services unit and said it would buy Diplomat Pharmacy for about $303 million....
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Express Scripts' Potential Breakup With Anthem, Explained
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 12:00pm | 679Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ: ESRX) shares are bouncing back by 2.9 percent Wednesday after plummeting 10.7 percent Tuesday on news it is likely losing its largest customer, Anthem Inc (NYSE: ANTM). On Monday after the market close, Express issued a press release suggesting Anthem would...
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How Pharmacy Benefit Managers Add To The Cost Of Your Prescription
Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 12:14pm | 685Notwithstanding the broader market rally, pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, saw weakness on Wednesday amid fears that President Donald Trump has his eyes trained on this space. The reason? Trump is apparently suspecting these companies are colluding with drug manufacturers in jacking up prices...
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UnitedHealth Posts Q2 Beat, Raises Outlook; What Other Managed Care Names Will Be Reporting Soon?
Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 11:48am | 349UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) on Thursday reported its second quarter results. The company earned $1.64 per share, exceeding the $1.59 per share analysts were expecting. Similarly, revenue of $36 billion topped the $35.66 billion analysts were expecting. Concurrent with its results,...
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UPDATE: Jefferies Reiterates Buy, Raises PT to $60 on UnitedHealth
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 7:32am | 171Jefferies maintains its Buy rating on UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) and raises its price target to $60 from $58 following an upbeat investor day showing long term growth opportunities. Jefferies says, “2013 is a "Break-Out" Year. Management called '13 the break-out year for Optum when...