Cigna Stock News

The healthcare industry, particularly PBMs, faces bipartisan scrutiny, leading to significant stock declines for Humana and Cigna, presenting a contrarian investment opportunity. President-elect Donald Trump's stance on PBMs and bipartisan legislative proposals signal potential regulatory changes, creating market uncertainty for PBM-affiliated companies. Despite recent financial setbacks, Cigna...

Shares in major healthcare companies fell yesterday after president-elect Donald Trump made comments that he wanted to “knock out” prescription drug industry middlemen. The fall makes this yet another week since the killing of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson that the business practices of companies that operate America's private healthcare system have come under increased scrutiny.

Shares of health insurers operating pharmacy benefit managers fell on Monday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called them middlemen who drive up costs and said he plans to eliminate their role.

Cigna's strong fundamentals, including consistent revenue and EPS growth, a solid balance sheet, and undervalued stock price, support a buy rating. The company's Q3 results showed a 29.9% revenue increase and a 10.9% rise in non-GAAP EPS, driven by customer growth and price hikes. Cigna's dividend yield and growth potential are robust, with a low payout ratio and projected double-digit annual E...

Johnson & Johnson has sued divisions of Cigna , accusing the health insurer of working with a drug-benefit middleman to drain J&J's financial-assistance funds earmarked for patients taking some of its pricier drugs, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

One influential healthcare analyst says the chances of such a bill passing are less than 5%.

Shares of major healthcare companies fell nearly 5% on Wednesday on concerns related to potential changes to their complex business models. That includes UnitedHealth Group, Cigna and CVS Health, which operate three of the nation's largest private health insurers and drug supply chain middlemen called pharmacy benefit managers.

Shares of health insurers such as UnitedHealth and CVS Health fell on Wednesday after a Wall Street Journal report said a bipartisan group of lawmakers were set to introduce legislation to break up pharmacy-benefit managers.