UNH - UnitedHealth Anthem and Centene favored at Wells Fargo; and more in today's analyst action

Two analysts at Wells Fargo Securities have initiated the coverage on several managed care organizations.Despite their positive bias, the analysts Stephen Baxter and Patrick Wu point to lingering high uncertainty in the sector with potential regulatory/ legislative risks as normal patterns of care returns along with economic recovery after the pandemic.UnitedHealth has the best combination; initiated at over weightBaxter and Wu see UnitedHealth Group (UNH) as representing best mix of “growth, diversification, and risk” in the Managed Care group. This comes at a time many of its rivals trail the company with their "show-me" stage in terms of diversification outside health benefits, they argue.The overweight rating of UnitedHealth is given a price target of $478.00 per share to imply a premium of ~16.5%. Recently, UnitedHealth posted Q1 2021 financials which beat analyst estimates. UnitedHealth has lost ~1.1% in early hours.CVS Health initiated equal weight questioning the profit growth The analysts have given

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UnitedHealth, Anthem, and Centene favored at Wells Fargo; and more in today’s analyst action