AET News and Press, Aetna Inc. From 05/01/18

Aetna (NYSE: AET ): Q1 EPS of $3.19 beats by $0.22 . More news on: Aetna, Inc., Earnings news and commentary, Healthcare stocks news, Read more ...

Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced first-quarter 2018 net income (1) of $1.2 billion, or $3.67 per share. Adjusted earnings (2) for first-quarter 2018 were $1.1 billion, or $3.19 per share. “Our core businesses performed well in the quarter, generating strong earnings per share growth ...

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CVS Health Inc. ( CVS ) is a company we have been watching for some time now. We had initially considered going long during the second half of 2017 while the shares traded around $70. Instead, we held off owing to the overhang of the pending Aetna ( AET ) acquisition, feeling pretty su...

Since about the middle of 2015, investing in CVS Health Corporation (NYSE: CVS) has not been a healthy move for most portfolios. The all-time high of $113.65 hit in July of that year looks positively unreachable now that the stock is trading in the mid-to-high $60's, even after the recent boun...

The healthcare sector offers many attractive characteristics for investors. Health is a priority for most people around the world, so consumers are willing to pay considerable sums of money for drugs and treatments that can make a material difference in their quality of life. An aging populati...

The concept of Dividend Growth Investing (or DGI) is simple and rational. DGI generally means that you invest in a set of dividend-paying stocks that grow their dividend payout year after year. If you are still in the accumulation phase, reinvest (drip) the dividends, which results in more sha...

Aetna (NYSE: AET ) today announced that first-quarter 2018 results will be made public on Tuesday, May 1, at 6:30 a.m. ET. Given the pending transaction with CVS Health, Aetna will not host a conference call in conjunction with its earnings release and does not expect to do so for future qu...

By Ethan Lovell, Rich Carney, CFA & Ryan Smith, CFA Ever since Hillary Clinton tweeted about rising drug costs during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, concerns about drug-pricing reform have cast a shadow over health care stocks. President Trump's election did little to allay those...

The market's up day notwithstanding, health insurance and managed care stocks are up as a group. UnitedHealth Group ( UNH +2.7% ) kicks off the healthcare earnings season tomorrow premarket. Consensus view is EPS of $2.91 ( +191% ) on revenues of $54.8B ( +13% ). More news on: UnitedHeal...