Managed Health Care

Jefferies & Company has lowered the price target on Coventry Health Care (NYSE: CVH) from $37 to $35 and maintains its Hold rating.

Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) reported a 35% rise in its second-quarter profit and lifted its earnings outlook for the year. Humana reported its quarterly earnings at $460.3 million, or $2.71 per share, up from $340.1 million, or $2 per share, in the year-ago period. Its revenue came in at $9.28 billion...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) from $38 to $39 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Citigroup has lowered the price target on AMERIGROUP (NYSE: AGP) from $81 to $71 and maintains its Buy rating.

US stock futures are higher this morning, after Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives reached an agreement to raise the nation's debt ceiling. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 119 points to 12,207.00 and S&P 500 index futures rose 8.50...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) to report its Q2 EPS at $2.06 on revenue of $9.32 billion. Humana shares dropped 0.01% to $74.57 in after-hours trading. Analysts expect Allstate Corporation (The) (NYSE: ALL) to report its Q2...

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels and exit/entry points become more clearly defined. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Friday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to...

Quarterly reports of note scheduled for this week include those from Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), General Motors (NYSE: GM), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), all of which are expected to post earnings growth, as well as Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)...

Shares of HealthSpring (NYSE: HS) are lower on the session by 2.11%, currently trading at $40.92. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while ago the...

STEC (NASDAQ: STEC) is trading down over 35% after being downgraded at FBN Securities. VistaPrint (NASDAQ: VPRT) is trading down over 35% after being cut to Underweight at Piper Jaffray. TeleNav (NASDAQ: TNAV) is trading down 30% after being cut to Hold at Canccord Genuity. Constant Contact (NASDAQ...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Paccar (NASDAQ: PCAR) “reported bad numbers while Cummins (NYSE: CMI) reported great numbers. Sell Paccar and pickup some Cummins." For Amerigroup (NYSE: AGP), he said, "I have to go with best of breed here and that's Aetna (...

Bank of America reiterated its Buy rating on Aetna (NYSE: AET). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $48. In today's trading, AET lost 0.02% of its value to stand around $41.71.

Goldman Sachs has raised its price target $2 on Aetna (NYSE: AET), from $59 to $61 in light of 2Q numbers reported by the company. According to Goldman Sachs, “Following 2Q, we increase our 2011 EPS by $0.20, to $4.70, the high-end of Aetna's new range of $4.60-$4.70 that the company increased $0....

Goldman Sachs, following the release of 2Q results, is lowering its price target from $99 to $85 but is maintaining its Neutral rating on WellPoint (NYSE: WLP). In its report, Goldman Sachs writes, “Following 2Q, we lower 2011E EPS to $6.95 from $7.50 to reflect less upside for the year. We also...

Citi Investment Research is out with a research report on WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) and is lowering its price target to $80 from $96, and it has a Buy rating on shares. In a note to clients, Citi Investment Research writes, "While Medicare got all the attention, the numbers suggest WellPoint's...