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WellPoint Inc.

(WLP) is in the Health Care Industry

Market Cap:$26.9B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$61.2B

Public
US

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WellPoint, Inc. is the largest health benefits company in terms of medical membership in the United States. WellPoint is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and serves its members as the Blue Cross licensee for California; the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee for Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (excluding 30 counties in the Kansas City area), Nevada, New Hampshire, New York (as the Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee in 10 New York City metropolitan and surrounding counties and as the Blue Cross or Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee in selected upstate counties only), Ohio, Virginia (excluding the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.), Wisconsin; and through UniCare.

Number of Employees 42,900

Contact Information

120 Monument Cir

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-4906

www.wellpoint.c...

(317) 488-6255

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NAICS Code Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers: 524114

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Recent Events

Managed Care Stocks Rally As Goldman Sachs Sees Group As Attractive (CI, HNT, UNH)

12/07/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
AMA Suit Against UnitedHealth Nears End

12/04/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story
Express Scripts acquires WellPoint's NextRx subsidiaries

12/02/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
HEADLINE STOCKS-Some U.S. stocks on the move on Dec. 1

12/01/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Express Scripts acquires NextRx subsidiaries of WellPoint

12/02/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Analyst Upgrades for November 24th

11/24/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
BRIEF-RESEARCH ALERT-JP Morgan raises Cigna, WellPoint to overweight

11/23/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Oppenheimer & Co. reiterates WellPoint Inc. at 'outperform'

11/20/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Cigna will keep its PBM business

11/06/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Medco Net Rises 13%, Boosts Target

11/03/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
WellPoint Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

11/09/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
WellPoint's Pat Murphy Named to Treasury & Risk Magazine's '40 Under 40'

10/19/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Finance - View Story
WellPoint Honored With BlueWorksR Award for Journey Forward, an Initiative to Provide Coordinated

10/12/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Moody's affirms Wellpoint, units

10/06/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
2nd UPDATE: Express Scripts: Extortionist Has Even More Data

9/30/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
UPDATE 2-WellPoint weighs more job cuts amid recession

9/22/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Express Scripts Executive: Co Will Keep Weighing Opportunities

9/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

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NEW YORK -- WellChoice, Inc. (NYSE: WC) will release its third quarter 2005 results after the market closes on Wednesday, October 26, 2005. The company will also host a conference call and webcast later that same day at 5:30 PM EST to review these results. The conference call can...

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WLP $58.90 -0.71 (-1.19% )

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Average Volume	5,224,820
Shares Outstanding	458.35M
Market Cap	27.0B
Year High	60.72
Year Low	29.32
Earnings Per Share	4.79
P/E Ratio	12.30
Dividend	N/A
Yield	N/A

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WellPoint

CEO Rating

Angela F. Braly

President, CEO, and Director

44% Approve

Employer Rating

“Neutral” 3.3

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