BNET Industries
Market Cap:$26.9B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$61.2B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
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
(317) 488-6255
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers: 524114
Recent Events
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Managed Care Stocks Rally As Goldman Sachs Sees Group As Attractive (CI, HNT, UNH)
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AMA Suit Against UnitedHealth Nears End
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Express Scripts acquires WellPoint's NextRx subsidiaries
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HEADLINE STOCKS-Some U.S. stocks on the move on Dec. 1
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Express Scripts acquires NextRx subsidiaries of WellPoint
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Analyst Upgrades for November 24th
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BRIEF-RESEARCH ALERT-JP Morgan raises Cigna, WellPoint to overweight
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Oppenheimer & Co. reiterates WellPoint Inc. at 'outperform'
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Cigna will keep its PBM business
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Medco Net Rises 13%, Boosts Target
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WellPoint Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results
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WellPoint's Pat Murphy Named to Treasury & Risk Magazine's '40 Under 40'
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WellPoint Honored With BlueWorksR Award for Journey Forward, an Initiative to Provide Coordinated
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Moody's affirms Wellpoint, units
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2nd UPDATE: Express Scripts: Extortionist Has Even More Data
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UPDATE 2-WellPoint weighs more job cuts amid recession
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Express Scripts Executive: Co Will Keep Weighing Opportunities
News & Analysis
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WellPoint: Trades Don't Necessarily Point to a Bearish Stance
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-12-09
optionMONSTER submits: By Chris McKhann Traders are snapping up puts on WellPoint WLP as its shares hit a new 52-week high, but the action might not be as bearish as it first appears. by optionMONSTER
A Tale of Two Insurance Companies Depicts Negative Trends
BNET
- 2009-11-02
Humana and WellPoint had very different third-quarter results, yet trends appear to be negative for both companies. by Ken Terry
Cramer's Stop Trading! Stocks Are Finished for the Year
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-10-28
Earnings Call ExcerptStocks discussed on Jim Cramer's Stop Trading! TV Segment, Wednesday October 28.Well Point WLP, Jones Apparel JNYCramer would take the opportunity to sell any dramatic gains in stocks that fund managers are trying to push up; “I think we’ve seen the highs for the year,”he said....
WellPoint, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-10-28
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from the line of John Rex - J.P. Morgan. John Rex - J.P. Morgan I think in the past your directional view on operating for 2010, it would be extremely difficult to grow operating earnings...
WellPoint Q3: Beats Estimates
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-10-28
Zacks.com submits: WellPoint, Inc. WLP reported third quarter earnings of $1.78 per share, which was above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.39, and the year-ago earnings of $1.58. Total operating revenues declined 0.7% to $15.2 billion. The decline was primarily attributable to the lower fully insured enrollment in...
WellPoint Net Profit Falls 11 Percent
BNET
- 2009-10-28
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Health insurer WellPoint Inc WLP posted an 11 percent decline in third-quarter net profit on Wednesday as layoffs among customers led to lower membership. Net income was $730.2 million, or $1.53 per share, compared with $820.7 million, or $1.60 per share, a year earlier. Results in...
Earnings Preview: WellPoint
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-10-27
WellPoint WLP is expected to report Q3 earnings Wednesday, October 28 before the market open, with a conference call scheduled for 8:30am ET. Guidance Analysts are looking for EPS of $1.38 on revenue of $15.15B. The consensus range is $1.27-$1.44 for EPS, and $14.7B-$15.49B for revenue,...
Pharmacy Benefit Managers Face Double Threat
BNET
- 2009-09-03
Do WellPoint and Aetna know something about healthcare reform that others don't? WellPoint sold its pharmacy benefit manager PBM division recently to Express Scripts, and Aetna has put its PBM on the block, with Medco reported to be the leading bidder. Meanwhile, one of the reform bills would require PBMs...
WellPoint Profit Declines
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-08-05
Zacks.com submits: Health insurer WellPoint Inc. WLP reported second quarter GAAP results of $693.5 million or $1.43 per share that were in-line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Non-GAAP earnings, excluding net investment losses of 7 cents per share, came in at $1.50 per share. On a GAAP basis,...
WellPoint, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-07-29
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Justin Lake - UBS. Justin Lake - UBS My first question is on the guidance change. It looks like if you back out the $100 million of positive development that wasn’t in guidance previously,...
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