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WellPoint Named One of 25 “Best Companies for Multicultural Women” By Working Mother Magazine

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Business Wire (May 6, 2013)
WellPoint’s Medicaid Business Unit Announces Conference Participation for May

Business Wire (May 2, 2013)
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Wed, Apr 24
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Buying Growth At A Reasonable Price
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Wed, Apr 24
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WLP vs. ETF Alternatives

Company Description

We are the largest health benefits company in terms of medical membership in the United States, serving 33.7 million medical members as of December 31, 2009. We are an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, or BCBSA, an association of independent health benefit... More

Sector: Healthcare

Industry: Health Care Plans

Country: United States

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Wednesday, May 15, 6:24 PM WellPoint (WLP) declares $0.375/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 1.93%. For shareholders of record June 10. Payable June 25. Ex-div date June 06. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Tuesday, May 14, 10:02 AM "We believe one of the biggest questions on investors' minds is can [they] grow FY14 earnings," says Jefferies, stating what might fairly be called "the obvious" in a note upgrading WellPoint (WLP +1.5%) to Buy from Hold and raising the stock's price target to $92. After a "deep dive" analysis, the investment bank says it sees 7-8% EPS growth against the Street's 2.4% consensus and predicts $8.61 per share for FY14, making WLP the cheapest MCO stock, trading at 8.8x forward earnings. Meanwhile, Cigna (CI -1.8%) is "ready for a breather" and catches a downgrade to Hold from Buy — CI's CFO Ralph Nicoletti announced Monday he is leaving the company for personal reasons. Comment! [Healthcare, On the Move]
Wednesday, April 24, 10:41 AM Wellpoint (WLP +6.5%) moves higher this morning after its Q1 bottom line easily beat estimates, aided by a lower tax rate and a decline in medical costs in its Local Group. Revenue jumped 15% Y/Y, boosted by the late-year acquisition of Amerigroup. Looking forward, the company raises FY13 guidance but maintains a cautious outlook due to the significant changes looming in Medicaid. It reduces the low end of FY13 revenue guidance by $500M, now expecting between $71B and $73B, but ups its EPS estimate by $0.15 to $7.75. Analysts are looking for $7.78. Comment! [Healthcare, Earnings, On the Move]
Wednesday, April 24, 6:01 AM WellPoint (WLP): Q1 EPS of $2.94 beats by $0.56. Revenue of $17.5B (+15.8% Y/Y) misses by $0.53B. (PR) 2 Comments [Earnings, Breaking News, Healthcare]
Wednesday, April 24, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: ABB, ABX, ASH, ATI, AVY, BA, BYD, CFR, CKSW, COR, CP, CS, CVE, DPS, EDU, ELN, EMN, ERIC, F, FDML, GD, GLW, GRA, HCBK, HES, ICON, LAD, LL, LLY, LO, MDCO, MSI, MTH, NDAQ, NOC, NS, NVS, NYCB, OC, OCR, OSIS, PG, PLD, PX, RES, ROK, S, SO, SVU, TEL, TKR, TMO, TROW, TUP, USG, VLY, VMED, WAB, WHR, WLP, WM, WYN Comment! [Earnings]
Tuesday, April 23, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: ABB, ABX, ASH, ATI, AVY, BA, BYD, CFR, CKSW, COR, CP, CS, CVE, DPS, EDU, ELN, EMN, ERIC, F, FDML, GD, GLW, GRA, HCBK, HES, ICON, LAD, LL, LLY, LO, MDCO, MSI, MTH, NDAQ, NOC, NS, NVS, NYCB, OC, OCR, OSIS, PG, PLD, PX, RES, ROK, S, SO, SVU, TEL, TKR, TMO, TROW, TUP, USG, VLY, VMED, WAB, WHR, WLP, WM, WYN Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, April 17, 12:33 PM The big surge in health care stocks earlier this month just prior to the government's decision on Medicare Advantage rates may have been due to an email to sent by a former top congressional aide who now happens to be an outside lobbyist for Humana (HUM -1.9%). The email, which is now subject to an SEC probe, was sent to a Washington investment-research firm and circulated to clients just minutes before the close of trading, saying that "credible sources" had told them a decision had been made to restore the payments. 4 Comments [Healthcare]
Sunday, March 31, 11:33 AM What makes a good share buyback? Barron's cites four factors: i) Shares are in a downtrend. ii) It's a long-term strategy and not a short-term fix ( = >1% share count reduction/quarter). iii) Shares are cheap based on price-to-book. iv) The company has a rising dividend. The stocks that pass the test? Wellpoint (WLP), Seagate (STX), Western Union (WU) and AT&T (T). 31 Comments [Quick Ideas, Dividends]
Thursday, February 21, 9:30 AM WellPoint (WLP) declares dividend of $0.375/share for Q1, up 30% and representing an annualized dividend of $1.50. The payout equates to a yield of 2.4% based on yesterday's close of $62.58. Payable on March 25 to shareholders of record on March 8. WellPoint continues to expect that it will return $2B to shareholders in 2013 via stock buybacks and dividends. (PR) Comment! [Healthcare, Dividends]
Tuesday, February 12, 8:08 PM More on WellPoint (WLP): in light of naming Joseph Swedish as its new CEO, the company reafirms its full-year 2013 guidance and says it will postpone its February 28 investor day to allow for his planned March 25 start date. WLP also outlines his compensation: it includes base pay of $1.25M, annual bonus up to 300% of that and a "make whole" to replace pay he's leaving on the table as he switches jobs, which is currently estimated at around $3.6M. (SEC 8-K Filing) Shares -1.2% AH. 1 Comment [Healthcare]
Tuesday, February 12, 7:12 PM WellPoint (WLP) -1.2% AH after naming Joseph Swedish, most recently the CEO of hospital owner Trinity Health, its new CEO, effective March 25. Swedish replaces interim CEO John Cannon, who will maintain his old job as EVP of Legal & Public Affairs. Cannon became interim CEO following the August departure of Angela Brady. (PR) 1 Comment [Healthcare]
Sunday, February 10, 4:44 AM WellPoint (WLP) is taking on IBM's (IBM) Watson supercomputer as a virtual assistant that will answer medical questions from doctors, researchers, medical centers and insurance carriers. It's part of IBM's plan to make money out of Watson, which gained fame after beating humans in "Jeopardy!" in 2011, and the IT giant plans to introduce products for the finance sector later this year. Comment! [Healthcare, Tech]
Wednesday, January 23, 8:13 AM More on WellPoint (WLP) Q4: net profit +38% to $464.2M despite operating margin falling to 2.8% from 3.4%. Benefit-expense ratio 87.3% vs 87.6% a year earlier. Commercial business revenue -3.8% to $8.3B, consumer business +7.6% to $4.97B. Medical enrollment +5.5% to 36.1M, with Amerigroup acquisition adding nearly 2.7 members. Forecasts 2013 EPS of at least $7.60 on revenue of $71.5-73B vs consensus of $7.98 and $72.46B. Comment! [Earnings, Healthcare]
Wednesday, January 23, 6:01 AM WellPoint (WLP): Q4 EPS of $1.03 beats by $0.08. Revenue of $15.54B (+1.4% Y/Y) beats by $0.31B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Wednesday, January 23, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: ABBV, ABT, APD, ATI, BHI, CHKP, COH, DGX, FNFG, GD, LCC, MCD, MSI, NVS, PX, RES, SAP, STJ, TEL, TXT, UTX, WLP Comment! [Earnings]
Tuesday, January 22, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: ABBV, ABT, APD, ATI, BHI, CHKP, COH, DGX, FNFG, GD, LCC, MCD, MSI, NVS, PX, RES, SAP, STJ, TEL, TXT, UTX, WLP Comment! [Earnings]

Alex Zhao
$WLP earnings beat up 6.56% to $73.88 near my fair value estimate in my Jan 20 article (http://seekingalpha.com/a/o1qp) and Feb 15 article.
Apr 24, 10:26 AM
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Alex Zhao
$WLP earnings beat up 6.56% to $73.88 near my fair value estimate in my Jan 20 article (http://seekingalpha.com/a/o1qp) and Feb 15 article.
Apr 24, 10:26 AM
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ltfinger
Returning Upgrades (3/26/13): $CHRW, $COF, $CPHD, $IDCC, $MUR, $NFLX, $PKG, $R, $SPXL, $SSO, $TW, $UPRO, $WLP, $ZSL
Mar 27, 3:38 AM
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ltfinger
Today's New Upgrades (3/13/13): $AXLL, $CI, $EGN, $INFA, $LLL, $NBL, $OSK, $PPG, $PSE, $SQM, $VHC, $VMW, $WAG, $WLP
Mar 13, 10:45 PM
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Stone Fox Capital
$WLP repurchased $668M of stock in Q4 and $2.5B for '12. Buyback yield = 12.8%. #NetPayoutYields
Jan 23, 10:37 AM
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WhisperNumber
$WLP earnings $1.03, six cents ahead of whisper number. Expected price reaction from today's open: http://seekingalpha.com/a/o4zn
Jan 23, 8:18 AM
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Ryan Mallory
9 Stocks Ready for the Bounce $DTE WLP & $PNW are my top ones | http://bit.ly/W5Cmx8
11/13/12
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The Wall Street Transcript
WellPoint ($WLP), UnitedHealth ($UNH) & Humana ($HUM) Expected to Benefit from Health Care Expansion If Democrats Win - http://su.pr/1L4ijd
10/25/12
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The Wall Street Transcript
WellPoint ($WLP), UnitedHealth ($UNH) & Humana ($HUM) Expected to Benefit from Health Care Expansion If Democrats Win - http://su.pr/1L4ijd
10/25/12
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Stone Fox Capital
Nice 8% gain today in $WLP on the CEO quitting. Was the weakest stock in the #NetPayoutYields model.
8/29/12
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Dr. Kris
M&A arbitrage: WLP paying $92/WLP share in cash. Q1 2013 close. With stock @ $88.85-->3.5% ROI; 4.7% annualized (assuming a 9 month hold).
7/9/12
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vireoman: WLP: I was in at 65, and I'm in now.
7/9/12
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Dr. Kris: How happy are you?
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Stone Fox Capital
Nice deal by $WLP to add $1 in 2015 earnings. Up 3% on the deal. #NetPayoutYields
7/9/12
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vireoman: Agreed. I have enough high beta plays in my portfolio. I'll be adding more shares of WLP at every choice opportunity.
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The Oxen Group
WLP http://stks.co/a1Ma Broke down through its 20 and 50 day MA. MACD crossed signal line. Go short! http://stks.co/c1Mw
7/2/12
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vireoman: Good luck. Are you actually following through on your advice or are you simply urging others on?
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Stone Fox Capital
Had 7 out of 25 divy/buyback stocks down today. Market rotating into growth? $ETR $HD $KSS $WLP $LOW $VOD #NetPayoutYields
7/3/12
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vireoman: Don't know about the others, but WLP clearly had its own set of issues on Tues. And i bought more in part becuz of their buyback policy.
7/4/12
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C Meyer
WLP on my radar....like it @ 58
7/3/12
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vireoman: I liked it a 61 and change on Tues took a small bite. I'll like it even more at 58.
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Wall Street Strategies
AAPL just lost $22.5B of market cap. That's an entire NSC, or TRV, or COH, or WLP
4/16/12
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vinyal: i wish it loses another 40-50 billion more so i can get in
4/17/12
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Michael Bryant
"Key beneficiaries" in health insurance are UNH, Aetna (AET), WellPoint (WLP), Humana (HUM), Centene (CNC), Amerigroup (WLP), & Molina (MOH)
4/4/12
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Michael Bryant: I think UNH is a Buffet holding. http://yhoo.it/HdLwR8
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realornot
Health insurers are in deep risk if part of the health care law stays alive. Taking a short position soon. UNH WLP HUM AET CI
3/26/12
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det9: I completely agree. On the other hand if the health care goes through I would be long on HUM, UNH, AET
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Alan Brochstein
Thinking of adding $WLP back to my watchlist - very cheap and out of sync with price action of peers
3/18/12
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Hillbilly Stock Star: If it's above an 8th grade math level I tend to avoid! LoL!
3/18/12
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Jeremy Johnson: Cheap until the industry gets hit with $14 billion of fees. How much can they pass along?
3/22/12
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vireoman
Contrarian indicator: 5 SA articles on WLP w zero comments. M-star w price @ 0.62 of FV. Sold UNH for nice profit. Time for WLP.
2/28/12
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Chines33: Thinking it works it's way to 72-78 range
2/29/12
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vireoman: Avg target price of $84. M/star with target of $105. Beta of 0.84. Nice place to park some money during the inevitable downturn.
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dak269
Going to buy something today...wearing my bagholder shirt! Telecom, staples and healthcare are what I'm checking out..WLP, UL, UN, TMUS...
2/24/12
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dak269: Went in today @ $65.89
2/24/12
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sstonerm3: This isn't going to be a quick trade, but should pay off well by late in the year. Might get a quick ride to $70 though.
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BreakoutTrader
Morningstar Health Care Plans industry group http://tinyurl.com/6mdnw5f extreme breakout down 1/24. Five weak stocks: UAM UNH AET WLP HUM
1/25/12
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BreakoutTrader: These five stocks strength weaker than the group on daily and weekly
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BreakoutTrader: Plan to short weak stocks in weak group if and when the general market goes down ...
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dinky doo
premarket dec 20 looking at... ALX, AGN,WLP,V,TZF,SAM,BPT,BPL.KOF, DDMGQ.PK, DTE, GNI,GSE, IMPV, KMP,NS,PM, ZZC,SQM,SPR,SWU,SXL,TD,URI,VFC, and
12/20/11
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dinky doo: that was one early market gainer I was eyeing but ended up going with URI and BXP
12/20/11
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dinky doo: got up 8% so far not sure if I will stay overnight
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talbano
How this insult for injury - HC is getting bad - We pay 25-30k/yr for BCBS (WLP) Generally have best insurance. Went for a blod test yest
11/23/11
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Brandon Gibbs: great excuse for people who are terrified of needles to avoid getting shots right?
11/23/11
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talbano: yeah i guess :)
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