Aetna is
a US based company which in the health industry business. The company offers
wide range of products providing a range of
traditional and consumer directed health care insurance products and related services, including medical,
pharmaceuticals. Aetna is a fortune 100 company and its major portion of
business comes from selling insurance plans. The company sells health insurance
plans to over 35 million people. The company operates its business in three
sectors namely health care, life insurance and large case pensions. The
companies 88% of the revenues comes from the health care premiums its charges
to its customers. Aetna is traded on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with the
ticker symbol of AET and Aetna stock
price currently is $75. The analysts have a BUY stance for the Aetna at
this price of share because the company has a positive outlook for the year
2014. Aetna has a market capitalization of over $27 Billion. The main problem
which can cause a stress on Aetna’s bottom line is the rising health care costs
globally. The rising health care costs affect its margins directly and can
prove to be detrimental for Aetna’s earnings.
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