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1.5. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cvs-health-beats-profit-estim… => ...CVS Health Corp on Wednesday raised its full-year profit forecast and reported first-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street estimates due to growth in its Aetna health insurance business, and as drug prices fell within its expectations. Shares rose more than 5 percent to $57.35. They had fallen 17 percent this year, hurt by a weak forecast in February and a cut to rival Walgreen Boots Alliance's full-year outlook last month due to lower generic drug prices. Aetna, CVS's health insurance unit, beat analysts' consensus by more than a billion dollars in the quarter, helped by its accounting for lower medical costs than anticipated during the fourth quarter. The company, which bought Aetna for $69 billion in November, said 2019 cost savings from the deal were tracking near the high end of its $300 million to $350 million range, and that 2020 savings would likely exceed its $750 million target... |
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| aus der Diskussion: | AKTIEN IM FOKUS: Übernahme von Aetna setzen CVS-Health-Aktien unter Druck |
| Autor (Datum des Eintrages): | faultcode (02.05.19 00:43:25) |
| Beitrag: | 26 von 77 (ID:60467324) |
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