Health insurance company Cigna (NYSE:CI) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday morning. Here’s what to look for.
Cigna beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $72.5 billion, up 10.4% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ revenue estimates but full-year revenue guidance slightly missing analysts’ expectations. It added 71,000 customers to reach a total of 16.42 million.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Cigna’s revenue to grow 1.6% year on year, slowing from the 14.3% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Cigna has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations.
Looking at Cigna’s peers in the health insurance providers segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Elevance Health delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 1.5%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.4%, and UnitedHealth reported revenues up 2%, topping estimates by 1.7%. Elevance Health traded up 5.5% following the results while UnitedHealth was also up 9.3%.
Read our full analysis of Elevance Health’s results here and UnitedHealth’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the health insurance providers segment, with share prices up 10.8% on average over the last month. Cigna is up 10% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $338.29 (compared to the current share price of $283.96).
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