Yahoo Finance Cigna (CI) Q4 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates, Rise Y/Y
Cigna Corp. CI came up with adjusted earnings of $4.54 per share in fourth-quarter 2019, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2.9%. Quarterly earnings were up 75% year over year.
Cigna’s revenues of $36.6 billion beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.7%. Revenues grew 167% year over year owing to the acquisition of Express Scripts.
Among the revenue components, pharmacy revenues were $25.6 billion compared with $3.3 billion in the year-ago quarter, premiums were up 9.8% year over year to $10 billion while fees increased 50.2% to $2.2 billion. The growth in pharmacy revenues was backed by the acquisition of pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts.
The company’s medical enrollment grew by 184,000 lives from the prior-year quarter to 17.15 million customers, driven by growth in Commercial and International markets.
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Segment Details
Health Services – Adjusted revenues of $25.6 billion were up from $3.3 billion in the year-ago quarter, primarily due to the acquisition of Express Scripts completed in December 2018.
Integrated Medical – Adjusted revenues of $9.2 billion were up 11% year over year, driven by increase in Commercial customer as well as premium growth.
International Markets – Adjusted revenues of $1.43 billion were up 5.5% year over year, reflecting continued business growth.
Capital Position
Cigna’s debt-to-capitalization ratio improved to 45.2% as on Dec 31, 2019, from 50.9% as of Dec 31, 2018.
Shareholders’ equity as of Dec 31, 2019 was $45.3 billion, up 10.5% year over year.
2020 Guidance
The company expects earnings per share in the range of $18-$18.6; adjusted revenues in the range of $154 billion to $156 billion. Medical customers are projected to grow between 150,000 and 250,000.
Medical care ratio is expected in the range of 80.2-81.2%.
Cigna carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
Some other stocks in the healthcare space that have reported fourth-quarter earnings so far, UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH and Humana Inc. HUM beat earnings estimates by 3.45% and 3.64%, respectively, while Centene Corp. CNC missed the same by 1.4%.
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