$30.08

0.64 (2.17%)

11/21/2008 4:01 PM

WellPoint, Inc. (WLP)

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A publicly traded commercial health benefits company offering a spectrum of network-based managed care plans to the large and small employer, individual, Medicaid and senior markets.

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Healthcare Providers and Services (129), Business Week 50 (49), Large Cap (279), Indiana (7), Buffett Stock (46), Indianapolis (5), S&P 500 (469)
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WellPoint, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price:	$30.08
Last Trade Time:	11/21/2008 4:01 PM
Open:	$29.86
Previous Close:	$29.44
Daily Range:	$27.50 - $30.34
52-Week Range:	$28.92 - $90.00
Volume:	8,200,320
Market Cap:	$14.99B
P/E Ratio:	5.22
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Final Glance: Managed Care companies
11/21/2008 6:14:00 PM - AP
Manage care shares endure post-election slump
11/21/2008 4:39:00 PM - AP
Midday Glance: Managed Care companies
11/21/2008 1:31:00 PM - AP
Early Glance: Managed Care companies
11/21/2008 10:33:00 AM - AP

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5 WellPoint, Inc. (WLP)

Avatar rd80 (99.46) Submitted: 6/08/08 2:28 PM

This is why I need to enter pitches soon after making picks. I don't recall why I picked this in the first place.

Wellpoint offers a variety of managed healthcare plans to employers, individuals, Medicaid and Medicare markets. There's a lot of political uncertainty in that business.

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3 WellPoint, Inc. (WLP)

Avatar Jabotinsky (65.03) Submitted: 11/05/08 11:06 AM

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Recs 0 (WLP) kenc132000 (< 20) Submitted: 11/13/08 1:06 PM : Start Price: $32.90 WLP Score: 0.06 New 52 week low. Double down on losing position. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 3 (WLP) Jabotinsky (65.03) Submitted: 11/05/08 11:06 AM : Start Price: $40.24 WLP Score: 1.51 Obama. Democrats. Liberals. Socialists. Communists. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (WLP) MintCoin (< 20) Submitted: 11/01/08 12:27 AM : Start Price: $38.80 WLP Score: -0.76 This one won't be a huge winner but will go back to beating the index (it is down to the index about 15% right now). For those in doubt look at the long list of pros who all came to the same conclusion below. Added at a PE of 7.2. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (WLP) athenamike (70.63) Submitted: 10/31/08 11:20 AM : Start Price: $37.47 WLP Score: 1.67 Wellpoint is one of the two biggest health insurers in the US and has considerable competitive advantages of scale, supplier and buyer power. I'm not certain, but my guess is that its price is trading based on short term investment, insurance pricing and political considerations, instead of long term investment, insurance pricing and political considerations. I expect the business to produce 13.5% returns on equity over the next five years and provide 12% growth, leading to very strong long term returns when priced at 6 times normalized earnings. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (WLP) wizofid (< 20) Submitted: 10/20/08 2:59 PM : Start Price: $41.90 WLP Score: -6.57 The recent WLP/X-Prize partnership is huge for long term prospects for WellPoint - In short term, it helps position this company as leading change in an industry that desperately needs it - and will help it win business with new clients and allow involvement with the new administration post election In long term, what isn't being focused on is that WLP will be in the driver seat (not it's competitors) to review all new innovative ideas submitted on how to improve healthcare processes and redesign the way the industry works - many which will have a direct impact to WLP business - and this company (again per the agreement with X-Prize) will be first to develop implementation expertise by piloting these solutions internally. WIth a P/E of 7 - and drop of over 50% in stock price this year alone - I wouldn't want to be shorting this one without very deep pockets Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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