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Vishnu Lekraj
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Aetna Reports in Line Fourth Quarter as Uncertainty Looms

Recent developments for Aetna are in line with our thesis for the firm, and we are reiterating our narrow moat rating and $82 fair value estimate. With its proposed acquisition of Humana blocked by the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C., Aetna is searching for alternatives to its initial merger plans. We believe the deal would have been positive from an operational standpoint, as larger managed-care organizations are economically advantaged over their smaller peers. Additionally, the MCOs of...
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Aetna Inc.

Aetna is a health care benefits company. The company conducts its operations in three business segments: Health Care, which provides medical, pharmacy benefit management services, dental, behavioral health and vision plans provided on both an insured basis and an employer-funded basis and businesses products and services that complement its medical products; Group Insurance, which primarily includes group life insurance and group disability products and long-term care products; and Large Case Pensions, which manages a variety of retirement products (including pension and annuity products) primarily for tax-qualified pension plans.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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