UPDATE: WellPoint Q4 Profit Up 38%
January 23, 2013 at 06:38 AM EST
WellPoint (NYSE: WLP ) reported a 38% rise in its fourth-quarter earnings. WellPoint expects full-year earnings of at least $7.60 per share on revenue of $71.5 billion to $73 billion. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $7.98 per share on revenue of $72.46 billion. WellPoint's quarterly profit surged $464.2