Company Update: Cigna Corp (NYSE:CI) – Annual Cigna ‘360-degree Well-being Score’ Survey Reveals East v West ‘Misperceptions’ in ‘An Age of Aging’

[PR Newswire] – HONG KONG, Jan. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — They say ‘Age is in the mind of the beholder’ — but a major international survey, conducted by Cigna Corporation (CI), a global health service company dedicated to helping people improve their health, well-being and sense of security, reveals major regional differences in attitudes toward age and aging amongst Asian and European countries. The Cigna ‘360-degree Well-being Score’ provides an important annual health-index, identifying and monitoring the factors, motivations, perceptions and attitudes that impact an individual’s, a country’s and a region’s overall health, wellness and well-being. With more than 15,000 respondents, results from this latest survey, reveal major regional differences in perceptions to age and aging amongst Asian and European countries. Read more on this. Cigna Corp. (CI) , valued at $35.64B, started trading this morning at $138.26. During the trading session, CI traded between $136.39 to $138.82 with the price of the stock fluctuating between $105.23 to $170.68 over the last 52 weeks. CI shares are currently priced at 16.07x this year’s forecasted earnings, which makes them relatively expensive compared to the industry ’s 13.30x forward p/e ratio. The company pays shareholders $0.04 per share annually in dividends, yielding 0.03%. According to a consensus of 18 analysts, the earnings estimate of $1.80 per share would be $0.11 better than the year-ago quarter and a $0.12 sequential decrease. What we find to be interesting is that the full-year EPS estimate of $8.58 is a $1.15 better when compared to the previous year’s annual results. The quarterly earnings estimate is based on a consensus revenue forecast of the current quarter of $9.52 Billion. If realized, that would be a 6.97% increase over the year-ago quarter. More recently, Jefferies upgraded CI from Hold to Buy (Jan 8, 2016). Previously, Citigroup Initiated CI at to Buy. The average price target for CI shares by the analysts covering it is $172.21, which is 24.56% above where the stock opened. See more in (NYSE:CI) Similar Articles: Company Update: Cigna Corp (NYSE:CI) – Cigna and National Foreign Trade Council Global Mobility Trends Survey Results Company Update: Cigna Corp (NYSE:CI) – DeKalb Physician Hospital Organization Collaborates With Cigna to Improve Health and Lower Costs in Georgia Stock Update: Cigna Corp (NYSE:CI) – Cigna CEO says has begun talks with regulators about Anthem deal