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Financial News Discussion of WLP - WellPoint, Incorporated on Mad Money

Financial News for WellPoint, Incorporated (WLP)

WLP 2/9/2010 1:06PM 52 Week Price Range Market Capitalization Dividend Yield Recent Dividend
$61.16 $29.32 — $70.00 $28.3 Billion n/a n/a

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WellPoint, Inc. was discussed on Mad Money which was originally produced by CNBC on 10/29/2009
There was a discussion about WellPoint, Incorporated on Mad Money and RazorWire has captured an important portion of the story below.

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Third leg is very controversial but we don't shy from controversy on this show. It's wellpointe, now what is WELLPOINT, WELLPOINT is the hmo that reported an absolute monster yesterday quarter. Earning $1.53 per share or $1.78 excluding one hf tiem-time earnppgs now everyone's worried about health care reform. Especially with congress banging the health care drum all week. But I think the real story when it comes to WELLPOINT at least is its tremendous earnings power, the one that we saw demonstrated yesterday. Do you know that I don't think that they could hide the earnings they were so powerful. But they couldn't help it. Even if we get a health care bill that knocks 25 cents off of WELLPOINT's earning and I think tell probably be more like a dime. This shock is still cheap, trading about eight times earnings. Double-dip growth rate. I don't have a stock just so that we are clear in my whole universe that has that growth rate with that low price to earnings multiple and stuff the stuff out of pelosi this to get everything passed. Emboldened us to think that maybe WELLPOINT's earnings may not get deemed at all. I think that WELLPOINT goes to $53 by my calculation once the health care debate is over. Hey, I really don't care how >> buy, buy, buy. >> and the fourth leg here in defensive investing chair that we've got is none other than mcdonald's. Another consistent company that

“arnppgs now everyone's worried about health care reform. Especially with congress banging the health care drum all week. But I think the real story when it comes to WELLPOINT at least is its tremendous earnings power, the one that we saw demonstrated yesterday. Do you know that I don't think that they could hide the earnings they were so powerful. But they couldn't help it. Even if we get a health care bill that knocks 25 cents off of WELLPOINT's earning and I think tell probably be more like a dime. This shock is still cheap, trading about eight times earnings. Double-dip growth rate. I don't have a stock just so that we are clear in my whole universe that has that growth rate with that low price to earnings multiple and stuff the stuff out of pelosi this to get everything passed. Emboldened us to think that maybe WELLPOINT's earnings may not get deemed at all. I think that WELLPOINT goes to $53 by my calculation once the health care debate is over. Hey, I really don't care how
buy, buy, buy.
and the fourth leg here in defensive investing chair that we've got is none other than mcdonald's. Another consistent company that ” Mad Money Oct 29, 2009 6:09 PM
Since it's appearance on Mad Money:
  • Since being discussed on Mad Money, WLP's stock price has risen by $13.01.
  • Please visit the Mad Money recap page for all the slices of the 17 stocks mentioned on just this one episode of the show.
  • You can visit the Mad Money recap page for the full RazorWire including 4 more slices of stories about WellPoint, Incorporated.
  • There have been 66 mentions of WellPoint, Incorporated WLP since being mentioned on Mad Money on Thursday, October 29, 2009. Ockham details all of the news on WellPoint, Incorporated on our WLP Financial News page.
  • Interestingly, Apple, Incorporated is the most often mentioned stock on Mad Money, over the last 2 weeks.