Cigna's most recent trend suggests a bullish bias. One trading opportunity on Cigna is a Bull Put Spread using a strike $192.50 short put and a strike $187.50 long put offers a potential 20.48% return on risk over the next 21 calendar days. Maximum profit would be generated if the Bull Put Spread were to expire worthless, which would occur if the stock were above $192.50 by expiration. The full premium credit of $0.85 would be kept by the premium seller. The risk of $4.15 would be incurred if the stock dropped below the $187.50 long put strike price.
The 5-day moving average is moving up which suggests that the short-term momentum for Cigna is bullish and the probability of a rise in share price is higher if the stock starts trending.
The 20-day moving average is moving up which suggests that the medium-term momentum for Cigna is bullish.
The RSI indicator is at 65.98 level which suggests that the stock is neither overbought nor oversold at this time.
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LATEST NEWS for Cigna
Pass it on: Cigna CEO says leadership evolves as you advance
Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:51:42 +0000
David Cordani became CEO of one of the nation's largest health insurers at age 43 and remembers clearly that no one gave him a textbook explaining the role. The now 52-year-old executive has helped his company, Cigna Corp., grow and diversify as the health care sector grapples with perpetually rising costs. Revenue at Cigna has more than doubled since Cordani took over in late 2009, and the company recently closed a $52-billion acquisition of the pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts.
Insider Q&A: Cigna CEO seeks deeper push into patient health
Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:45:46 +0000
Call Cigna a health insurer, and CEO David Cordani will try to correct you. The 52-year-old executive sees Cigna as a “health service company.” That bulky label reflects insurers' growing interest in being involved in more than just waiting to handle bills from a claim after people get sick. Q: One of the benefits from acquiring Express Scripts is more patient data.
See what the IHS Markit Score report has to say about Cigna Corp.
Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:00:35 +0000
# Cigna Corp
### NYSE:CI
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## Summary
* Perception of the company's creditworthiness is neutral
* ETFs holding this stock have seen outflows over the last one-month
* Bearish sentiment is low
## Bearish sentiment
Short interest | Positive
Short interest is extremely low for CI with fewer than 1% of shares on loan. This could indicate that investors who seek to profit from falling equity prices are not currently targeting CI.
## Money flow
ETF/Index ownership | Negative
ETF activity is negative. Over the last one-month, outflows of investor capital in ETFs holding CI totaled $2.86 billion. Additionally, the rate of outflows appears to be accelerating.
## Economic sentiment
PMI by IHS Markit | Neutral
According to the latest IHS Markit Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) data, output in the Healthcare sector is rising. The rate of growth is strong relative to the trend shown over the past year, but is easing.
## Credit worthiness
Credit default swap | Neutral
The current level displays a neutral indicator. CI credit default swap spreads are near their highest levels of the last 3 years, which indicates the market's more negative perception of the company's credit worthiness.
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Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:50:10 +0000
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