NYSE:CI - Cigna Stock Price, Forecast & News

Cigna trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CI."

Cigna declared a special dividend on Thursday, February 28th. Investors of record on Monday, March 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.04 per share on Wednesday, April 10th. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 8th. View Cigna's Dividend History.

Cigna Corp (NYSE:CI) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The health services provider reported $4.54 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $4.37 by $0.17. The health services provider earned $35.83 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $34.20 billion. Cigna had a return on equity of 12.79% and a net margin of 3.30%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 213.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $3.84 earnings per share. View Cigna's Earnings History.

Cigna is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Cigna.

Cigna will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Cigna issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 31st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $16.80-17.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $16.73. The company issued revenue guidance of ~$138.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $136.78 billion.

16 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Cigna's stock. Their forecasts range from $181.00 to $282.00. On average, they expect Cigna's share price to reach $221.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cigna.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cigna in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Cigna.

Media headlines about CI stock have trended positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cigna earned a media sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the health services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Cigna.

Cigna saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,490,000 shares, an increase of 8.1% from the December 15th total of 5,080,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,890,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Cigna's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Cigna include UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Anthem (ANTM), Humana (HUM), Centene (CNC), WellCare Health Plans (WCG), Molina Healthcare (MOH), Magellan Health (MGLN) and Triple-S Management (GTS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Cigna investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Bank of America (BAC), Walt Disney (DIS), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Alibaba Group (BABA), CVS Health (CVS), salesforce.com (CRM), Home Depot (HD), Micron Technology (MU) and Boeing (BA).

Cigna's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include DNB Asset Management AS (0.16%), Hexavest Inc. (0.10%), PGGM Investments (0.07%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%), Trinity Street Asset Management LLP (0.04%) and United Services Automobile Association (0.02%). Company insiders that own Cigna stock include Brian C Evanko, Christopher J Hocevar, David Cordani, Eric P Palmer, Hoeltzel Mary T Agoglia, Jason D Sadler, John M Murabito, John Partridge, Michael W Triplett, Nicole S Jones, Timothy C Wentworth and William D Zollars. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Cigna.

CI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, PGGM Investments, Artemis Investment Management LLP, United Services Automobile Association, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Hexavest Inc., Private Capital Advisors Inc. and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Cigna company stock in the last year include John Partridge, Michael W Triplett, Nicole S Jones, Timothy C Wentworth and William D Zollars. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cigna.

CI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Red Spruce Capital LLC, Trinity Street Asset Management LLP, Norway Savings Bank, Diversified Trust Co, Cerebellum GP LLC, AE Wealth Management LLC and Winthrop Advisory Group LLC. Company insiders that have bought Cigna stock in the last two years include Brian C Evanko, David Cordani and Eric P Palmer. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cigna.

Shares of CI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $209.87.

Cigna has a market capitalization of $78.37 billion and generates $48.65 billion in revenue each year. The health services provider earns $2.64 billion in net income (profit) each year or $14.22 on an earnings per share basis. Cigna employs 73,800 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Cigna.

The official website for Cigna is http://www.cigna.com/.

Cigna's mailing address is 900 COTTAGE GROVE ROAD, BLOOMFIELD CT, 06002. The health services provider can be reached via phone at 860-226-6000 or via email at [email protected]