Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX) has been a source of interesting developments in 2014. The company can be seen in the light of weak financial results, insider trading and job cuts, all of which can impact what outcome of your investment in this stock. Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX) stock opened at $78.30 in last session, and closed at $78.46, while the day range of ESRX stock is $78.04 – $78.78. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 1.70%.
In our new rank based on the most recent short interest data from NASDAQ, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) has taken over the position of #9 most shorted Dow component, from UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) which is now in the #10 spot. UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE:UNH) stock opened at $77.28, in last session and closed at $77.60, by gaining 0.13%. The 52 week range of UNH is $54.06 – $78.57. Company’s market capitalization is $78.78billion.
U.S. health insurer Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET) has formed yet another Accountable Care Organization (ACO) with Atlantic Accountable Care Organization (Atlantic ACO), a partner of Atlantic Health System. Aetna Inc (NYSE:AET) stock decreased -0.41% and finished the last session at $78.35. The EPS of the stock remained 5.35. Company’s market capitalization is $26.96billion.
WellPoint Inc. (NYSE:WLP) started diversifying more heavily into consumer-oriented and health IT businesses in 2011 and is continuing with the strategy. At Aetna, Chief Executive Mark Bertolini is implementing strategies that will see the insurer get more deeply into health-information technology and run the back-end operations of the new accountable-care organizations, or ACOs. WellPoint Inc (NYSE:WLP) stock opened the session at $92.55, and closed the session at $93.62. The 52 week range of the WLP stock remained $63.31 – $94.36 and the day range was $92.55 – $94.17.