The company will give investors their first major health insurance have been bite fierce flu seasonal feeling the fourth quarter performance report, Thursday.
Should pay attention to: the current flu season began earlier than normal development, and experts warned that a difficult season will be formed, tandem come to special gentle.
Investors worry that a seconds kill in flu claim damage insurance company's profitability, especially if the claim is more than the number of the company's budget. United competitors antai company's CEO, mark nursed chiellini, said last week, they have seen the ear are strength at the same time, they don't want a season $40 million to $50 million spending beyond the normal range.
United don't usually quarterly earnings report title do a lot, but the insurer made splash in October that will spend about $49 billion for the Brazilian health, welfare and service provider amir Participacoes SA a majority stake. The company is in the heart of Brazil's largest health insurance companies have hospitals and clinics.
Investors will be looking for more information, joint healthy balance sheet on the influence of the transaction.
United said in October, is expected to 2012 earnings of $5.20, $5.25 per share between. In November, released 2013 profit forecast for $5.25 to $5.50 a share. Analysts and investors will also be sought to increase to 2013 forecast.
On average, analysts predicted in 2012 and $5.56 a share of the $5.25 a share in the profits, and by 2013, according to FactSet.
United share liquidation last year growth of 7%, to close at $54.24 in 2012. Health insurance company's share price rises, annual decline, dip in with other health insurance, President Obama win re-election. At the same time, the standard &poor's 500 index rose more than 13%.
Why are so important: united, headquartered in the U.S. state of Minnesota Ming, pass, is one of the biggest U.S. health insurance companies and the first published quarterly earnings. Many analysts and investors see the management type medical department leaders.
The second largest insurance company, the company earnings WellPoint, January 23,. Antaeus as follows on January 31,, Humana company report the results on February 4,.
Health insurance is united company's largest business, but it also business sales information technology services and drug welfare management section. Joint health is the biggest supplier of Medicare Advantage plan, the private business of government for the elderly and the disabled medical insurance plan version.
Expected: analysts predict that the average income for $1.20 per share, an income of $2.818 billion.
In q1 2011: united in the last three months of 2011 income grew by 21%, even if the medical fee, the biggest spending, year-on-year growth of 8% to $18.6 billion. The insurance company revenue was $126 million, or $per share, and an income of $2.592 billion. Performance beyond the analysts' forecast.
Although earnings growth, united did not improve its 2012 forecast, and pointed out that the prices, especially for hospital care, forcing its performance.



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