Coventry Health Care

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Wer sich etwas mit US-Werten auseinandersetzt, dem ist Zacks ein Begriff. Ich habe gerade den aktuellen Newsletter erhalten. Wer schnell reagiert, könnte heute Mittag vielleicht schon schöne Gewinne bei Coventry Health einfahren: 1) ZacksAdvisor.com TIMELY BUY of the WEEK ============================================== Take the Zacks Rank to the next level with the ZacksAdvisor.com Timely Buy of the Week. Here you`ll discover a Zacks #1 Ranked stock hand selected by Ben Zacks to outperform the market over the next 30 to 90 days. Note that Ben manages a portfolio of #1 ranked stocks on ZacksAdvisor.com called the Zacks Timely Buys. This portfolio continually crushes the return of the S&P 500, yielding an amazing +695.2% return vs. only +54.8% for the S&P 500 (3/96 thru 6/03). And is up +26.7% in 2003. You can see the entire Timely Buys list for FREE - just sign up for free trial to ZacksAdvisor.com at http://zafreetrial.zacks.com Now on with the ZacksAdvisor.com Timely Buy of the Week. Coventry Healthcare (CVH) ------------------------------- Size matters in the tough world of managed care, and Coventry Health Care wants to measure up. Created in 1998 when Coventry Corporation acquired Prinicpal Financial Group's health care unit (doubling its size), the firm provides managed health care services to almost 2 million enrollees in about 15 states, primarily in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast regions. Its plans include point of service, HMOs, and PPOs, as well as Medicare and Medicaid products. The company also administers self-insured health plans for large employers. Coventry has acquired Wellpath, a subsidiary of Duke University Health Systems. Investment firm Warburg Pincus, owns more than 30% of the firm. Coventry Health Care Inc. said on July 29 that its quarterly profit jumped 73 percent, as it raised its rates and added new members, and increased its earnings outlook for the full year. The company posted earnings of $63.4 million, or $1.05 per share, compared with $36.6 million, or 60 cents per share. Wall Street analysts on average expected earnings of 87 cents per share, according to Zacks Research. More... **************************************************************** Be rewarded for your experience with $5 market orders, $10 limit orders, advanced tools and more at BrownCo. Built and priced for active online traders. You know what you want. We get it. Get $5 trades now! http://brownpfpz.zacks.com **************************************************************** ZacksAdvisor.com Timely Buy of the Week continued... The company raised its 2003 earnings per-share outlook to $3.95 to $4.00 from an April estimate of $3.40 to $3.50. For the third quarter, the company said it should earn around $1.05 per share. In the second quarter, the company added 228,000 new members over the period a year ago, while operating revenue rose to $1 billion, from $890 million. CVH estimates raised to $4 a share in 2003 and $4.60 for next year, according to Lehman Bros. Organic growth momentum should continue. Analysts have an Overweight rating and new $64 price target for CVH shares. Shares are trading at only 12 times this fiscal year's estimate of $3.96, and 11 times next fiscal year's estimate of $4.37. The company has not posted a negative earnings surprise over the past nine quarters and has a projected EPS growth rate of 15%. This stock has both value and earnings momentum on its side. Very attractive qualities for long and short term. **************************************************************** Why Zacks Timely Buys? The proof is in the results. The Timely Buy portfolio has beaten the S&P 500 every single year since inception in 1996. $10,000 invested in this strategy since inception would now be worth $79,517 vs. only $15,471 invested in the S&P 500. And so far this year we are up +26.7%. Do you want this kind of performance in your portfolio? Then start a FREE trial to ZacksAdvisor.com today at http://zafreetrial.zacks.com Grüße Pavian