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AETNA INC NEW (NYSE)
AET 28.40 -0.29 (-1.01%) Vol.  5,348,225 16:00 ET

Day Low - High 28.25 - 28.82
52wk Low - High 14.21 - 34.87
Avg Volume 7,192,340
Industry MED-HMO
Market Cap 12.52 B
Div - Yield 0.04 - 0.14
PE (forward) 10.39
PEG Ratio .76
Current Year Est. 2.76
EPS Last Year 3.30
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#2 Buy 16.63%
#3 Hold 7.53%
#4 Sell 2.01%
#5 Strong Sell -0.07%
S&P 500 8.70%
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 1.95
ABR (Last Week) 1.95
# of Recs in ABR 21
Average Target Price 32.27
Industry Rank by ABR 131 out of 217
Rank in Industry 3 out of 18
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR AET
Zacks Blog: Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Aetna Inc., UnitedHealth Group Inc., WellPoint Inc., Assurant Inc. and Cigna Corp.
Nov 20, 2009
Zacks Blog: Aetna Axes Jobs
Nov 19, 2009
Zacks Blog: Health Net Beats Estimates
Nov 09, 2009
Zacks Blog: The GOP's Health Care Plan
Nov 04, 2009
Zacks Blog: Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Coventry Health Care, Inc., Aetna Inc., Unitedhealth Group, Inc., WellPoint Inc. and Expedia
Nov 02, 2009
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NEWS
Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Aetna Inc., UnitedHealth Group Inc., WellPoint Inc., Assurant Inc. and Cigna Corp
Nov 20, 2009
Delaware Physicians Care Named One of Top Medicaid Plans In the Nation by U.S. News & World Report/ NCQA
Nov 20, 2009
Aetna Cutting About 625 Jobs; More Cuts to Come Next Year
Nov 19, 2009
New Agreement for Hartford Healthcare and Aetna
Nov 19, 2009
Aetna Announces Targeted Job Eliminations
Nov 18, 2009
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
12/2009
Next Quarter
03/2010
This Year
12/2009
Next Year
12/2010
Average Estimate 0.44 0.73 2.76 3.12
Number of Estimates 18 9 19 19
Low Estimates 0.37 0.66 2.72 2.60
High Estimate 0.67 0.83 2.81 3.65
Year Ago EPS 0.96 0.96 3.93 2.76
EPS Growth -54.46% -24.31% -29.76% 13.10%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Aetna Inc. is one of the nation's largest health benefits companies and one of the nation's largest insurance and financial services organizations. Aetna provides these benefits to employer and plan sponsor customers in all 50 states, ranging from large multisite national accounts to middle-market and small-employer groups. Its products include the full range of health insurance, including dental and pharmacy benefits, from HMO and POS to PPO and indemnity, as well as group insurance products such as life, disability and long-term care insurance.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 3.3
Sales 30950.7
Net Income 1305.3
Price/Earnings 8.69
Price/Book 1.31
Price/Cash Flow 5.79
Price/Sales .37


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