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Cigna (CI) Q2 Earnings: How Key Metrics Compare to Wall Street Estimates

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Cigna (CI - Free Report) reported $67.13 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 11%. EPS of $7.20 for the same period compares to $6.72 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +7.09% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $62.69 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $7.14, the EPS surprise was +0.84%.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.

Here is how Cigna performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
  • Medical Care Ratio - Cigna Healthcare: 83.2% versus 83.2% estimated by eight analysts on average.
  • Medical Customers - Total: 18.05 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of 17.92 million.
  • Medical Customers - U.S. Healthcare: 16.36 million versus 16.23 million estimated by four analysts on average.
  • Covered Lives By Market Segment - Medical Customers - International Health: 1.69 million versus 1.69 million estimated by three analysts on average.
  • Revenues- Net investment income: $236 million compared to the $219.84 million average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of -26.5% year over year.
  • Revenues- Pharmacy: $53.65 billion versus the six-analyst average estimate of $49.16 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +19%.
  • Revenues- Evernorth Health Services: $57.83 billion compared to the $54.43 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +16.7% year over year.
  • Revenues- Evernorth Health Services- Pharmacy: $53.99 billion compared to the $51.33 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +16.9% year over year.
  • Revenues- Cigna Healthcare- Premiums: $8.99 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $8.87 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -21.5%.
  • Revenues- Premiums: $9.16 billion versus $8.7 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -20.1% change.
  • Revenues- Fees and Other: $4.14 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $4.05 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +13.4%.
  • Revenues- Cigna Healthcare: $10.8 billion versus $10.78 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -18.2% change.

View all Key Company Metrics for Cigna here>>>

Shares of Cigna have returned -7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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