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Fly News Breaks for February 20, 2019
NTRI, UNH, TVTY
Feb 20, 2019 | 05:18 EDT
Piper Jaffray analyst Sean Wieland lowered his price target for Tivity Health (TVTY) to $29 after accelerated insourcing by UnitedHealth (UNH) resulted in the company lowering its 2019 outlook. Recent checks with fitness clubs indicate that the process of transferring Silver Sneakers members to Renew Active by UnitedHealthcare is an administrative burden for the fitness clubs because they have to manually re-register the members, Wieland tells investors in a research note. Furthermore, the members must begin paying for the membership out of pocket, albeit at a 50% discount, adds the analyst. In addition, Wieland says he needs to see more evidence of revenue synergies to prove the rationale of Tivity's merger with Nutrisystem (NTRI). Nonetheless, the analyst keeps an Overweight rating on Tivity Health saying the stock is "too cheap."
News For TVTY;UNH;NTRI From the Last 2 Days
UNH
Mar 28, 2024 | 06:51 EDT
BofA downgraded Molina Healthcare (MOH) to Underperform from Neutral with a $439 price target. The firm, which is concerned that Molina and the Medicaid industry more broadly are likely to face rate pressure after a period of elevated margins, sees a less attractive risk/reward for Molina compared to other insurers the firm covers, the analyst tells investors. Molina is now trading roughly at parity with the firm's top pick in the space, UnitedHealth (UNH), compared to a 22% discount that had been seen over the last five years, helping to underscore the firm's view that "sentiment for Medicaid is nearing a top just at a time when Medicare is reaching a bottom," the analyst added.