Earnings Preview: Aetna

Published on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 10:00 Written by Christopher Lynn

New York, January 31st (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of Aetna, Inc. (NYSE:AET) are trading higher by +1.52% ahead of its quarterly earnings release. Aetna, the diversified health care benefits company is expected to release its quarterly results on January 1^st.

Wall Street Analysts consensus calls for a profit of $0.98 a share on $8.49 billion revenue.

Aetna estimates have a range of $0.33 a share. The high estimate calls for profit of $1.2 a share and the low estimate is calling for a profit of $0.87 a share, a year ago for the quarter the company reported $0.63 a share.

Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET) operates as a diversified health care benefits company that provides healthcare and related benefits. The Company offers medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, group life and disability plans, and medical management capabilities and health care management services for Medicaid plans.

Other companies on the watch on this earnings event are CIGNA Corporation NYSE:CI and WellPoint Inc. NYSE:WLP.