WellCare Health Plans, Inc. ($WCG) Possible Buy to $310 Confident Investor Rating: Good

Company name WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
Stock ticker WCG
Live stock price [stckqut]WCG[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Fair
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $390.62
Target stock price (averages with growth) $522.8
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $355.12
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $355.47

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/wcg

WellCare Health Plans, Inc., incorporated on February 5, 2004, is a managed care company. The Company focuses on government-sponsored managed care services, primarily through Medicaid, Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs), to families, children, seniors and individuals with medical needs. The Company operates in three segments: Medicaid Health Plans, Medicare Health Plans, and Medicare PDPs. As of December 31, 2016, it served approximately 3.9 million members in 50 states and the District of Columbia. As of December 31, 2016, it operated Medicaid health plans in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey, New York and South Carolina. As of December 31, 2016, it offered MA coordinated care plans (CCPs) in certain counties in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. As of December 31, 2016, it also offered standalone Medicare PDPs in 50 states and the District of Columbia.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in WellCare Health Plans, Inc. as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. I am adding WellCare to my Watch List.

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How was this analysis of WellCare Health Plans, Inc. calculated?

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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:

  • Stock price at the time of the calculation: $252.73
  • Growth: 0.18
  • Current EPS (TTM): $7.82
  • P/E: 32
  • Future EPS Calc: $17.89
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $572.48
  • Target stock price: $355.47

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