The Property segment writes residential property insurance for homes, condos, manufactured homes, and renters, as well as offers personal umbrella insurance, and primary and excess flood insurance. The company also offers policy issuance and claims adjusting services, and it acts as an agent to place business owners’ policies, general and professional liability, and workers’ compensation insurance. In addition, it provides reinsurance services. The company sells its products through independent insurance agencies, as well as directly on the internet through mobile devices and over the phone.
Investors receive just a 0.28% dividend. The BofA Securities price target is $177. The consensus target was last seen at $146.93. On Wednesday, Progressive stock closed at $146.43.
UnitedHealth
A whopping 45% of fund managers recently surveyed have bought shares of this company. UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) operates through the following four segments.
Its UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, midsized employers, small businesses and individuals; health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older, addressing their needs for preventive and acute health care services, as well as services dealing with chronic disease and other specialized issues for older individuals; and Medicaid plans, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and health care programs; and health and dental benefits.
The OptumHealth segment provides access to networks of care provider specialists, health management services, care delivery, consumer engagement and financial services. This segment serves individuals through programs offered by employers, payers, government entities and directly with the care delivery systems.
The OptumInsight segment offers software and information products, advisory consulting arrangements, and services outsourcing contracts to hospital systems, physicians, health plans, governments, life sciences companies and other organizations.
OptumRx is the segment that provides pharmacy care services and programs, including retail network contracting, home delivery, specialty and compounding pharmacy, and purchasing and clinical. It also develops programs in areas such as step therapy, formulary management, drug adherence and disease/drug therapy management.
UnitedHealth stock investors receive a 1.34% dividend. BofA Securities has a target price of $650, while the consensus target is $596.26. Wednesday’s $509.23 close was up over 3% on the day.
These are eight great stock ideas for the second quarter of 2023, along with two potential short sale ideas. All the long picks make good sense for growth investors looking to take some profit and move to new positions. With first-quarter earnings reports right around the corner, buying partial positions makes sense now, to check out not only the results for the quarter but the outlook for the rest of 2023.
Originally published at 24/7 Wall St.
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