Prognosis
Cigna’s Shares Plunge as Medical Costs Outpace Expectations
- Covid’s drag now seen at $2.50-share this year, up from $1.25
- Health-care giant maintains its forecast for full-year profit
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Cigna Corp. shares fell the most in more than a year after the company said Covid-19’s drag on its earnings this year would be double what it had previously projected.
Covid will cut profit by about $2.50 a share this year, executives said, up from $1.25 in the company’s previous forecast. Cigna shares fell as much as 13%, the most since March 2020 and surrendering all their gains for the year.