Triplett Michael W, President, US Markets, sold 2,825 shares of the Cigna Corporation (NYSE:CI) in an exchange that happened on November 5th, 2018. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.25 per share, amounting to a transaction worth $605,253. The sale was made public in a document filed with the SEC. Additionally, Pres., International Markets Sadler Jason D sold 21,189 shares of this stock in a transaction that took place on November 2nd, 2018. The stock was sold at an average price of $212.99 per share, for a total exchange amounting to $4,513,028. After the transaction, the Pres., International Markets Sadler Jason D currently holds 25,339 shares of the company’s stock, which is worth approximately $5313842.
With this stock price’s latest movement, it is now -7.67% away from its 1-year high and 28.64% higher than its 1-year low price. In the past seven days, the stock price volatility for Cigna Corporation was 2.23%, whereas its volatility in the past 30 days has been 2.56%. This public company’s stock also has a beta score of 0.53. When the beta value is less/more than 1, it can imply that the stock is less/more volatile than the wider stock market – a metric that traders will surely be keeping tabs on.
Cigna Corporation (NYSE:CI) most recently published its quarterly earnings results. The firm posted $3.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the three-month period, surpassing analysts’ consensus estimate of $3.44 by $0.40. The publicly-traded organization reported revenue of $11,445.00 million for the quarter, compared to the average analyst forecast calling for $11,172.60 million, which was surpassing the analyst consensus estimate.
Shares of Cigna Corporation (CI) surged 0.93%, amounting to a gain of $1.93 per share, to finish the regular trading session at $209.71 on Wednesday 11/21/2018. After beginning the session at $207.24, shares of Cigna Corporation reached as high as $211.96 during the day, while hitting a 1-day low of $207.24. Trade volume reached 1,838,968 shares against this stock’s average daily volume of 2.50M shares, with a total float of 237.74M. As a consequence of the price increase, Cigna Corporation now has a current market value of 51.07B.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) added 1.38% to its trading price by the close of the most recent session, jumping from its previous closing price of $101.71 to $103.11. This stock decreased in value by -1.77% during the last 7-day period, and experienced a loss of -4.62% over the past 30-day period. In the past three months, this stock’s price lost by -4.14% , and added 4.88% to its price during the last six months of trading. MSFT demonstrated a yearly price gain of 23.16% , while its year-to-date (YTD) price performance has been up 20.54% . This stock’s price changed by +3.78% compared to its 90-day low, and moved down -11.25% comparing to its 90-day high price.
Have a quick look on short, medium and long-term indicators. According to the Composite Indicator, Trendspotter rated the MSFT stock as “Sell”. In the short-term, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) has a 20-day average volume of 41,255,605 shares and short-term indicators sets the MSFT stock as “ 80% Sell ” on average basis. In the medium-term, MSFT stock has a 50-Day average volume of 35,575,305 shares and medium-term indicators gave the average rating of “ 100% Sell ”, while in the long-term period the FB stock has a 100-Day average volume of 29,507,354 shares. On average, long-term indicators rated the stock as “33% Sell ”. The overall picture from all short, medium and long-term indicators sets the MSFT stock as “80% Sell ” on average basis.
Recently, multiple brokerages have sent out reports on MSFT. BofA/Merrill, for example, Reiterated its rating on shares of Microsoft Corporation to a “Buy”, while setting a $140 price target on shares of the company’s stock, according to a research note from Thursday October 25th, 2018. BofA/Merrill Reiterated their target price for this stock from $134 to $135, while giving the stock a “Buy” rating, as stated in a research report from Monday, October 22nd, 2018. Wedbush , on the other hand, Initiated a “Outperform” rating on this stock, while posting a $140 price target on shares of this company’s stock in a research note dated Friday, October 19th, 2018.
In other news related to Microsoft Corporation stock, 74.58% shares of MSFT held by institutions. The total number of institutions who held the MSFT shares was 3,747, according to most recent SEC filling. During the past quarter, total 5,725,214,003 shares held by institutions with the net change of -19,255,060 shares. In the meantime, 139 new institutions bought the shares of Microsoft Corporation for the first time and 71 institutions sold all their holdings in the company’s common stock. 1,403 institutions increased their investment in the MSFT stock and 1,657 institutions decreased their investment in the Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)’s stock during the last quarter.
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