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Mar 27, 2019

Health insurer Centene to buy smaller rival WellCare for $15.27 billion - Reuters

U.S. health insurer Centene Corp confirmed on Wednesday that it would buy WellCare Health Plans Inc in a cash-and-stock deal to bulk up its government-backed healthcare business, valuing its smaller rival at $15.27 billion.

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Market Cap

The average market capitalization across the NexPoint Event Driven A MF is 7.6B. The market cap for tickers in the group ranges from 927.17M to 13.3B. DOC holds the highest valuation in this group at 13.3B. The lowest valued company is CHS at 927.17M.

Volume

The average weekly volume growth across all stocks in the NexPoint Event Driven A MF was 6%. For the same stocks of the MF, the average monthly volume growth was -22% and the average quarterly volume growth was 29%

Fundamental Analysis Ratings

The average fundamental analysis ratings, where 1 is best and 100 is worst, are as follows

Valuation Rating: 50
P/E Growth Rating: 34
Price Growth Rating: 46
SMR Rating: 83
Profit Risk Rating: 53
Seasonality Score: 53 (-100 ... +100)
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