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Stock Data
Last Price 10.72 (11:31 AM EST)
Change (%)     +0.43 (+4.18%)
Volume 219,009
Open 10.21
Previous Close 10.29
Day High 10.83
Day Low 10.21
Bid N/A
Ask N/A
 
Average Volume 940,678
Shares Outstanding 41.71M
Market Cap 447.1M
Year High 58.73
Year Low 6.12
Earnings Per Share 5.01
P/E Ratio 2.1
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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Press Releases: WCG
Mon, Nov 24, 2008
A.M. Best Takes Various Rating Actions on WellCare Health Plans, Inc.’s HMO Subsidiaries
- Business Wire
Thu, Sep 25, 2008
WellCare to Offer National Medicare Drug Plan in 2009
- Business Wire
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
WellCare Granted Listing Extension by NYSE
- Business Wire
Tue, Sep 02, 2008
WellCare Names Rex M. Adams Chief Operating Officer
- Business Wire
Tue, Aug 19, 2008
BellwetherReport.com Analyst Report on SKS, WCG, AEM and MEE
NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by The Bellwether Report.
- Marketwire
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News: WCG
Fri, Nov 14, 2008
Thursday's Biggest Stock Stars
Yesterday's market is today's road map.
- Fool.com Headlines
Thu, Nov 13, 2008
The 52-Week Low Club (C)(CROX)(MSFT)(INTC)(WCG)(GE)
GE (GE) Concerns about dividend and financial services arm. Drops to $14.58 from 52-week high of $39.95. Citigroup (C) Huge consumer lending portfolio becomes more of a time bomb. Drops to $8.27 from 52-week high of $37.50. Crocs (CROX) Tremendously bad earnings. Falls to $.79 from 52-week high of $46.80. Microsoft (MSFT) Signs of tech slowdown are everywhere. Drops to $18.74 from 52-week high of $36.72. Intel (INTC) Cuts profit forecast. Sells off to $12.87 from 52-week high of $27.99. Wellcare Health (WCG) Higher than expected medical costs. Down from $6.12 from 52-week high of $58.73. Douglas A. McIntyre
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A surprising jump in jobless claims along with soaring foreclosure rates sent the markets tumbling with the Dow plunging 201 points to 8082. Nasdaq skidded 44 points to 1456.
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Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 11/13: AMAG, OPTR, CBG, GSOL Higher; WCG, CROX, FEED, PERY Lower
Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/news.php?st=p&id=4158076 for the full story.
- StreetInsider
WellCare Health Plans Plummets Over 65% (WCG, AET, UNH)
WellCare Health Plans (WCG) is blowing up today after the company said they are unable to file past quarterly financial reports. The company’s problems date back to October 2007, when federal and state agents raided the company’s Tampa headquarters. The company did admit that had essentially overcharged the State of Florida in behavioral health costs. The [...]
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Blogs: WCG
Thu, Nov 13, 2008
In Brief - Thursday
WellCare Health Plans (WCG), which handles health care benefits for 2.4 mil members, tumbled 54% to 9.10 after it said it is in default on some...

- Investor's Business ...
Fri, Oct 31, 2008
WCG (WCG, rated BUY)

WCG -> Ah yes, a lil fraud here, some fraud there, restating a few years of earnings... okay, no biggie.  This company is trading like half our population isn't retiring over the next few years.  Trading with high levels of cash-to-debt (assuming their accounting only affected earnings, and they didn't pretend they had extra stacks of Benjamins lying around patient care units).  If you're looking for an angle to play on a socialist administration with Medicare and Medicaid, this is it. 

The company trades at a discount since we are still waiting for 2007 reports.  According to WSJ, the restatement will reduce net income from 2004 through mid-2007 by about 9%.  The retirees applying for Medicare and Medicaid will more than offset the discount on the price.  It's counter-intuitive to assume Democrat Obama would cancel out a social wellfare giant like Medicare... we'll have to leave that to the next Republican presidency.

- SocialPicks
Fri, Aug 08, 2008
Notable Calls Network (NCN): WellCare Health Plan
Notable Calls Network (NCN) caught another nice mover today.[More...]
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Notable Calls Network (NCN): WellCare Health Plan (NYSE:WCG)
Notable Calls Network (NCN) caught another nice mover today.

Around 11:30 AM today, a fellow NCN member pinged me with the following:

WCG- Mergermarkets, Inc is saying that United Healthcare will bid $56 for WCG - Wellcare Health Plans

While I tend to pass on most market rumours and stick to analyst calls etc., this one was almost a sure mover. This one had it all:

- WCG has been long viewed as a buyout candidate.

- Mergermarkets is a solid service and has gotten many calls right over the past years.

- Short interest still stands at 7% of float. Let's assume you're short 200,000 shares and have a credible rumor of a buyout starting to make the rounds. You know there's a fair chance of the rumour being true and being announced over the weekend. So you cover. Covering a 200,000 share block on a August Friday is a short's nightmare (been there personally). So you pay up, pushing the stock up 1-1.5 pts just to get out.

Knowing all this, I quickly gave heads up to the rest of the 50+ NCN members.

The result can be seen here: 2pt+ move to the upside.


This is how Notable Calls Network (NCN) works - sharing the flow. We catch them every day.

Want to be part of NCN?

It's easy. Just shoot me a brief email that includes a short description of yourself and your AOL nickname.

Please do note that contacts via IM are limited to people with:

- 3+ years of trading experience

- Access to quality research/analyst commentary

- Ability to generate and share (intraday) trading calls

I will not accept contacts from purely technically oriented traders, penny stock fans or people who have less than 3 years of experience in the field.
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Podcasts: WCG
Mon, Nov 05, 2007
Market Recap: Stocks Slip Modestly After Citigroup Trips Dow
Mark Fightmaster takes a look back at news that drove the major market indices today.

- Schaeffer's
Tue, Oct 03, 2006
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