Wall Street Isn’t Sweating Cigna’s Third-Quarter MLR Miss
Cigna Corp. on Nov. 4 reported a higher-than-expected medical loss ratio (MLR) for the third quarter of 2021, which the company blamed on rising medical costs from COVID-19 care and from high utilization among customers who signed up for Affordable Care Act exchange plans during the pandemic special enrollment period. However, equities analysts were not overly concerned, noting that most investors saw the “MLR miss” coming and that Cigna did beat Wall Street consensus estimates for its quarterly earnings.
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