Here are four takeaways:
1. Barron’s expects the payer’s shares to rally 30 percent.
2. Anthem shares traded at a significant discount compared to its competitors such as Hopkins, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group and Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna.
3. Aetna has the lowest price-to-earnings ratio among other companies operating in the market.
4. Following news that Judge John Bates blocked the Aetna-Humana deal, Anthem shares jumped 2.32 percent on Jan. 25, 2017.
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