UnitedHealth, Cigna stocks poob tom qab Raymond James downgrades, hais txog triplemic thiab kev txhawj xeeb txog txoj cai

Shares ntawm UnitedHealth Group Inc.
UNH,
-1.69%
poob 0.5% thiab Cigna Corp.
Qhov no,
-0.43%
poob 2.3% hauv kev lag luam ua ntej hnub Monday, tom qab Raymond James tus kws tshuaj ntsuam John Ransom txo qis cov neeg tuav pov hwm kev noj qab haus huv, hais txog kev txhawj xeeb tias "tripledemic" ntawm tus mob khaub thuas, RSV (tus kab mob ua pa syncytial) thiab COVID tuaj yeem ua rau ntau dua qhov kev xav tau kev kho mob poob qis (MLRs). Tus nqe txhiv kuj tseem txhawj xeeb txog qhov yuav tshwm sim tsis zoo los ntawm txoj cai catalysts yav tom ntej, suav nrog Medicare Advantage Advanced Notice thiab Risk adjustment data validation (RADV) txoj cai kawg. "[T] nws pom dav dav tias kev sib xyaw ua ke ntawm feem ntau qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv 2022 (kev kho mob qis dua, siab dua MA tus nqi nce thiab kev sib hloov mus rau hauv US-centric defensive stocks) tsis zoo li yuav rov ua dua," Ransom sau rau hauv ib daim ntawv. rau cov neeg siv khoom. Nws txiav nws qhov kev ntsuam xyuas ntawm ob lub tuam txhab kom ua tau zoo dua los ntawm kev yuav khoom muaj zog thiab khaws nws cov nqi khoom lag luam ntawm $ 615 rau UnitedHealth thiab ntawm $ 370 rau Cigna. UnitedHealth's stock tau nce 5.6% thiab Cigna shares tau nce 39.0% xyoo rau hnub tim, thaum SPDR Health Care Select Sector ETF
XLIV,
+ 0.41%
tau poob 4.5% thiab Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+ 0.09%
tau poob 7.1%.