Here is how Aetna, Anthem, Humana, Cigna and UnitedHealth Group fared:
1. Fourth-quarter revenues for Aetna parent CVS Health totaled $619.6 billion, up from $66.9 billion in the same period of 2019. CVS ended the fourth quarter with a $973 million profit, down 44.2 percent from $1.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2019.
2. Anthem posted revenues of $31.8 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020, up 16.1 percent from $27.4 billion in the same period a year prior. Anthem ended the fourth quarter with a $551 million profit, down 41 percent from the $934 million it reported in the last quarter of 2019.
3. Cigna posted fourth-quarter revenues of $41.7 billion, up from $38.2 billion in the same quarter of 2019. Cigna ended the quarter with a $4.1 billion profit, up from $977 million reported in the last quarter of 2019.
4. Humana recorded $19.1 billion in revenues in the fourth quarter of 2020, up 17 percent year over year. Humana ended the quarter with a $274 million net loss, compared to a $512 million profit in the fourth quarter of 2019.
5. UnitedHealth Group still saw its revenue grow to $65.5 billion in the last quarter of 2020, up 7.5 percent from $60.9 billion in the same period the previous year, beating analysts’ projections. UnitedHealth posted a profit of $2.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020, down about 38 percent from $3.5 billion in the same period of 2019.
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