The managed care sector was sent into a tailspin on Friday as Molina Healthcare (NYSE: MOH) saw its market capitalization evaporate in a historic sell-off. Shares of the Long Beach-based insurer plummeted 28% to $127.16 after the company issued a 2026 earnings forecast that was not just a miss,
Healthcare insurance company Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH) beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2025, with sales up 8.3% year on year to $11.38 billion. On the other hand, the company’s full-year revenue guidance of $44.5 billion at the midpoint came in 4.9% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP loss of $2.75 per share was significantly below analysts’ consensus estimates.
Shares of healthcare insurance company Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH)
fell 7.3% in the afternoon session after the U.S. government proposed a significantly smaller-than-expected increase in payments for private Medicare Advantage plans for 2027.
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CMS said that the proposed policies are projected to result in a net average year-over-year payment increase of 0.09% for Medicare Advantage plans in CY 2027.
As the morning bell rang on Wall Street this Thursday, January 22, 2026, the Department of Labor released a set of figures that have sent economists back to their spreadsheets. Initial jobless claims for the week ending January 17 rose slightly to 200,000, up from a revised 199,000
Date: January 2, 2026 The healthcare sector began the 2026 trading year with a renewed sense of optimism, and among the early movers was Molina Healthcare (NYSE: MOH). Shares of the Long Beach-based managed care giant rose 1.69% in early trading today, reflecting a broader rotation into value-oriented healthcare stocks after a period of intense [...]
