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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

eHealth selloff not related to company specific news, says RBC Capital

RBC Capital analyst Frank Morgan says he’s found no company specific news that would explain the weakness today in shares of eHealth. Rather, the analyst attributes the 22% pullback to continued selling in managed care operators and providers, which began yesterday morning. He attributes yesterday’s sell-off to Democratic presidential candidate rhetoric around Medicare-for-All, including a tweet from candidate Bernie Sanders during UnitedHealth’s Q1 earnings call advocating for MFA. Morgan believes investors were looking to take profits in any strong year-to-date performers, like eHealth. The analyst has an Outperform rating on the stock with an $83 price target. eHealth in afternoon trading is down 22%, or $14.05, to $51.38.

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