Wellpoint (WLP)
Wellpoint Beneish M-Score: -2.386
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WLP Beneish M-Score Rankings
| Overall | 32nd percentile | 2564 of 3771 |
| Sector | 39th percentile | 208 of 343 in Healthcare |
| Industry | 40th percentile | 6 of 10 in Health Care Plans |
WLP Beneish M-Score Range, Past 5 Years
| Minimum | -2.544 | Dec 2009 |
| Maximum | -2.210 | Dec 2008 |
| Average | -2.382 |
About Beneish M Score
The Beneish M Score helps to uncover companies who are likely to be manipulating their reported earnings. Companies with a higher score are more likely to be manipulators. This is a probabilistic model, so it will not detect manipulators with 100% accuracy.
The best cut-off point depends on the costs mistakenly classifying in one of two ways:
1) Classifying firm that is manipulating earnings as a non-manipulator (Type I error), and
2) Classifying a firm as a manipulator when it actually was not manipulating (Type II Error).
Here are optimal cut-offs according to Beneish, presented as the score followed by the cost of Type I error relative to cost of Type II error):
M Score HTML Table:
| Score | Relative Error Costs (Type I:Type II) |
|---|---|
| M Score > -1.49 | (10:1) | M Score > -1.78 | (20:1) | M Score > -1.89 | (40+:1) |
Beneish excluded financial institutions from his sample when calculating the M-Score, so extreme care should be taken when looking at M-Scores of financial firms - their business models are different from the manufacturing and other service firms that Beneish used in his study.
If you want more details, here is the original Beneish M Score Paper, or you can learn about our calculation by clicking "Learn More" below.
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WLP News
WellPoint Joins Hero Health Hire to Promote Employment of America’s Wounded Warriors and Veterans
May 24, 9:00AM Business Wire
May 24, 9:00AM Business Wire
$WLP http://stks.co/3xrJ Held lower channel line on Monday. Next target is the 50 day around 48.5
about 9 days ago by Marvic
about 9 days ago by Marvic
Barrick Gold Corporation, WellPoint Included in Stocks Up on High Volume Thursday
May 17, 4:34PM Fox Business
May 17, 4:34PM Fox Business
$WLP http://stks.co/3sYs Bullish engulfing candle breaking 10 day downtrend.
about 15 days ago by Marvic
about 15 days ago by Marvic
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May 11, 5:00AM Business Wire
May 11, 5:00AM Business Wire
$WLP Entire insurance group traded in step not a $WLP issue. Added. Trading along trend line.
about 37 days ago by tiger_cat
about 37 days ago by tiger_cat
$WLP missed the Earnings Whisper number and estimates are trending lower http://chart.ly/h4cqcng
about 37 days ago by eWhispers
about 37 days ago by eWhispers
#WellPoint's $WLP Q1 profit drops 7.6%; health insurer raises 2012 forecast : http://stks.co/3VC8 Quote http://stks.co/3VC9
about 37 days ago by TMXmoney
about 37 days ago by TMXmoney
$AET nice bounce of lower channel on volume... $WLP nice too. Obamacare must be getting neutered.. http://chart.ly/3n9kvai
about 42 days ago by Sirtuan
about 42 days ago by Sirtuan
Recent Quotes
| Symbol | Price | Chg | Chg % | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WLP | 67.39 | -0.65 | -0.96% | 22.56B |
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