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Although Aetna is a strong competitor for the healthcare giant Anthem, recent news has put Antm a step ahead. Anthem was determined to be one of the top 5 dividend paying healthcare stocks at a price of $.62 every three months. Aetna is behind, only paying $.25 per three months. This shows that Anthem has much more confidence in the growth of the company, they are willing to pay out more money to their investors. In other news Anthem has recently purchased the healthcare organization Cigna; a multi-million dollar deal that cut the number of healthcare giants to only 3. Aetna has a beta of .74 and Anthem has a beta of .6, this tells investors that Anthem follows the trend of the overall stock market closer than Aetna. Anthem holds less risk to investors. Over the past five years both companies have had gains, yet Anthem had a gain 144.2 percent more. Not only has Antem bought Cigna, but it has also agreed to sell Cigna's shares publicly. This was due to the high demand from investors. Getting the investors excited and interested in a stock will give Anthem a great advantage for growth over Aetna. Predictions on future growth and the voices of the investors has put Anthem ahead of Aetna in the Healthcare sector.

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I chose Vf Corp over Columbia because of the expansion of stores in the company which will cause a growth in the stock price. For example, one of Vf's most popular apparel store, "Timberland" announced that they were opening two new stores located in in the UK. This expansion overseas alone will increase a rise in the stock. They are also opening a new campaign idea, "Made for the Modern Trail" that is revolved around people who live in the city and in more modern environment, which branches out their costumer base from its original which is for outdoor and the more rough terrain. As a result, of this expansion overseas and new customer base, we believed that Vf's stock will rise 14% by the next year. This beat Columbia, because although they had a new campaign coming out, it still didn't branch out their costumer base and we didn't believe it would have a large increase which was predicted to be only 2%. As a result, Vf Corp is the better looking stock and the stock price will have a greater increase than Columbia. Vf Corp has a beta of .74 and Columbia has a beta of 1.36. This means Vf Corp follows the stock market more closely meaning there is less risk investing in Vf and more risk investing in Columbia.

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This article says how Aetna announced it has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share on the company’s common stock.  This gives an increase profit on the stock shareholders and I believe it will cause an increase 5% from the$0.25 increase dividend.

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Aetna is releasing an award- winning "Member Payment Estimator." This provides a more complete, personalized picture of the costs involved in health care. This is helping people in Iowa and Nebraska save money. This is available online or on Aetna's online app, and it provides a real time out of pocket estimate and cost comparisons for more than 650 commonly used emergency health services. This gives members an idea of costs ahead of time so people have an idea of the cost. There have been more than 6.3 million hits since current form of the tool was launched in 2010 and with this new update, I believe the stock will increase 10% by the end of the year.

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Columbia has reported earnings and sales growth that is better than what analysts had expected. It is the strength and popularity of their product that has continued growth in this company despite harsh competition. Revenue in the third quarter has risen 14% because of its brand growth in North America and Europe. Although the company has done well in these regions, sales are down in Asia and Russia. Columbia has also released a new line of products featuring "turbo down wave", and a new waterproof jacket called "Out dry extreme". Sales around the world have been countering each other, however it is the new lines and innovations in clothing that will make investors interested. I predict the stock price will rise only 7% in the next year. Over the past five years both companies have had gains, yet Anthem

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This article is about Columbia's new long term global platform called, "Tested Tough." This is Columbia's largest global campaign in history. Tested Tough isn't just an ad campaign or tagline. It also marks the return of advertising Columbia's 91-year old chairman of the board, Gert Boyle. This global campaign could expect an increase in sales for Columbia as it introduces a new tag line, increasing the stock price. I believe this will cause a small increase however of 4%.

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This article explains that Anthem is a specialized company of these 5 healthcare giants. Anthem is focused of health insurance so the pharmaceutical companies aren't Anthem's greatest threats. This article also points out that healthcare company's weren't hurt by ObamaCare as many investors expected. Anthem has even thrived since ObamaCare's beginning. They have continued to report healthy gains and pay out significant dividends. Currently they are paying $.62 every three months. This article also predicts that Anthem has room to increase their dividends in the future. I predict that the company stock price will increase 10% in the next year due to the promise of high dividends and faith in the private healthcare sector.

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70% Gain

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14.43% Gain

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-13.89% Loss

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Anthem, being one of the Nation's personal health insurance superpowers, has stated they plan to acquire Cigna for 54 billion dollars. Anthem will buy out all of Cigna's current stock shares. This deal is predicted to be approved halfway through 2016. The new combined healthcare giant will now provide service to over 53 million customers. Anthem's biggest competitor Aetna has just recently acquired Humana and UnitedHealth just acquired Catamaran. It seems as if all the major Healthcare providers have been buying and expanding their consumer base. This is good news for Anthem, it shows that it is keeping its position among the top healthcare providers and has also recently agreed to distribute Cigna stocks in compliance to shareholders. Although, this also means that Anthem's competitors are also getting stronger. I expect this to raise the stock price by 2% in the next quarter due to eager investers joining the health insurance bandwagon.

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2014: Total Revenue:

58,003,200

Net Income- 2,040,800  2013: Total Revenue:

12,147,200

Net Income- 1,913,600 2012: Total Revenue:  2,901,000   Net Income- 1,657,900

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One of VF Corp.'s most popular apparel brand, Timberland has just announced the opening of two new overseas stores. These stores will open in Intu shopping Centre in the UK. In this year alone, Timberland has opened 7 new stores in hopes of expanding their global business. Timberland has also launched its new campaign idea, "Made for the Modern Trail". This apparel will be more focused on people living in cities who still like the feel of outdoor style. The two big ideas of this article is that VF corporation is expanding its company across the globe, opening doors to far more profit. Another pro to this article it that Timberland has adapted its product line to attract both rural and urban customers. I expect the stock price to rise 14% by the next year due to foreign growth.

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.74

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15.81

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35.95 Billion large Market Cap

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Health Care Plans

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an American managed health care company, which sells traditional and consumer directed health care insurance plans and related services, such as medical, pharmaceutical, and dental.

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.50% Gain

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This article gives an overview of VF Corp.'s financial activity for the past quarter. Highlights of the article clearly show changes in the companies revenue, gross margin, operating income, earnings per share, and inventories. We have to take in account that all reported percents and statistics are based on currency neutral basis, meaning they don't take the fluctuation of currency values into consideration. Revenue is reported to have increased 8 percent in the past quarter, last year this quarters revenue increased by only 3 percent so the company is still showing growth. The gross margin for the quarter was 49.8 percent meaning the profitability of the VF products was about one half. The operating profit increased 14 percent from last years third quarter. Earnings per share also increased 14 percent from last years third quarter. Inventories increased 12 percent. All of these reports point towards a trend of future growth. I expect this article to effect VF's stock positively as investors are happy to see futher growth. I predict a 2% raise in the stock price for the final yearly quarter.

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.02% gain

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-.20% loss

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214.2%

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-10.8%

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-18%

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5.4%

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128%

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2014: 137.17M

2013: 94.34M

2012: 99.86M

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2013: 2,655,500

2014: 2,489,700

2015: 2,569,700

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2014: Total Revenue- 2,100,590

Net Income- 137,173

2013:Total Revenue- 1,684,996

Net Income- 94,341

2012: Total Revenue-1,669,563

Net Income- 99,859

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1.32

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2013: 13,283,600

2014: 14,786,400

2015: 17,019,200

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0.602

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34.2 billion Large Cap

(11/20/15)

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23.40

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-4.79

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Anthem inc. is in the Healthcare Plans industry.

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Provides Health care and health benefit options . It provides to three main types of consumers; Commercial/specialty businesses, Government businesses, and other businesses.

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3.385 Billion large Market Cap

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Columbia Sportswear Company is a United States company that manufactures and distributes outerwear and sportswear.

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Industry: Textile- Apparel Clothing.

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2013: 1,085,999

2014: 1,210,199

2015: 1,047,505

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2013: 10,879,855

2014: 11,419,648

2015: 12,282,161

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.93

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25.76

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26.44 billion Large Cap (11/17/15)

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VF corporation is in the clothing and clothing accessory industry

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VF corporation manufactures and distributes lifestyle clothing and footwear. It owns several popular clothing lines such as Timberland and The North Face. Products include jackets, backpacks, shoes, socks and even travel accessories.