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Revenues Profits
Rank Company Fortune 500 rank $ millions % change from 2009 $ millions % change from 2009
1 UnitedHealth Group 22 94,155.0 8.1 4,634.0 21.2
2 WellPoint 42 58,801.8 -9.6 2,887.1 -39.2
3 Aetna 77 34,246.0 -1.5 1,766.8 38.4
4 Humana 79 33,868.2 9.4 1,099.4 5.7
5 Cigna 122 21,253.0 15.4 1,345.0 3.3
6 Health Net 179 13,619.9 -13.3 204.2 N.A.
7 Coventry Health Care 212 11,587.9 -17.2 438.6 81.0
8 Amerigroup 396 5,806.3 11.9 273.4 83.1
9 Universal American 401 5,687.2 14.6 187.7 33.8
10 WellCare Health Plans 420 5,440.2 -20.9 -53.4 -233.9
11 Centene 493 4,470.1 5.2 94.8 13.3
Rank Company Revenues % Assets % Stockholders'
Equity %
1 UnitedHealth Group 4.9 7.3 17.9
2 WellPoint 4.9 5.8 12.1
3 Aetna 5.2 4.7 17.9
4 Humana 3.2 6.8 15.9
5 Cigna 6.3 2.9 20.2
6 Health Net 1.5 4.9 12.1
7 Coventry Health Care 3.8 5.2 10.4
8 Amerigroup 4.7 12.0 23.5
9 Universal American 3.3 5.1 12.5
10 WellCare Health Plans -1.0 -2.4 -6.4
11 Centene 2.1 4.9 11.9
Earnings Per Share Total Return to Investors Employees
Rank Company 2000-2010 Annual growth (%) 2000-2010 Annual rate (%) 2010 (%) Number % change from 2009
1 UnitedHealth Group 22.3 9.1 19.9 87,000 8.8
2 WellPoint N.A. N.A. -2.5 37,500 -7.4
3 Aetna 33.9 11.6 -3.6 34,000 -2.9
4 Humana 28.2 13.6 24.7 35,200 25.3
5 Cigna 9.2 -1.1 4.1 30,600 4.4
6 Health Net 4.5 0.4 17.2 8,090 -8.3
7 Coventry Health Care 21.8 8.3 8.7 14,000 -2.8
8 Amerigroup N.A. N.A. 62.9 4,500 12.5
9 Universal American 17.1 19.5 99.7 1,800 -18.2
10 WellCare Health Plans N.A. N.A. -17.8 3,300 -3.5
11 Centene N.A. N.A. 19.7 4,200 7.7
Issue date: May 23, 2011
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