What is Coventry Health Care, Book Value per Share?
Coventry Health Care,'s book value per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2013 was €27.80.
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Coventry Health Care, Book Value per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for Coventry Health Care,'s Book Value per Share can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Coventry Health Care,'s Book Value per Share
For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, Coventry Health Care,'s PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Coventry Health Care,'s PB Ratio Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry
For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, Coventry Health Care,'s PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Coventry Health Care,'s PB Ratio falls into.
Coventry Health Care, Book Value per Share Calculation
Coventry Health Care,'s Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Book value may include intangible items which may come from the company's past acquisitions. Book value less intangibles is called Tangible Book.
Coventry Health Care, (FRA:HCA) Book Value per Share Explanation
Usually a company's book value and Tangible Book per Share may not reflect its true value. The assets may be carried on the balance sheets at the original cost minus depreciation. This may underestimate the true economic values of the assets. It also may over-estimate their true economic value because the assets can become obsolete.
For financial companies such as banks and insurance companies, their assets may be reported in current market value of the assets owned. Book values of financial companies are more accurate indicator of the economic value of the company.
Coventry Health Care, Book Value per Share Related Terms
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Coventry Health Care, (FRA:HCA) Business Description
Coventry Health Care, Inc. was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on December 17, 1997 and is the successor to Coventry Corporation, which was incorporated on November 21, 1986. The Company provides risk and fee-based managed care products and services to a cross section of individuals, employer and government-funded groups, government agencies, and other insurance carriers and administrators. Its operations are segmented into three - Commercial Products, Government Programs and Workers' Compensation. The Commercial Products segment provides health plan commercial risk, commercial management services, Medicare Advantage Coordinated Care Plans, and Medicaid products. Its health plans offer commercial risk products, including health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, and point of service products to individuals and employer groups. This segment also provides health insurance benefits under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; and administrative services only products, such as medical claims administration, pharmacy benefits management, and utilization management and quality assurance programs. In addition, it offers consumer-directed benefit options comprising health reimbursement and savings accounts to commercial customers; provider network rental services through a PPO network to national, regional, and local third-party administrators, as well as insurance carriers; and coordination of mental health and substance abuse treatment services. The Government Programs segment offers Medicare Part D program that provides access to prescription drug coverage for eligible beneficiaries; and comprehensive health benefits on a risk basis to members participating in the Medicare Advantage CCP and Medicaid programs. Its Workers Compensation segment offers fee-based managed care services, such as provider network access, bill review, pharmacy benefit management, durable medical equipment and ancillary services, and care management services to underwriters and administrators of workers compensation insurance. The company serves individuals, employer and government-funded groups, government agencies, and other insurance carriers and administrators through direct sales staff, and independent insurance brokers and agents.
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