Anthem is an insurance holding company. Co. provides network-based managed care plans to Large Group, Small Group, Individual, Medicaid and Medicare markets. Co.'s managed care plans include preferred provider organizations, health maintenance organizations, point-of-service plans, indemnity plans and other hybrid plans, and hospital only and limited benefit products. In addition, Co. provides managed care services to self-funded customers, including claims processing. Co. also provides other insurance products and services such as dental, vision, life and disability insurance benefits, as well as services to the federal government in connection with the Federal Employee Program®. We show 39 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our ANTM shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute ANTM market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing ANTM market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing ANTM's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of ANTM versus a peer is one thing; comparing
ANTM market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like ANTM can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching ANTM by allowing them to research the ANTM market cap history. |
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