View Aetna's (AET [1]) Q3 Earnings Report [2]

Highlights:

• Aetna had revenues of $8.7 billion for the third quarter of 2009, an increase from last year's $7.6 billion in the third quarter.
• Third-quarter net earnings per share were $.73, compared with $.58 last year at this time.
• Overall net earnings for Aetna in Q3 2009 totaled $326.2 million, up 18 percent from $277.3 million in Q3 2008.
• Despite the overall rise in profits, analysts such as Wachovia Securities' Matthew Perry believe the that future outlooks should be viewed with caution [3] considering that Aetna lowered its full-year operating earnings to the lower end of a $2.75 to $2.90 per share spectrum.

Check out Aetna's current earnings estimates from CNN Money [4]

Aetna's website: www.aetna.com [5]

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