Cigna Corp vs Equinor ASA — how do they compare? Cigna Corp trades at $273 (market cap $73.56B), while Equinor ASA trades at $40.81 (market cap $97.58B). The key difference: Equinor ASA is the larger of the two by market cap, and Equinor ASA pays the higher dividend (3.81%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CI | EQNR | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $73.56B | $97.58B |
Sector | Health | Energy |
52-Week High | $311.00 | $42.40 |
52-Week Low | $244.41 | $22.41 |
Enterprise Value | $98.27B | $106.28B |
Dividend Yield | 2.24% | 3.81% |
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Cigna primarily provides pharmacy benefit management and health insurance services. Its PBM services were greatly expanded by its 2018 merger with Express Scripts and are mostly sold to health insurance plans and employers. Its largest PBM contract is the Department of Defense. In health insurance and other benefits, Cigna mostly serves employers through self-funding arrangements, but it also operates in government programs, such as Medicare Advantage. The company operates mostly in the U.S. with 15 million medical members covered as of the end of 2020, but its services extend internationally, covering another 2 million people.
Read more on CI →Equinor is a Norway-based integrated oil and gas company. It has been publicly listed since 2001, but the government retains a 67% stake. Operating primarily on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, the firm produced 2.1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2021 (52% oil) and ended the year with 5.4 billion barrels of proven reserves (49% oil). Operations also include offshore wind, solar, oil refineries and natural gas processing, marketing, and trading.
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