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As a result, Humana raised its EPS guidance for the year to a range of $5.95-$6.15. The health insurance provider no longer anticipates incurring expenses in 2011 associated with the loss of the TRICARE South Region contract.

Humana (HUM) announced Friday it won a south region TRICARE contract from the Department of Defense. Health care delivery under the new contract is scheduled to begin on April 1, 2012.

Humana (HUM) is up after it says it formed a joint venture with privately held Discovery Holdings to offer a comprehensive wellness program for its millions of medical members. As part of the deal, Humana says it will capitalize a

The company said it sees Q1 EPS of $1.15-$1.20 (vs. $1.28 estimate) and sees full-year EPS of $5.70-$5.90 (vs. $6.02 estimate). Humana said it sees full-year revenue of $36.5-$37.5 billion (vs. $35.4 billion estimate).

Chairman Michael McCallister said, "Our fourth-quarter and full-year results showed operating strength in key areas of strategic focus.

Humana (NYSE:HUM) reported Q4 EPS of 63 cents. The consensus estimate was for EPS of 81 cents which may not be comparable. Revenue totaled $8.35 billion vs. Street estimates of $8.36 billion.

Humana has a potential upside of 15.9% based on a current price of $55.33 and an average consensus analyst price target of $64.15.

Humana is currently below its 50-day moving average (MA) of $56.92 and should find support at its 200-day MA of $49.98.

In the last five trading sessions, the 50-day MA has climb

Humana (NYSE:HUM) shares are trading 0.99% higher at $55.34 after the company said that 2011 consolidated earnings are expected to be at least $5.45 per share and revenue is expected to increase $800 million from an agreement to b