Cigna’s Second-Quarter Earnings Beat Expectations

Cigna is reporting better-than-expected second earnings today, fueled in part by the strong performance of its pharmacy benefit management business.

The company, headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut, had a net income of $1.5 billion, or $5.71 per share, according to a news release issued before an 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time earnings call. When some on-time gains are included, the earnings were $7.20 a share, which was slightly above analysts’ expectations.

The financial outlook of publicly traded health insurance companies has been clouded recently by medical costs that are higher than what the companies anticipated. But Cigna has been less affected by the trend because it completed the sale of its Medicare Advantage, Part D, supplemental benefit, and CareAllies unit to Health Care Service Corporation in March 2025 for $3.3 billion.

Second-quarter revenue from Evernorth Health Services, the company’s health services division, which includes its pharmacy benefit management unit, Express Scripts, reached $57.83 billion, compared with $49.55 billion in the second quarter of 2024. Revenue from pharmacy benefit services was $31.95 billion in the second quarter compared with $26.63 billion during the second quarter of last year.