Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, health insurer WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at WellPoint's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

WellPoint facts

Headquarters (founded) Indianapolis (1944)
Market Cap $22.9 billion
Industry Managed health care
Trailing-12-Month Revenue $61.2 billion
Management CEO Angela Braly (since 2007)
CFO Wayne DeVeydt (since 2007)
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) 14.9%
Cash/Debt $19.7 billion / $10.2 billion
Dividend Yield 1.6%
Competitors Aetna
Cigna
UnitedHealth Group

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 94% of the 979 members who have rated WellPoint believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just a few weeks ago, one of those bulls, rtcresap, tapped WellPoint as a particularly solid value pick:

Shareholder value over the past 10 years has increased at a rate that justifies a price of [$70 per share] or below at a 15 percent discount rate. I don't see the profitability changing, particularly as the health care reform increases the volume of incoming premiums -- and if health care reform goes away, the current price is still fair. In other words, there's a lot of upside with little risk.  

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