The Wall Street Journal evaluates how leading US corps stack up in 6 areas: AI readiness, innovation, talent readiness, financial fitness, resilience and agility.
Cigna ranks #53 overall with an Overall Score of 61.8, making it one of the stronger names in your list. It ranks 3rd out of 44 companies in Health Care Equipment & Services, behind only a small group of higher-scoring healthcare names. The strongest factors are AI Rank #31 and Financial Fitness Rank #76.
The data is incomplete because Cigna has missing values for Innovation and Agility. Among the available pillars, the weakness is Talent Readiness #260, with Resilience at #183. The strategic read is that Cigna screens as a financially sound, AI-capable healthcare platform, but the missing innovation and agility data means the ranking should be interpreted carefully. It looks strong, but not fully transparent across all future-readiness dimensions.
Source:
https://www.wsj.com/rankings/best-companies-for-the-future/full-rankings-2026