Express Scripts shares drop after cutting forecast

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Express Scripts Holding Co. shares tumbled Wednesday, a day after the pharmacy benefits manager lowered its 2014 forecast, disappointed Wall Street with its first-quarter report and said it received a handful of subpoenas tied to government inquiries.

The nation’s largest pharmacy benefits manager said Tuesday after markets closed that severe winter affected its prescription sales during a first-quarter in which earnings dropped 12 percent.

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