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UnitedHealth Group SNSE:UNH Stock Report

Last Price

US$487.16

Market Cap

US$460.3b

7D

0%

1Y

-4.3%

Updated

21 Dec, 2024

Data

Company Financials +

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated

SNSE:UNH Stock Report

Market Cap: US$460.3b

UNH Stock Overview

Operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. More details

UNH fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation3/6
Future Growth5/6
Past Performance1/6
Financial Health4/6
Dividends4/6

Rewards

Trading at 57.9% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 24.5% per year

Analysts in good agreement that stock price will rise by 27.2%

Risk Analysis

Large one-off items impacting financial results

Profit margins (3.6%) are lower than last year (6%)


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UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Competitors

Elevance Health

NYSE:ELV

US$85.0b

Humana

NYSE:HUM

US$28.4b

Centene

NYSE:CNC

US$30.1b

Molina Healthcare

NYSE:MOH

US$16.8b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for UnitedHealth Group
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUS$487.16
52 Week HighUS$491.74
52 Week LowUS$487.16
Beta0.59
1 Month Change0%
3 Month Change0%
1 Year Change-4.28%
3 Year Change9.67%
5 Year Change64.83%
Change since IPO685.36%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

UNHCL HealthcareCL Market
7D0%-2.3%-0.8%
1Y-4.3%-28.0%8.5%

Return vs Industry: UNH exceeded the CL Healthcare industry which returned -28% over the past year.

Return vs Market: UNH underperformed the CL Market which returned 8.5% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is UNH's price volatile compared to industry and market?
UNH volatility
UNH Average Weekly Movement0%
Healthcare Industry Average Movement6.4%
Market Average Movement2.1%
10% most volatile stocks in CL Market4.4%
10% least volatile stocks in CL Market0.6%

Stable Share Price: Data is not available.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine UNH's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
1974440,000Andrew Wittywww.unitedhealthgroup.com

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older addressing their needs; Medicaid plans, children’s health insurance and health care programs; and health and dental benefits, and hospital and clinical services, as well as health care benefits products and services to state programs caring for the economically disadvantaged, medically underserved, and those without the benefit of employer-funded health care coverage.

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Fundamentals Summary

How do UnitedHealth Group's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
UNH fundamental statistics
Market capUS$460.26b
Earnings (TTM)US$14.32b
Revenue (TTM)US$393.90b

32.1x

P/E Ratio

1.2x

P/S Ratio

Is UNH overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
UNH income statement (TTM)
RevenueUS$393.90b
Cost of RevenueUS$303.81b
Gross ProfitUS$90.09b
Other ExpensesUS$75.78b
EarningsUS$14.32b

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)15.56
Gross Margin22.87%
Net Profit Margin3.63%
Debt/Equity Ratio74.7%

How did UNH perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

1.7%

Current Dividend Yield

51%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/21 09:03
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated is covered by 62 analysts. 24 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David ToungArgus Research Company
Hua HaBaird
Andrew MokBarclays