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UnitedHealth Group

UnitedHealth Group

Financial data

Key metrics

Data as of May 19, 2026
Current Pricei
Source: Yahoo Finance
$388.70
52-Week Highi
Source: Yahoo Finance
$391.13
52-Week Lowi
Source: Yahoo Finance
$244.44
YTD Returni
Source: Yahoo Finance
33.57%
+33.57%YTD
1-Year Returni
Source: Yahoo Finance
28.11%
+28.11%1Y

Financial statements

Price Snapshot

2026-05-19 · Yahoo Finance (Adjusted Close)
Current Price$388.70USD
52W High$391.13USD
52W Low$244.44USD
YTD Return33.57%%+33.57%YTD
1-Year Return28.11%%+28.11%1Y
5-Year Return5.75%%+5.75%5Y
10-Year Return224.30%%+224.30%10Y

Quarterly Price History

2016-06-01 -> 2026-05-19 · Yahoo Finance
2024-09$562.07USD+15.30%QoQ
2024-12$488.02USD-13.20%QoQ
2025-03$507.22USD+3.90%QoQ
2025-06$303.41USD-40.20%QoQ
2025-09$338.21USD+11.50%QoQ

Description

UnitedHealth Group is a publicly listed equity operating in the Health Insurance industry within the Healthcare sector, headquartered in the United States. The company's business model is centered on healthcare, positioning it within a competitive landscape shaped by technological evolution, regulatory frameworks and shifting demand patterns. Revenue is denominated primarily in USD, with the stock's risk-return profile reflecting both company-specific execution factors and the broader macro environment of its domicile market. From a fundamental perspective, UnitedHealth Group's investment profile is driven by revenue growth trajectory, margin expansion or compression dynamics, capital allocation decisions and return on invested capital. The company's competitive advantages — whether derived from scale economies, intellectual property, network effects, brand strength or regulatory positioning — determine the sustainability of above-average returns and the duration of its competitive moat. Earnings quality, free cash flow generation and balance sheet strength provide the financial foundation that supports valuation multiples and shareholder returns through dividends and buybacks. The stock's market behavior reflects its sector positioning within the Healthcare space, creating specific sensitivities to business cycle phases, interest rate movements and sector rotation flows. In risk-on environments characterized by economic expansion and credit easing, growth-oriented companies in this space tend to benefit from multiple expansion and revenue acceleration. Conversely, tightening monetary conditions and growth deceleration create headwinds through higher discount rates and compressed forward estimates, testing the resilience of the business model and management quality. For portfolio construction, UnitedHealth Group offers exposure to healthcare through a single-name equity position in the United States. The stock's factor profile — encompassing size, value, momentum, quality and volatility characteristics — determines its behavior within systematic strategies and its contribution to portfolio risk. Institutional investors should monitor earnings revision trends, insider activity, short interest dynamics and peer relative valuation when sizing positions and managing concentration risk.

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Key persons

Influence & narrative

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Market signals

Most influential for UnitedHealth Group
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earnings-surprise
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Medical Loss Ratio — UNH Margin Signal
MLR above 85% signals accelerating medical utilization eroding UnitedHealth's margins; each 100bps MLR increase reduces annual EPS by ~$2, triggering systematic de-rating of managed care sector.
earnings-surprise
Earnings Revision Cycle — Analyst Consensus Shift
Systematic analyst EPS revision cycles mark turning points in earnings momentum — upward revision clusters precede strong price moves; downward revision breadth leads multi-month corrections.
macro
Rate Environment — Equity Multiple Pressure
Rising risk-free rates compress equity multiples through the discount rate mechanism — higher rates shrink the present value of future earnings, driving P/E contraction across the asset class.
sentiment
Risk Appetite Cycle — Equity Risk Premium
Global risk-on/off regimes drive systematic equity inflows and outflows — VIX spikes and widening credit spreads signal regime shift to risk-off, triggering broad de-risking across the asset class.
macro
Credit Cycle — Corporate Borrowing Conditions
Corporate credit spreads lead equity earnings by 3–6 months — tightening spreads confirm healthy financing, widening spreads signal rising default risk and precede earnings disappointments.
positioning
Short Interest and Squeeze Dynamics
Elevated short interest creates binary asymmetry — a positive catalyst forces covering and amplifies gains; absent a catalyst, high short interest exerts persistent downward pressure on price.

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Key risks

healthcare-regulation
This risk may negatively affect the instrument’s performance under certain market conditions.
political-risk
This risk may negatively affect the instrument’s performance under certain market conditions.
medical-cost-inflation
This risk may negatively affect the instrument’s performance under certain market conditions.

The list of risks is not exhaustive and highlights the most material structural and market-related factors.

Portfolio role & behavior

Economic role

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Behavior

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