Unitedhealth Group is a healthcare plan company located in Minnesota, United States, which is part of the Healthcare sector, and is traded under the ticker UNH on the NYSE exchange.
Unitedhealth Group stock last closed at $495.37, up 2.85% from the previous day, and has increased 1.67% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Healthcare Plans industry by 0.03 percentage points. Unitedhealth Group stock is currently +13.52% from its 52-week low of $436.38, and -10.7% from its 52-week high of $554.70.
There are currently 920.39M shares of UNH outstanding. The market cap of UNH is $455.93B. In the past 24 hours, 6.64M UNH shares were traded.
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Out of 15 sell side analysts who give forecasts on UNH, the consensus analyst rating on Unitedhealth Group is a Strong Buy
Please keep in mind that analyst ratings are not stock recommendations, nor are they financial advice.
Andrew Mok, a top 25% analyst from Barclays maintains UNH with a strong buy rating and raises their UNH price target from $534.00 to $560.00, on Apr 17, 2024.
Jessica Tassan, a top 41% analyst from Piper Sandler maintains UNH with a strong buy rating and raises their UNH price target from $566.00 to $571.00, on Apr 17, 2024.
Piper Sandler's Jessica Tassan raised their price target on Unitedhealth Group (NYSE: UNH) by 0.9% from $566 to $571 on 2024/04/17. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.
Tassan's price target hike was in response to Unitedhealth Group's Q1 2024 earnings report, released on 2024/04/16.
Following a rough 2023, the company is taking on 2024 with a mix of attractiveness, controlled growth, balanced benefit design, and thoughtful care delivery and documentation, the analyst told investors.
Piper Sandler "blames the Change Healthcare deal for the headline MLR (Medical Loss Ratio) miss and is focused on underlying medical costs, which were consistent with management's prior guidance and under control," Tassan added.
On 2022/10/03, Unitedhealth announced the completion if its acquisition of Change Healthcare.
For Q1 2024, Unitedhealth Group reported:
For FY 2024, management guided:
CEO Andrew Witty commented: “The core story at UnitedHealth Group remains our colleagues delivering improved experiences for the people we serve and driving balanced growth even while swiftly and effectively addressing the attack on Change Healthcare.”
Gary Taylor, a bottom 10% analyst from TD Cowen maintains UNH with a strong buy rating and lowers their UNH price target from $607.00 to $546.00, on Apr 10, 2024.
Sarah James, a bottom 5% analyst from Cantor Fitzgerald reiterates UNH with a strong buy rating and maintains their UNH price target from $591.00 to $591.00, on Apr 10, 2024.
Stephen Baxter, a top 20% analyst from Wells Fargo maintains UNH with a strong buy rating and lowers their UNH price target from $600.00 to $525.00, on Apr 8, 2024.
You can dive deeper into what analysts are forecasting on the Unitedhealth Group stock forecast page.
Last year, UNH earnings were $15.36B. Over the last 5 year, UNH's earnings have grown by 4.79% per year. This was slower than the Healthcare Plans industry average of 5.66%.
Last year, UNH revenue was $379.49B. Over the last 5 year, UNH's revenue has increased by 10.4% per year. This was slower than the Healthcare Plans industry average of 14.05%.
Find out more about UNH's earnings and revenue performance here.
In the past 12 months, executives and large shareholders at UNH have sold more shares than they have bought.
Erin McSweeney, EVP Chief People Officer of UNH, was the latest UNH insider to sell. They sold $597,575.10 worth of UNH stock on Mar 8, 2024.
Learn more about who owns UNH shares here.
Unitedhealth Group pays a dividend of 1.52%, compared to the Healthcare Plans industry's average dividend yield of 1.87%. If you owned $1,000 of UNH stock, you would have been paid $15.18 in the past year.
Unitedhealth Group dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
Get more info about Unitedhealth Group dividend yield and history here.
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