UnitedHealth
UNH
Market cap $275B

313.53 USD

-4.97

1.56%

At close Jun 13, 4:00 PM EDT

After hours

312.99

-0.54

0.17%

1 day

-1.56%

5 days

2.78%

1 month

0.69%

3 months

-34.89%

6 months

-39.76%

Year to date

-37.85%

1 year

-36.95%

5 years

9.52%

10 years

163.51%

About: UnitedHealth Group is one of the largest private health insurers and provides medical benefits to about 51 million members globally, including 1 million outside the US as of December 2024. As a leader in employer-sponsored, self-directed, and government-backed insurance plans, UnitedHealth has obtained massive scale in medical insurance. Along with its insurance assets, UnitedHealth's Optum franchises help create a healthcare services colossus that spans everything from pharmaceutical benefits to providing outpatient care and analytics to both affiliated and third-party customers.

Employees: 400,000

Healthcare Healthcare Plans

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Funds holding %

of 7,296 funds

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Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

17% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $5.97B | Put options by funds: $5.11B

11% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 198 [Q4 2024] → 219 (+21) [Q1 2025]

1% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $413B [Q4 2024] → $415B (+$2.82B) [Q1 2025]

0.91% less ownership

Funds ownership: 87.65% [Q4 2024] → 86.74% (-0.91%) [Q1 2025]

5% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 202 | Existing positions closed: 213

3% less funds holding

Funds holding: 3,613 [Q4 2024] → 3,515 (-98) [Q1 2025]

15% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,378 | Existing positions reduced: 1,621

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Research analyst outlook

18 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$270

14%

downside

Avg. target

$378

21%

upside

High target

$575

83%

upside

18 analyst ratings

14 positive

78%

3 neutral

17%

1 negative

6%

Baird Michael Ha	0%downside $312	Neutral Downgraded	11 Jun 2025
Piper Sandler Jessica Tassan	13%upside $353	Overweight Maintained	3 Jun 2025
Barclays Andrew Mok	12%upside $350	Overweight Maintained	2 Jun 2025
Keybanc Matthew Gillmor	28%upside $400	Overweight Maintained	2 Jun 2025
HSBC Sidharth Sahoo	14%downside $270	Reduce Downgraded	21 May 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 238 articles about UNH published over the past 30 days

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Both Alexandria Real Estate and UnitedHealth Group are fundamentally sound but have seen significant price declines, creating attractive entry points. ARE offers a compelling 7.6% dividend yield, a strong balance sheet, and management is buying back shares, signaling confidence despite sector headwinds. UNH maintains robust financials, continues share repurchases, and recently raised its dividend, positioning for long-term recovery despite near-term volatility.

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The Motley Fool

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Healthcare stocks are less strongly correlated with the macroeconomy, which reduces risk for investors in the stock market.

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Opinion: It's Time to Buy UnitedHealth Group Stock After a 50% Plunge

UnitedHealth Group (UNH 2.27%) might want to change its stock ticker from "UNH" to "UGH." The latter better captures the feelings of the healthcare giant's shareholders in recent months.

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Zacks Investment Research

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UNH's medical membership tops 50M amid rising demand. However, high Medicare costs cloud its growth outlook.

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