UnitedHealth Group Incorporated UNH
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated is a mega-cap company in the Healthcare sector (Healthcare Plans), with a market value of $333.8B, based in the USA.
It employs about 390,000 people and has been listed since Oct 26, 1984.
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a health care company in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Optum Health, Optum Insight, Optum Rx; and UnitedHealthcare. The Optum Health segment provides care delivery, care management, wellness and consumer engagement, and health financial services with patients, consumers, care delivery systems, providers, employers, payers, and public-sector entities.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 23.5 versus 19.7 for 4 direct peers — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 0% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 16.6 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 481.72, 30% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 58% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • Quarterly report in 9 days (2026-10-13) — a day the stock can move a lot.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 5 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (22 vs 0).
- ✅ Pays a dividend (2.5% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 1.2% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLV -2.6%).
This week's news
- UnitedHealth Group (UNH) Expands Medicare Advantage, Is It A Bargain? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-04
- What is Progressive’s (PGR) Economic Moat, and is it Widening or Narrowing? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-04
- Ford (F) Lost $7.4 Billion and Still Pays a 4.9% Dividend. How Long Can That Hold? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-04
- AbbVie (ABBV) vs Bristol Myers (BMY): Which is a Better Stock to Buy? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-04
- Trump offering $90 to Medicare enrollees to cover premiums seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-03
- UnitedHealth Group (UNH) Surpasses Market Returns: Some Facts Worth Knowing finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.