YouTube · Q2 2026 · 2026-08-05
UNH · NYSE
UnitedHealth Group
Healthcare Plans · United States
- Market cap (USD)
- US$338.30B
- Trailing P/E
- 24.21x
- Forward P/E
- 16.67x
- Quarterly revenue growth
- 0.4%
- Trailing net margin
- 3.1%
- Indicated dividend yield
- 2.5%
Snapshot 2026-09-20 · Latest financial period 2026-06-30 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.
Next earnings: 2026-10-13 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).
Company background
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. The Optum Insight segment offers software and information products, advisory consulting arrangements, and managed services outsourcing contracts to hospital systems, physicians, health plans, public entities, life sciences companies and other organizations. The Optum Rx segment provides pharmacy care services and programs, including retail network contracting, home delivery, specialty and community health pharmacy services, infusion, and purchasing and clinical capabilities, as well as develops programs in the areas of step therapy, formulary management, drug adherence, and disease and drug therapy management. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; Medicaid plans, including Temporary Assistance to Needy Families; Children's Health Insurance Programs; Dual SNPs; Long-Term Services and Supports; Aged, Blind and Disabled; and other federal, state, and community health care programs. and 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 was founded in 1974 and is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
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UNH peer comparison
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| Metric | UNHUnitedHealth Group IncorporatedSnapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-06-30 | CVSCVS Health CorporationSnapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-06-30 | ELVElevance Health, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market capMarket value, converted to USD | US$338.30B | US$113.62B | US$89.12B |
| Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate | 16.67x | 10.42x | 13.91x |
| EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA | 14.53x | 10.56x | 9.95x |
| Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 0.4% | 7.1% | 1.4% |
| Operating marginLatest reported quarter | 7.1% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
| Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap | 7.2% | 7.1% | 4.8% |
| Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA | 1.57x | 3.74x | -0.78x |
| Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity | 0.69x | 0.96x | 0.69x |
| Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings | 24.21x | 23.44x | 18.18x |
| Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share | 3.46x | 1.42x | 1.99x |
| EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue | 0.86x | 0.43x | 0.41x |
| Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 61.5% | 188.8% | -13.1% |
| Gross marginTrailing twelve months | 19.7% | 13.6% | 26.0% |
| Net marginTrailing twelve months | 3.1% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only | 14.2% | 6.2% | 11.1% |
| Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue | 5.4% | 2.0% | 2.1% |
| Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price | 2.5% | 3.0% | 1.7% |
| Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout | 57.5% | 70.2% | 30.3% |
| Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities | 0.78x | 0.87x | 1.52x |
| BetaProvider historical market sensitivity | 0.62 | 0.58 | 0.70 |
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THE RESEARCH RECORD
Research history for UNH
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