UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH)Healthcare | Healthcare Plans | Eden Prairie, United States | NYSE
324.63 USD
+8.23
(2.601%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 324.17 -0.46 (-0.460%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3 p.m. EDT
UnitedHealth Group (UNH) appears to be a solid long-term investment with strong fundamentals, a reliable dividend, and a positive analyst outlook. The recent price movement shows some volatility, but the stock has shown resilience. While the short-term options activity is mixed, the long-term fundamentals and consistent dividend payouts make it an attractive option for long-term investors. However, short-term traders should be cautious and consider the mixed signals from the options market before entering. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.035738 |
| MSTL | 0.039723 |
| AutoTheta | 0.108090 |
| AutoETS | 0.146771 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 45% |
| H-stat | 8.30 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.120 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.03 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-03-08 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-03-08 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 81.618 |
| Revenue per Share | 492.915 |
| Market Cap | 294,658,801,664 |
| Trailing P/E | 24.52 |
| Forward P/E | 16.13 |
| Beta | 0.41 |
| Profit Margins | 2.69% |
| Website | https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 3 p.m. EDT: Options activity shows a mix of bullish and bearish signals. The calls show increased volume and open interest around the ATM strike of 305, suggesting potential support. However, there are also significant put positions, especially at the 305 strike, indicating some bearish sentiment. The high IV at certain strikes, particularly for out-of-the-money options, suggests increased volatility expectations. Overall, the options market is mixed, with both bullish and bearish speculators active.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.77% | 2.84% | 2.03% | 1.80% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | 2.210000 | 0.774976 |
| 2025-12-08 | 2.210000 | 0.688209 |
| 2025-09-15 | 2.210000 | 0.644501 |
| 2025-06-16 | 2.210000 | 0.733375 |
| 2025-03-10 | 2.100000 | 0.449631 |
| 2024-12-09 | 2.100000 | 0.386794 |
| 2024-09-16 | 2.100000 | 0.369481 |
| 2024-06-17 | 2.100000 | 0.446514 |
| 2024-03-08 | 1.880000 | 0.412096 |
| 2023-12-01 | 1.880000 | 0.360346 |
| 2023-09-08 | 1.880000 | 0.411505 |
| 2023-06-15 | 1.880000 | 0.426301 |
| 2023-03-10 | 1.650000 | 0.380221 |
| 2022-12-02 | 1.650000 | 0.327609 |
| 2022-09-09 | 1.650000 | 0.336026 |
| 2022-06-16 | 1.650000 | 0.387522 |
| 2022-03-11 | 1.450000 | 0.322810 |
| 2021-12-03 | 1.450000 | 0.347940 |
| 2021-09-10 | 1.450000 | 0.388320 |
| 2021-06-18 | 1.450000 | 0.404235 |
| 2021-03-12 | 1.250000 | 0.382518 |
| 2020-12-04 | 1.250000 | 0.390602 |
| 2020-09-11 | 1.250000 | 0.454954 |
| 2020-06-19 | 1.250000 | 0.472890 |
| 2020-03-13 | 1.080000 | 0.439298 |
| 2019-12-06 | 1.080000 | 0.428367 |
| 2019-09-13 | 1.080000 | 0.515755 |
| 2019-06-14 | 1.080000 | 0.493352 |
| 2019-03-08 | 0.900000 | 0.427009 |
| 2018-11-30 | 0.900000 | 0.361500 |
| 2018-09-06 | 0.900000 | 0.378404 |
| 2018-06-15 | 0.900000 | 0.399957 |
| 2018-03-08 | 0.750000 | 0.380987 |
| 2017-11-30 | 0.750000 | 0.376486 |
| 2017-09-07 | 0.750000 | 0.434944 |
| 2017-06-15 | 0.750000 | 0.479653 |
| 2017-03-08 | 0.625000 | 0.431169 |
| 2016-11-30 | 0.625000 | 0.458991 |
| 2016-09-07 | 0.625000 | 0.540461 |
| 2016-06-15 | 0.625000 | 0.533977 |
| 2016-03-09 | 0.500000 | 0.486392 |
| 2015-12-02 | 0.500000 | 0.502763 |
| 2015-09-09 | 0.500000 | 0.516168 |
| 2015-06-11 | 0.500000 | 0.499979 |
| 2015-03-11 | 0.375000 | 0.398622 |
| 2014-12-03 | 0.375000 | 0.447252 |
| 2014-09-10 | 0.375000 | 0.518659 |
| 2014-06-12 | 0.375000 | 0.572072 |
| 2014-03-12 | 0.280000 | 0.439330 |
| 2013-12-04 | 0.280000 | 0.464565 |
| 2013-09-11 | 0.280000 | 0.456845 |
| 2013-06-13 | 0.280000 | 0.537412 |
| 2013-03-13 | 0.212000 | 0.481231 |
| 2012-12-07 | 0.213000 | 0.490874 |
| 2012-09-12 | 0.213000 | 0.502628 |
| 2012-06-13 | 0.213000 | 0.459513 |
| 2012-03-01 | 0.163000 | 0.365679 |
| 2011-12-05 | 0.163000 | 0.425408 |
| 2011-09-02 | 0.163000 | 0.450559 |
| 2011-06-03 | 0.163000 | 0.423244 |
| 2011-03-03 | 0.125000 | 0.355167 |
| 2010-12-03 | 0.125000 | 0.421833 |
| 2010-09-10 | 0.125000 | 0.464085 |
| 2010-06-03 | 0.125000 | 0.527424 |
| 2010-04-01 | 0.030000 | 0.117365 |
| 2009-03-31 | 0.030000 | 0.185161 |
| 2008-03-31 | 0.030000 | 0.112954 |
| 2007-03-29 | 0.030000 | 0.073514 |
| 2006-03-30 | 0.030000 | 0.069083 |
| 2005-03-30 | 0.015000 | 0.040630 |
| 2004-03-30 | 0.015000 | 0.061124 |
| 2003-03-28 | 0.007500 | 0.042238 |
| 2002-03-27 | 0.007500 | 0.051632 |
| 2001-03-29 | 0.007500 | 0.067393 |
| 2000-03-30 | 0.003750 | 0.068065 |
| 1999-03-30 | 0.001000 | 0.019970 |
| 1998-03-30 | 0.003750 | 0.059876 |
| 1997-04-01 | 0.003750 | 0.080025 |
| 1996-04-01 | 0.001000 | 0.016234 |
| 1995-03-28 | 0.003750 | 0.080292 |
| 1994-03-25 | 0.003750 | 0.083120 |
| 1993-03-26 | 0.000438 | 0.019533 |
| 1992-04-10 | 0.000938 | 0.049992 |
| 1991-05-24 | 0.000219 | 0.018985 |
| 1990-08-27 | 0.000219 | 0.053361 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.25610703 |
| Address1 | 1 Health Drive |
| All Time High | 630.73 |
| All Time Low | 0.082031 |
| Ask | 324.13 |
| Ask Size | 40 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.7 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 8,028,720 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 10,003,006 |
| Average Volume | 10,003,006 |
| Average Volume10Days | 8,028,720 |
| Beta | 0.408 |
| Bid | 323.6 |
| Bid Size | 120 |
| Board Risk | 6 |
| Book Value | 103.874 |
| City | Eden Prairie |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,735,603,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 324.63 |
| Current Ratio | 0.788 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 325.2494 |
| Day Low | 317.135 |
| Debt To Equity | 81.618 |
| Dividend Date | 1,773,705,600 |
| Dividend Rate | 8.84 |
| Dividend Yield | 2.72 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,776,772,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,776,772,800 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.999 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.998 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,776,774,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,776,774,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,776,774,600 |
| Ebitda | 21,624,999,936 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.04832 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 16.515 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.798 |
| Enterprise Value | 357,129,814,016 |
| Eps Current Year | 17.86522 |
| Eps Forward | 20.12212 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 13.24 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,773,014,400 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 285.3566 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 39.273407 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.13762923 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -25.610703 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 453.5 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -128.87 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.2841676 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 234.6 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 90.03 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.3837596 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 234.6 - 453.5 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 466,867,800,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 1.61 |
| Float Shares | 899,996,901 |
| Forward Eps | 20.12212 |
| Forward P E | 16.132992 |
| Free Cashflow | 13,863,249,920 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 390,000 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.18526 |
| Gross Profits | 82,916,999,168 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.008169999 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.84196 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 907,675,839 |
| Industry | Healthcare Plans |
| Industry Disp | Healthcare Plans |
| Industry Key | healthcare-plans |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,773,014,400 |
| Last Dividend Value | 2.21 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,117,497,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 2:1 |
| Long Business Summary | 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. |
| Long Name | UnitedHealth Group Incorporated |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 294,658,801,664 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_104673 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 12,056,000,512 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 294,658,807,614 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 26 |
| Open | 320.05 |
| Operating Cashflow | 19,697,000,448 |
| Operating Margins | 0.00336 |
| Overall Risk | 8 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.65989995 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.13 |
| Phone | (800)-328-5979 |
| Post Market Change | -0.45999146 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.14169715 |
| Post Market Price | 324.17 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,398 |
| Previous Close | 316.4 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 18.171062 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.1252286 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.65835685 |
| Profit Margins | 0.02694 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.704 |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.72414 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 8.23001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.60114 |
| Regular Market Day High | 325.2494 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 317.135 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 317.135 - 325.2494 |
| Regular Market Open | 320.05 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 316.4 |
| Regular Market Price | 324.63 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 9,380,057 |
| Return On Assets | 0.039 |
| Return On Equity | 0.12538 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.123 |
| Revenue Per Share | 492.915 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.36506534 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Sector Disp | Healthcare |
| Sector Key | healthcare |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 907,675,839 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0195 |
| Shares Short | 17,686,213 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 14,788,018 |
| Short Name | UnitedHealth Group Incorporated |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0195 |
| Short Ratio | 2.04 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | MN |
| Symbol | UNH |
| Target High Price | 440.0 |
| Target Low Price | 278.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 360.46155 |
| Target Median Price | 355.5 |
| Total Cash | 28,120,999,936 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 30.981 |
| Total Debt | 83,003,998,208 |
| Total Revenue | 447,567,003,648 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 8.73 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.027591655 |
| Trailing Eps | 13.24 |
| Trailing P E | 24.518883 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.1562 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 312.63086 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 11.9991455 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.038381193 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 9,380,057 |
| Website | https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com |
| Zip | 55,344 |