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UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH)

Healthcare | Healthcare Plans | Eden Prairie, United States | NYSE
411.28 USD +15.66 (3.958%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 11:29 a.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★★☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 11:42 a.m. EDT

UnitedHealth Group is currently trading at a valuation discount that reflects a sharp loss of confidence in its growth trajectory. While the company maintains a robust balance sheet and a reliable dividend yield of 2.47%, the underlying business has struggled to expand top-line revenue, which grew a mere 0.4% recently. The stock has also corrected significantly, dropping 40% from its October 2025 peak, signaling that the market is re-pricing the healthcare giant. Although the forward P/E of 16.8 offers some relief compared to the trailing 24.4, the lack of earnings power makes a premium valuation unjustified. Investors should view this as a defensive income play rather than a growth opportunity, especially given the heavy options positioning at the 360-370 support level which suggests traders are bracing for further downside volatility.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.064042
AutoETS0.066397
MSTL0.068410
AutoTheta0.105383

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 48%
H-stat 11.56
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.540
Excess Kurtosis -0.78
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-13
Last Dividend Date 2026-09-13
Debt to Equity Ratio 70.426
Revenue per Share 498.128
Market Cap 369,162,780,672
Trailing P/E 25.25
Forward P/E 17.78
Beta 0.62
Profit Margins 3.53%
Website https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 11:42 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound trade near current levels. Call buyers cluster heavily at the 400-410 strike range, viewing it as a key resistance ceiling, while put buyers establish a dense wall of protection at 360-370. Implied volatility is elevated at near-term expirations compared to longer-dated contracts, suggesting traders expect heightened volatility in the coming weeks without a clear directional bias.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.60% 2.63% 2.11% 1.82%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-09-14 2.320000 0.604876
2026-06-15 2.320000 0.564422
2026-03-09 2.210000 0.774976
2025-12-08 2.210000 0.682900
2025-09-15 2.210000 0.635258
2025-06-16 2.210000 0.718325
2025-03-10 2.100000 0.437300
2024-12-09 2.100000 0.374585
2024-09-16 2.100000 0.356452
2024-06-17 2.100000 0.429246
2024-03-08 1.880000 0.394486
2023-12-01 1.880000 0.343592
2023-09-08 1.880000 0.391039
2023-06-15 1.880000 0.403529
2023-03-10 1.650000 0.358439
2022-12-02 1.650000 0.307744
2022-09-09 1.650000 0.314681
2022-06-16 1.650000 0.361771
2022-03-11 1.450000 0.300288
2021-12-03 1.450000 0.322710
2021-09-10 1.450000 0.358991
2021-06-18 1.450000 0.372396
2021-03-12 1.250000 0.351104
2020-12-04 1.250000 0.357255
2020-09-11 1.250000 0.414621
2020-06-19 1.250000 0.429199
2020-03-13 1.080000 0.397000
2019-12-06 1.080000 0.385453
2019-09-13 1.080000 0.462309
2019-06-14 1.080000 0.440152
2019-03-08 0.900000 0.379283
2018-11-30 0.900000 0.319875
2018-09-06 0.900000 0.333766
2018-06-15 0.900000 0.351590
2018-03-08 0.750000 0.333734
2017-11-30 0.750000 0.328702
2017-09-07 0.750000 0.378463
2017-06-15 0.750000 0.415789
2017-03-08 0.625000 0.372223
2016-11-30 0.625000 0.394770
2016-09-07 0.625000 0.462997
2016-06-15 0.625000 0.455340
2016-03-09 0.500000 0.412882
2015-12-02 0.500000 0.425026
2015-09-09 0.500000 0.434480
2015-06-11 0.500000 0.419041
2015-03-11 0.375000 0.332683
2014-12-03 0.375000 0.372024
2014-09-10 0.375000 0.429799
2014-06-12 0.375000 0.472054
2014-03-12 0.280000 0.360825
2013-12-04 0.280000 0.380177
2013-09-11 0.280000 0.372439
2013-06-13 0.280000 0.436477
2013-03-13 0.212000 0.389134
2012-12-07 0.213000 0.395396
2012-09-12 0.213000 0.403256
2012-06-13 0.213000 0.367178
2012-03-01 0.163000 0.291123
2011-12-05 0.163000 0.337684
2011-09-02 0.163000 0.356440
2011-06-03 0.163000 0.333675
2011-03-03 0.125000 0.279080
2010-12-03 0.125000 0.330513
2010-09-10 0.125000 0.362424
2010-06-03 0.125000 0.410374
2010-04-01 0.030000 0.090937
2009-03-31 0.030000 0.143335
2008-03-31 0.030000 0.087311
2007-03-29 0.030000 0.056775
2006-03-30 0.030000 0.053324
2005-03-30 0.015000 0.031345
2004-03-30 0.015000 0.047140
2003-03-28 0.007500 0.032559
2002-03-27 0.007500 0.039788
2001-03-29 0.007500 0.051912
2000-03-30 0.003750 0.052402
1999-03-30 0.001000 0.015366
1998-03-30 0.003750 0.046065
1997-04-01 0.003750 0.061538
1996-04-01 0.001000 0.012476
1995-03-28 0.003750 0.061697
1994-03-25 0.003750 0.063830
1993-03-26 0.000438 0.014990
1992-04-10 0.000938 0.038359
1991-05-24 0.000219 0.014562
1990-08-27 0.000219 0.040923
Additional Data
dividendYield 2.46
exDividendDate 2026-09-14
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.21
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0055861687
lastDividendValue 2.32
lastDividendDate 2026-09-14
dividendDate 2026-09-22

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.10920453
Address1 1 Health Drive
All Time High 630.73
All Time Low 0.082031
Ask 410.61
Ask Size 120
Audit Risk 10
Average Analyst Rating 1.6 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 6,481,490
Average Daily Volume3 Month 5,158,237
Average Volume 5,158,237
Average Volume10Days 6,481,490
Beta 0.615
Bid 410.19
Bid Size 40
Board Risk 9
Book Value 115.442
City Eden Prairie
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 9
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 411.28
Current Ratio 0.739
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 411.29
Day Low 400.0
Debt To Equity 70.426
Display Name UnitedHealth
Dividend Date 1,790,035,200
Dividend Yield 2.46
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,791,892,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,791,892,800
Earnings Growth 0.759
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.75
Earnings Timestamp 1,791,894,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,791,894,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,791,894,600
Ebitda 28,903,000,064
Ebitda Margins 0.06422
Enterprise To Ebitda 13.979
Enterprise To Revenue 0.898
Enterprise Value 404,047,233,024
Eps Current Year 20.47646
Eps Forward 23.13776
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 16.29
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,789,344,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 387.4708
Fifty Day Average Change 23.809204
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.06144774
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 10.920453
Fifty Two Week High 461.62
Fifty Two Week High Change -50.339996
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.10905073
Fifty Two Week Low 255.97
Fifty Two Week Low Change 155.31
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.6067508
Fifty Two Week Range 255.97 - 461.62
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 466,867,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.54
Float Shares 899,411,260
Forward Eps 23.13776
Forward P E 17.775272
Free Cashflow 26,501,249,024
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 390,000
Fullday Change 15.660004
Fullday Change Percent 3.958345
Fullday Price 411.28
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.20048
Gross Profits 90,226,999,296
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00248
Held Percent Institutions 0.89666003
Implied Shares Outstanding 897,594,847
Industry Healthcare Plans
Industry Disp Healthcare Plans
Industry Key healthcare-plans
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,789,344,000
Last Dividend Value 2.32
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 369,162,780,672
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_104673
Most Recent Quarter 1,790,726,400
Net Income To Common 15,884,000,256
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 334,757,998,188
Number Of Analyst Opinions 25
Open 401.24
Operating Cashflow 26,194,999,296
Operating Margins 0.05824
Overall Risk 9
Payout Ratio 0.5756
Peg Ratio 1.04
Phone (800)-328-5979
Previous Close 395.62
Price Eps Current Year 20.085503
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.5626547
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.82025415
Profit Margins 0.03529
Quick Ratio 0.424
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.57692
Region US
Regular Market Change 15.660004
Regular Market Change Percent 3.958345
Regular Market Day High 411.29
Regular Market Day Low 400.0
Regular Market Day Range 400.0 - 411.29
Regular Market Open 401.24
Regular Market Previous Close 395.62
Regular Market Price 411.28
Regular Market Time 1,792,078,179
Regular Market Volume 3,982,076
Return On Assets 0.05243
Return On Equity 0.15773
Revenue Growth -0.004
Revenue Per Share 498.128
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16440773
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 897,594,847
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0178
Shares Short 15,950,438
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 15,287,263
Short Name UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
Short Percent Of Float 0.0198
Short Ratio 3.11
Source Interval 15
State MN
Symbol UNH
Target High Price 529.0
Target Low Price 380.0
Target Mean Price 476.72
Target Median Price 490.0
Total Cash 28,548,999,168
Total Cash Per Share 31.651
Total Debt 74,330,996,736
Total Revenue 450,059,010,048
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.21
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0055861687
Trailing Eps 16.29
Trailing P E 25.247389
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.0118
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 358.3637
Two Hundred Day Average Change 52.91629
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.14766085
Type Disp Equity
Volume 3,982,076
Website https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com
Zip 55,344