
UNH's improving cost control, lower medical costs and higher 2026 outlook are boosting confidence as its profitability recovery gains traction.
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated is an American for-profit multinational managed healthcare and insurance company based in Minnetonka, Minnesota. It offers health care products and insurance services. In 2020, it was the second-largest healthcare company (behind CVS Health) by revenue with $257.1 billion, and the largest insurance company by net premiums. UnitedHealthcare revenues comprise 80% of the Group's overall revenue.
| Revenue (TTM) | $450.13B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $87.84B |
| EBITDA | $24.26B |
| Operating Margin | 7.13% |
| Return on Equity | 14.10% |
| Return on Assets | 4.38% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $497.38 |
| Book Value | $115.36 |
| Price-to-Book | 3.88 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 0.86 |
| EV/Revenue | 0.947 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.65 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 61.50% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 0.40% |
| Shares Outstanding | $908.14M |
| Float | $903.29M |
| % Insiders | 0.23% |
| % Institutions | 86.22% |
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UNH's improving cost control, lower medical costs and higher 2026 outlook are boosting confidence as its profitability recovery gains traction.

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UnitedHealth (UNH) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
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