Unitedhealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH) is -39.95% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $248.88 and a high of $630.73 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The UNH stock was last observed hovering at around $303.19 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.6%.
Currently trading at $303.79, the stock is 0.86% and -24.88% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 9.14 million and changing 0.20% at the moment leaves the stock -40.76% off its SMA200. UNH registered -39.47% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -47.53%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $404.387 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $512.8323.
The stock witnessed a -20.19% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -37.50%, and is 0.85% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.64% over the week and 5.86% over the month.
Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH) has around 400000 employees, a market worth around $275.58B and $410.06B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 12.70 and Fwd P/E is 11.74. Profit margin for the company is 5.39%. Distance from 52-week low is 22.06% and -51.84% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.29%).
with sales reaching $111.82B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -19.11% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 12.37% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 13.12% in year-over-year returns.
Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH) Top Institutional Holders
4635.0 institutions hold shares in Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH), with institutional investors hold 91.58% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 910.00M, and float is at 905.00M with Short Float at 1.23%. Institutions hold 91.35% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 83.95 million shares valued at $42.75 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.1149% of the UNH Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 73.43 million shares valued at $37.39 billion to account for 7.9727 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 44.98 million shares representing 4.8834% and valued at over $22.9 billion, while FMR LLC holds 3.5502 of the shares totaling 32.7 million with a market value of $16.65 billion.
Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH) Insider Activity
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Unitedhealth Group Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 16 ’25 that REX JOHN F (President & CFO) bought a total of 17,175 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 16 ’25 and was made at $291.12 per share for $5.0 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.2 million shares of the UNH stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 16 ’25, HEMSLEY STEPHEN J (CEO, UHG) acquired 86,700 shares at an average price of $288.57 for $25.02 million. The insider now directly holds 679,493 shares of Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH).
