UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) Stock

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) is a Healthcare stock trading at $425.01 (as of 2026-07-17), with a market capitalization of $385.97B and a trailing P/E of 32.0. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

UnitedHealth Group is a U.S. diversified health care company operating through UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. It provides health benefit plans and related services, care-delivery and health management offerings, health information and advisory services, and pharmacy-related services to individuals and organizations including employers and government entities.

Understand UnitedHealth Group Incorporated: how it makes money

UnitedHealth Group provides health insurance and related health services in the United States, earning money through its UnitedHealthcare health benefit plans and through Optum’s health, pharmacy, and insight services.

UnitedHealth’s earnings engine combines a health benefits business (UnitedHealthcare) with service delivery capabilities (Optum, including pharmacy and health services), so results reflect both the benefit-plan side and the Optum services side.

Revenue by segment (latest quarter)
MedicareRet$43.4B
OptumHealth$25.2B
OptumRx$38.5B
OptumInsight$4.8B

Business quality (Mixed): The provided segment revenue inputs do not cleanly reconcile to the provided total revenue, so this panel uses the closest mutually exclusive subset from the supplied figures that sums to approximately 111.7B.

Valuation: At 28× earnings, UNH trades 123% above the Insurance average (13×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Diversified platform: The company operates across UnitedHealthcare health benefit plans and multiple Optum service lines (Optum Health, Optum Rx, Optum Insight), which can spread business drivers across different parts of health care delivery.
  • Scale in major care categories: Within UnitedHealthcare, the provided breakdown highlights sizable Medicare and Retirement revenue (43.4B), and within Optum the provided figures show meaningful contributions from Optum Rx (38.5B) and Optum Health (25.2B).

Bear case

  • Regulatory exposure: The dataset includes a Chile regulatory action impact that reduces premium revenue, indicating that policy and regulation can pressure certain revenue components.
  • Potential mix sensitivity: Because Optum and UnitedHealthcare revenues represent different business lines, changes in how revenue is generated across those lines could impact results even if total demand for care is steady.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$425.01
Market Cap$385.97B
P/E Ratio32.0
EV / EBITDA19.7
Price / Book3.72
Price / Sales0.86
FCF Yield2.3%
DCF Value (model)$176.81
DCF Upside vs Price-58.4%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$447.57B
Net Margin2.7%
Revenue Growth (YoY)2.0%
EPS Growth (YoY)0.3%
FCF Growth (YoY)78.8%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score3.09 (safe)
Piotroski F-Score7/9 (strong)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E32.0
Sector P/E (Healthcare)21.4
Industry P/E (Insurance)13.0
vs Sector49.5%
vs Industry146.6%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Insider Sells (12mo)1
Top Institutional HolderVANGUARD GROUP INC ($30.24B)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Congressional Trades (recent)10
Company
SectorHealthcare
IndustryInsurance
CEOStephen J. Hemsley
Employees400,000
CountryUS
IPO Date1984-10-17

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Data as of 2026-07-17.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.