In recent trading session, Unitedhealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) saw 16.64 million shares changing hands at last check today with its beta currently measuring 0.42. Company’s recent per share price level of $278.65 trading at $4.3 or 1.57% at last check today assigns it a market valuation of $252.78B. That most recent trading price of UNH’s stock is at a discount of -126.35% from its 52-week high price of $630.73 and is indicating a premium of 10.68% from its 52-week low price of $248.88.
For Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 1.59. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 28 analysts covering the stock, 2 rated the stock as a Sell while 1 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 2 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 23 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight.
Unitedhealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) trade information
Upright in the green today for gaining 1.57%, in the last five days UNH remained trading in the red while hitting it’s week-highest on Monday, 05/12/25 when the stock touched $278.65 price level, adding 28.04% to its value on the day. Unitedhealth Group Inc’s shares saw a change of -44.91% in year-to-date performance and have moved -26.79% in past 5-day. Unitedhealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) showed a performance of -52.37% in past 30-days.
Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 550 to the stock, which implies a rise of 49.34% to its recent value today. Analysts have been projecting 374 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 635. It follows that stock’s current price would drop -34.22% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a loss of -34.22% for stock’s current value.
Weighing up company’s earnings over the past 5-year and in the next 5-year periods, we find the company posting an annual earnings growth rate of 1.60% during past 5 years. In 2025, company’s earnings growth rate is likely to be around -15.41% while estimates for its earnings growth in next 5 years are of 3.30%.
Unitedhealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH)’s Major holders
VANGUARD GROUP INC is the top institutional holder at UNH for having 83.95 million shares of worth $42.75 billion. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 9.1149 of the company’s outstanding shares.
The second largest institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., which was holding about 73.43 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 7.9727 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $37.39 billion.
On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund are the top two Mutual Funds which own company’s shares. As of Dec 31, 2024 , the former fund manager was holding 28.83 shares of worth $8.0 billion or 3.18% of the total outstanding shares. The later fund manager was in possession of 24.91 shares on Dec 31, 2024 , making its stake of worth around $6.91 billion in the company or a holder of 2.75% of company’s stock.
