In the last trading session, 61.84 million Unitedhealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.42. With the company’s per share price at $315.89 changed hands at $23.98 or 8.21% during last session, the market valuation stood at $286.56B. UNH’s last price was a discount, traded about -99.67% off its 52-week high of $630.73. The share price had its 52-week low at $248.88, which suggests the last value was 21.21% up since then.
Analysts gave the Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.69. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 2 out of 28 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 1 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 2 recommended UNH as a Hold, 23 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.
Unitedhealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) trade information
Instantly UNH was in green as seen at the end of in last trading. With action -16.60%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -37.55%, with the 5-day performance at -16.60% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Unitedhealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) is -30.44% down.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 374, meaning bulls need an upside of 15.54% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, UNH’s forecast low is 350 with 635 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -101.02% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -10.8% for it to hit the projected low.
Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH) estimates and forecasts
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 1.60%. The 2025 estimates are for Unitedhealth Group Inc earnings to decrease by -16.76%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 3.30% per year.
UNH Dividends
Unitedhealth Group Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in June. The 2.66% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 8.40. It is important to note, however, that the 2.66% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
Unitedhealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH)’s Major holders
BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 7.9727% or 73.43 million shares worth $37.39 billion as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Dec 31, 2024 were VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund. With 28.83 shares estimated at $9.11 billion under it, the former controlled 3.18% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.75% of the shares, roughly 24.91 shares worth around $7.87 billion.
