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UnitedHealth Group (UNH) stock analysis

$417.00−0.54%Data as of Oct 21, 2026
  • UNH gained 11.8% over the past month versus 0.0% for the S&P 500, ranking 42nd of 497 S&P 500 stocks.
  • Over 12 months it returned +16.1%, 0.3 points ahead of the S&P 500, and trades 4.4% below its 52-week high.
  • In the last 30 days 2 analysts raised earnings estimates and 1 cut; forward EPS moved +2.6% (+5.5% over 90 days).
  • It sits in the PBMs & pharmacies segment of the Healthcare Value Chain, where the 1-month median return is +9.3%.
  • The daily chart reads Trend transition · Trend repair (since Oct 15, 2026).
Market cap$374.3B
12-month return+16.1%
Forward P/E18.0×
Mean target vs price+14.3%

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Performance vs the market

Total price return against the S&P 500 (SPY) and the median of US stocks in the same sector.

UNH+11.8%
Sector median−8.7%
S&P 5000.0%
UNH−1.5%
Sector median−5.4%
S&P 500+4.7%
UNH+18.0%
Sector median−1.5%
S&P 500+8.7%
UNH+16.1%
Sector median+1.7%
S&P 500+15.8%
1-month rank in the S&P 50042 / 497
3-month rank in its sector · Healthcare328 / 720

Chart structure

Read by our daily-bar structure engine from swing highs, swing lows and moving averages.

Trend transition · Trend repairAwaiting confirmation

Holding since Oct 15, 2026

  • Price and averages have mixed alignment
  • EMA50 rose over the last ten sessions
  • Confirmed swing highs and lows are rising
  • Intermediate and long-term directions differ
  • Neither a stable trend nor a range is confirmed
This pattern on this stock

41 occurrences in 10 years. The median move over the next 20 sessions was +1.8%, positive 54% of the time, against +1.3% for any day in the same period.

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Analyst earnings revisions

Changes to the consensus forward-EPS estimate. Rising estimates mean analysts see more profit ahead.

Forward EPS$23.14
30-day change+2.6%
90-day change+5.5%
Mean target$476.72 +14.3%
Raised (30d) 2Cut (30d) 1

25 analysts cover the stock

Fundamental shape vs peers

Six dimensions on fixed scales. The filled shape is the company; the outline is the peer average.

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Ahead of peersGrowth

Behind peersMomentum

PeersCVS · ELV · CI · HUM

Where it sits in the supply chain

Healthcare Value Chain · Distribution & PBMs

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Supplied by
Drug distribution+13.9%
MCK+13.9%1 monthCOR+8.3%1 monthCAH+16.2%1 month
Diagnostics, monitoring & imaging−3.1%
ABT−3.1%1 monthDXCM−10.4%1 monthGEHC+4.1%1 month
Its segment
PBMs & pharmacies+9.3%
CVS+7.3%1 monthCI+11.2%1 monthUNH+11.8%1 month6618.HK+7.3%1 month

Pharmacy benefit managers negotiate drug prices and manage formularies for insurers and employers, and face regulatory reform pressure.

Sells into
Health insurers+11.2%
UNH+11.8%1 monthELV+7.9%1 monthCI+11.2%1 monthCVS+7.3%1 monthHUM+14.4%1 month

Also on: Medtech, Diagnostics & Care

Figures are each company's 1-month return; the segment shows its median · Doubler daily batch · company chain maps

Risk profile

Max drawdown, 12M−28.6%
Volatility, 60D23.7%
From 52-week high−4.4%
From 52-week low+61.0%
Trailing P/E25.6×
Forward P/E18.0×
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