UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 29.500-30.000 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 29.950. The company issued revenue guidance of $450.0 billion-$455.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $430.4 billion. UnitedHealth Group also updated its FY25 guidance to $29.50-$30.00 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

UNH has been the subject of a number of research reports. Truist Financial reissued a “buy” rating and set a $625.00 target price (down from $640.00) on shares of UnitedHealth Group in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. TD Cowen lifted their price target on UnitedHealth Group from $601.00 to $609.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 18th. UBS Group decreased their price target on shares of UnitedHealth Group from $680.00 to $650.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. Hsbc Global Res cut shares of UnitedHealth Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October 17th. Finally, Barclays upped their price objective on shares of UnitedHealth Group from $603.00 to $655.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seventeen have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $621.58.

UnitedHealth Group Trading Down 0.5 %

Shares of NYSE UNH traded down $3.29 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $605.23. The stock had a trading volume of 2,327,488 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,848,914. The company has a market capitalization of $556.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.43, a PEG ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $585.43 and a 200 day moving average price of $556.65. UnitedHealth Group has a 1-year low of $436.38 and a 1-year high of $630.73. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74.

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 15th. The healthcare conglomerate reported $7.15 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $7.00 by $0.15. UnitedHealth Group had a return on equity of 26.37% and a net margin of 3.63%. The business had revenue of $100.82 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $99.14 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $6.56 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts predict that UnitedHealth Group will post 27.6 earnings per share for the current year.

UnitedHealth Group Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 9th will be issued a $2.10 dividend. This represents a $8.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 9th. UnitedHealth Group’s payout ratio is 54.72%.

About UnitedHealth Group

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older addressing their needs; Medicaid plans, children's health insurance and health care programs; and health and dental benefits, and hospital and clinical services, as well as health care benefits products and services to state programs caring for the economically disadvantaged, medically underserved, and those without the benefit of employer-funded health care coverage.