Company Profile · Healthcare

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated

UNH · US
Exchange
US
Country
USA
IPO date
Oct 26, 1984
Employees
390,000
Current Price
$417.64
Live · Jul 27, 2026
Baillie Growth Score
43/100
Weak
Intrinsic Value · Three-Tier Range Current price $417.64 Live · Within the fair intrinsic-value range

Composite valuation range · conservative $230–$300 / fair $320–$430 / optimistic $460–$560. At $417.64, Within the fair intrinsic-value range.

At publication $388.47 (May 25, 2026)

Market cap$382.09B
Revenue (TTM)$450.13B
EBITDA$24.26B
Profit margin3.14%
ROE14.15%
P/E (TTM)31.63
Forward P/E22.22
PEG1.36
EPS$13.30
Dividend yield1.04%
52-week range$228.48 – $461.62
Analyst target$475.23
Analyst rating4.1 / 5

Data from EODHD, shown in the reporting currency; for reference only, not investment advice.

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a health care company in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Optum Health, Optum Insight, Optum Rx; and UnitedHealthcare. The Optum Health segment provides care delivery, care management, wellness and consumer engagement, and health financial services with patients, consumers, care delivery systems, providers, employers, payers, and public-sector entities. The Optum Insight segment offers software and information products, advisory consulting arrangements, and managed services outsourcing contracts to hospital systems, physicians, health plans, public entities, life sciences companies and other organizations. The Optum Rx segment provides pharmacy care services and programs, including retail network contracting, home delivery, specialty and community health pharmacy services, infusion, and purchasing and clinical capabilities, as well as develops programs in the areas of step therapy, formulary management, drug adherence, and disease and drug therapy management. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; Medicaid plans, including Temporary Assistance to Needy Families; Children's Health Insurance Programs; Dual SNPs; Long-Term Services and Supports; Aged, Blind and Disabled; and other federal, state, and community health care programs. and 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. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated was founded in 1974 and is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

History

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated was founded in 1974 and is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, completing its IPO on October 26, 1984. It operates as a health care company in the United States and internationally through four segments: Optum Health, Optum Insight, Optum Rx, and UnitedHealthcare. The company employs about 390,000 people. In 2025 it reported total revenue of $447.567 billion and operating profit of $18.964 billion.

Industry position

UnitedHealth Group is the largest integrated health insurance and PBM platform in the United States, spanning health benefits (UnitedHealthcare) and care services, pharmacy benefit management and health technology (Optum). In the first quarter of 2026, UnitedHealthcare served about 49.1 million consumers and Optum supported over 122 million. In Medicare Advantage, UnitedHealthcare is one of the largest national participants: per AMA, UnitedHealth Group held the largest MA market share in 44% of metropolitan areas, and KFF found UnitedHealthcare or Humana had the highest share in roughly two-thirds of US counties in 2024. The FTC reported the three largest PBMs control about 80% of the market.