Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $545.57, with 2.92 million shares of worth about $1.59 billion changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -5.34% during that period and on January 30, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 1.39%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 920.28M shares, out of which, 918.15M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 2.98% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 6.98%. Year-to-date (YTD), UNH shares are showing a performance of 7.85% which increased to 8.13% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $436.38 but also hit the highest price of $630.73 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Unitedhealth Group Inc shares is 4.92 million. The stock is currently trading 3.70% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 0.42% for SMA50 and it goes to 0.20% higher than SMA200.
Unitedhealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH) currently have 920.28M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 89.52% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $502.08B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.62. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 35.11, while it has posted earnings per share of $15.54 in the same period. Its PEG reads 3.12 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for UNH, volatility over the week remained 1.96% while standing at 2.35% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 7.45% while it is estimated to increase by 12.73% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 11.24% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 1.60% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by HSBC Securities on January 10, 2025 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $595 to it. Coverage by Truist stated Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on January 06, 2025, suggesting a price target of $610 for the stock. On October 17, 2024, HSBC Securities Downgrade their recommendations, while on October 11, 2024, KeyBanc Capital Markets Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $675. Stock get a Buy rating from Jefferies on July 17, 2024.
