FY2025 Earnings Estimate for UNH Issued By Cantor Fitzgerald

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) – Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of UnitedHealth Group in a report issued on Monday, April 21st. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst S. James now expects that the healthcare conglomerate will earn $26.27 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $29.82. Cantor Fitzgerald currently has a “Overweight” rating and a $700.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for UnitedHealth Group’s current full-year earnings is $29.54 per share.

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 17th. The healthcare conglomerate reported $7.20 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $7.29 by ($0.09). UnitedHealth Group had a net margin of 3.60% and a return on equity of 26.69%. The firm had revenue of $109.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $111.56 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $6.91 earnings per share.

UNH has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on shares of UnitedHealth Group from $694.00 to $660.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 28th. Barclays decreased their target price on UnitedHealth Group from $642.00 to $560.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday. Hsbc Global Res lowered shares of UnitedHealth Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday. KeyCorp lowered their price target on shares of UnitedHealth Group from $650.00 to $575.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday. Finally, Oppenheimer lowered their target price on UnitedHealth Group from $640.00 to $600.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nineteen have issued a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $604.67.

UnitedHealth Group Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:UNH opened at $428.25 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $391.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.63, a PEG ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.61. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $506.92 and a 200 day moving average price of $537.23. UnitedHealth Group has a 52 week low of $417.12 and a 52 week high of $630.73. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74.

UnitedHealth Group Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 10th were issued a $2.10 dividend. This represents a $8.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.96%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 10th. UnitedHealth Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 35.18%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in UNH. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of UnitedHealth Group by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 19,956,219 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock worth $10,068,869,000 after acquiring an additional 319,515 shares during the period. Capital International Investors boosted its stake in UnitedHealth Group by 6.2% during the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 15,616,007 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock valued at $7,899,905,000 after buying an additional 906,365 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in UnitedHealth Group in the fourth quarter worth about $6,375,744,000. Northern Trust Corp boosted its position in shares of UnitedHealth Group by 12.5% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 9,503,671 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock valued at $4,807,527,000 after purchasing an additional 1,058,488 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its stake in UnitedHealth Group by 10.7% during the fourth quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 8,923,770 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock valued at $4,514,178,000 after purchasing an additional 861,854 shares during the last quarter. 87.86% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.