A new trading day began on Friday, with Unitedhealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH) stock price down -1.11% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $597.49. UNH’s price has ranged from $436.38 to $630.73 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Healthcare Sector giant was 10.25%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 9.90%. With a float of $918.14 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $924.00 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 440000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is -4.73%, operating margin of 8.24%, and the pretax margin is 5.15%.
Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Healthcare Plans Industry. The insider ownership of Unitedhealth Group Inc is 0.23%, while institutional ownership is 89.59%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 11 ’24, was worth 438,987. In this transaction EVP & Chief People Officer of this company sold 701 shares at a rate of $626.23, taking the stock ownership to the 7,105 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 11 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 701 for $626.23, making the entire transaction worth $438,987.
Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 9.90% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 13.00% during the next five years compared to 14.37% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Unitedhealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Unitedhealth Group Inc’s current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.37. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 41.06.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 15.39, a number that is poised to hit 6.74 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 29.96 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH)
Looking closely at Unitedhealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH), its last 5-days average volume was 3.13 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 3.87 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 37.31%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 13.33.
During the past 100 days, Unitedhealth Group Inc’s (UNH) raw stochastic average was set at 72.74%, which indicates a significant increase from 47.78% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 34.23% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 26.68% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $582.59, while its 200-day Moving Average is $534.11. However, in the short run, Unitedhealth Group Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $598.53. Second resistance stands at $606.19. The third major resistance level sits at $611.11. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $585.94, it is likely to go to the next support level at $581.02. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $573.36.
Unitedhealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 537.74 billion, the company has a total of 920,284K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 371,622 M while annual income is 22,381 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 100,820 M while its latest quarter income was 6,055 M.
