Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH) is predicted to post EPS of 6.73 in the upcoming quarter : This Stock is Ticking Every Box for Top Investors

As on Wednesday, Unitedhealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH) started slowly as it slid -5.60% to $533.53, before settling in for the price of $565.19 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, UNH posted a 52-week range of $436.38-$630.73.

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The Healthcare Sector giants’ yearly sales growth during the last 5-year period was 10.25%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 14.37%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 9.90%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $923.00 million, simultaneously with a float of $918.14 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $491.00 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $584.48, while the 200-day Moving Average is $538.09.

Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH) Ownership Facts and Figures

Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Healthcare Plans industry. Unitedhealth Group Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.23%, in contrast to 89.65% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Nov 11 ’24, this organization’s EVP & Chief People Officer sold 701 shares at the rate of 626.23, making the entire transaction reach 438,987 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 7,105.

Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH) Earnings and Revenue Records

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 7.35 per share during the current fiscal year.

Unitedhealth Group Inc’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 9.90% and is forecasted to reach 29.89 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 13.00% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 14.37% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

Unitedhealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH). The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 17.39. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $34.66, and its Beta score is 0.59. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 1.25. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 37.49.

In the same vein, UNH’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 15.39, a figure that is expected to reach 6.73 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 29.89 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH)

Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Unitedhealth Group Inc, UNH], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 8.47 million was better the volume of 3.95 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 16.22% While, its Average True Range was 19.13.

Raw Stochastic average of Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 0.88%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 0.95% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 40.49% that was higher than 28.29% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.