A share price of Unitedhealth Group Inc [UNH] is currently trading at $569.86, down -0.28%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The UNH shares have gain 2.44% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.62%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Unitedhealth Group Inc [NYSE: UNH] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 17, 2024, when HSBC Securities downgraded its rating to a Hold. Previously, KeyBanc Capital Markets started tracking the stock with Overweight rating on October 11, 2024, and set its price target to $675. On July 17, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $647 on the stock. RBC Capital Mkts reiterated its Outperform rating and increased its price target to $615 on July 17, 2024. HSBC Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy but $580 remained the price target by the analyst firm on June 05, 2024. Robert W. Baird started tracking with a Outperform rating for this stock on May 30, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $597. In a note dated April 04, 2024, HSBC Securities upgraded an Hold rating on this stock but restated the target price of $460.
Unitedhealth Group Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $436.38 and $608.63. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $577 within the next 12 months. Unitedhealth Group Inc [NYSE: UNH] shares were valued at $569.86 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 1.25% based on the average UNH price forecast.
Analyzing the UNH fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Unitedhealth Group Inc [NYSE:UNH] were 392.72B which represents 10.35% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.23% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.08%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.05%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.07, Equity is 0.25 and Total Capital is 0.16. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.78.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 565.89 points at the first support level, and at 561.91 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 573.44, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 577.01.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Unitedhealth Group Inc [NYSE:UNH] is 0.91. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.34, the price to book ratio is 5.87 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 37.02.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved ROOS THOMAS E, Chief Accounting Officer, that happened on Jul 17 ’24 when 2851.0 shares were sold. EVP & Chief People Officer, McSweeney Erin completed a deal on Jul 18 ’24 to sell 1500.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP & Chief People Officer McSweeney Erin sold 1236.0 shares on Mar 08 ’24.
