FY2025 Earnings Forecast for UNH Issued By Cantor Fitzgerald

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) – Investment analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald issued their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of UnitedHealth Group in a research note issued on Tuesday, January 21st. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst S. James anticipates that the healthcare conglomerate will post earnings of $29.82 per share for the year. 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 $29.77 per share.

Several other analysts also recently weighed in on the company. HSBC upgraded UnitedHealth Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $595.00 target price for the company in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Bank of America decreased their price target on shares of UnitedHealth Group from $675.00 to $650.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on shares of UnitedHealth Group from $605.00 to $600.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. Oppenheimer increased their price target on shares of UnitedHealth Group from $610.00 to $640.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their target price on UnitedHealth Group from $625.00 to $610.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 6th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nineteen have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, UnitedHealth Group currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $627.74.

UnitedHealth Group Price Performance

Shares of UNH stock opened at $524.78 on Wednesday. UnitedHealth Group has a twelve month low of $436.38 and a twelve month high of $630.73. The company has a market capitalization of $482.95 billion, a PE ratio of 33.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.38 and a beta of 0.62. The company has a current ratio of 0.83, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $547.07 and a 200-day simple moving average of $563.84.

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 16th. The healthcare conglomerate reported $6.81 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $6.74 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $100.81 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $101.60 billion. UnitedHealth Group had a return on equity of 26.69% and a net margin of 3.60%. The firm’s revenue was up 6.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $5.83 earnings per share.

UnitedHealth Group Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 9th were paid a $2.10 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 9th. This represents a $8.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.60%. UnitedHealth Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 54.19%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On UnitedHealth Group

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of UNH. Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of UnitedHealth Group during the 3rd quarter valued at $27,000. AlphaMark Advisors LLC acquired a new position in UnitedHealth Group during the 4th quarter worth $30,000. Global Wealth Strategies & Associates increased its position in UnitedHealth Group by 152.4% in the 3rd quarter. Global Wealth Strategies & Associates now owns 53 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 32 shares during the period. West Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in UnitedHealth Group in the 3rd quarter worth $32,000. Finally, Quarry LP grew its holdings in shares of UnitedHealth Group by 132.1% during the 2nd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 65 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 37 shares in the last quarter. 87.86% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other 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.