UnitedHealth Group Incorporated

UNH Healthcare Healthcare Plans

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $447.6 billion, up 11.8% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−0.41%
EPS
+76.1%
Free cash flow
−15.7%
Total debt
−5.09%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

394.15 1.57 −0.40%
Market cap
$354.6B
P/E
22.5×
Fwd P/E
20.4×
Dividend yield
2.30%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.84
Beneish M
−2.41
Dividend safety
76/100

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) Operating margin

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UnitedHealth Group Incorporated's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 5.32%, up 1.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.24%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.24% (fiscal 2025) to 8.77% (fiscal 2022) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Healthcare Plans industry median of 2.48% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 4.24% (3.83)
FY2024 8.07% (0.64)
FY2023 8.71% (0.06)
FY2022 8.77% 0.44
FY2021 8.33% (0.38)
FY2020 8.71% 0.58
FY2019 8.13% 0.46
FY2018 7.67% 0.11
FY2017 7.56% 0.56
FY2016 7.00% (0.01)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 5.82% (1.31)
Jun 2026 7.13% (0.92)
Mar 2026 8.05% 7.71
Dec 2025 0.34% (3.47)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 4.24% High 8.77%
Ten-year median 8.07%
Current reading's percentile 9

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
PGNY Progyny, Inc. compare 9.40%
OSCR Oscar Health, Inc. compare 5.36%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated 5.32%
ELV Elevance Health, Inc. compare 3.81%
CVS CVS Health Corporation compare 3.58%
CI Cigna Group compare 3.41%
HUM Humana Inc. compare 1.54%
CNC Centene Corporation compare 0.49%
MOH Molina Healthcare, Inc compare 0.39%
Healthcare Plans industry median 2.48%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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