UnitedHealth Group Incorporated UNH

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UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) Return on invested capital

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 9.50%, up 1.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.21%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.21% (fiscal 2025) to 16.5% (fiscal 2022) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Healthcare Plans industry median of 2.04% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 8.21% (6.05)
FY2024 14.3% (2.17)
FY2023 16.4% (0.02)
FY2022 16.5% 0.43
FY2021 16.0% (0.04)
FY2020 16.1% 1.24
FY2019 14.8% 0.28
FY2018 14.5% (0.51)
FY2017 15.1% (0.90)
FY2016 16.0% 1.02

Against its own ten years

Low 8.21% High 16.5%
Ten-year median 15.1%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
HUM Humana Inc. compare 17.5%
ELV Elevance Health, Inc. compare 11.8%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated 9.50%
CI Cigna Group compare 9.09%
CVS CVS Health Corporation compare 4.07%
OSCR Oscar Health, Inc. compare 0.00%
MOH Molina Healthcare, Inc compare 0.00%
CLOV Clover Health Investments, Corp. compare −8.62%
CNC Centene Corporation compare −30.2%
Healthcare Plans industry median 2.04%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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