UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) Stock Overview
NYSE · Healthcare · Healthcare Plans
✓ Sourced directly from Yahoo Finance · Checked for accuracy at every rebuild · Snapshot: 6 September 2026
About UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a health care company in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Optum Health, Optum Insight, Optum Rx; and UnitedHealthcare. The Optum Health segment provides care delivery, care management, wellness and consumer…
Source: Yahoo Finance
Sector & Industry
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates in the Healthcare sector, within the Healthcare Plans industry group. It is listed on the NYSE exchange.
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated at a Glance
| Company | UnitedHealth Group Incorporated |
| Ticker | UNH |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Currency | USD |
| Price | $397.14 |
| Market cap | $356.47B |
| P/E ratio (trailing) | 25.51 |
| EPS (trailing) | $15.57 |
| 52-week high | $461.62 |
| 52-week low | $255.97 |
| Dividend yield | 2.34% |
| Ex-dividend date | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Beta | 0.62 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 14.15% |
| Debt-to-equity | 69.21% |
| Average volume | 5.35M |
| Shares outstanding | 897.59M |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Industry | Healthcare Plans |
| Employees | 390,000 |
| Country | United States |
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