Foster & Motley Inc. Has $1.52 Million Stock Position in UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $UNH

Foster & Motley Inc. lowered its holdings in shares of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNHFree Report) by 7.9% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 4,874 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock after selling 416 shares during the period. Foster & Motley Inc.’s holdings in UnitedHealth Group were worth $1,521,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of UNH. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in UnitedHealth Group by 176.2% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 44,249 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock worth $22,384,000 after acquiring an additional 28,231 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC grew its position in UnitedHealth Group by 137.1% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 4,019 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock worth $2,033,000 after acquiring an additional 2,324 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its position in UnitedHealth Group by 7.4% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 15,838 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock worth $8,295,000 after acquiring an additional 1,089 shares during the last quarter. Osborne Partners Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of UnitedHealth Group by 2.5% in the 1st quarter. Osborne Partners Capital Management LLC now owns 1,066 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock valued at $558,000 after buying an additional 26 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Advisor Resource Council bought a new stake in shares of UnitedHealth Group in the 1st quarter valued at about $1,162,000. Institutional investors own 87.86% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

UNH has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Sanford C. Bernstein upped their price target on UnitedHealth Group from $379.00 to $433.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $440.00 price target on shares of UnitedHealth Group in a research report on Tuesday, August 26th. Robert W. Baird reiterated an “underperform” rating and issued a $198.00 price target (down previously from $312.00) on shares of UnitedHealth Group in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on UnitedHealth Group from $267.00 to $400.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. Finally, UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of UnitedHealth Group in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Eighteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $385.13.

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UNH stock opened at $356.53 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $329.38 and its 200 day simple moving average is $343.62. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated has a fifty-two week low of $234.60 and a fifty-two week high of $630.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a current ratio of 0.85. The company has a market cap of $322.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 0.47.

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNHGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The healthcare conglomerate reported $4.08 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.45 by ($0.37). UnitedHealth Group had a return on equity of 23.32% and a net margin of 5.04%.The firm had revenue of $111.62 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $111.75 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $6.80 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 12.9% compared to the same quarter last year. UnitedHealth Group has set its FY 2025 guidance at 16.000- EPS. On average, research analysts expect that UnitedHealth Group Incorporated will post 29.54 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

UnitedHealth Group Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th were paid a dividend of $2.21 per share. This represents a $8.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. UnitedHealth Group’s dividend payout ratio is 38.30%.

About UnitedHealth Group

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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.

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