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A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Penserra Capital Management LLC increased its position in UnitedHealth Group by 285.2% in the first quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 2,400 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock valued at $393,000 after buying an additional 1,777 shares in the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in UnitedHealth Group during the first quarter valued at approximately $202,000. Bahl & Gaynor Inc. increased its position in UnitedHealth Group by 3.7% in the first quarter. Bahl & Gaynor Inc. now owns 209,461 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock valued at $34,354,000 after buying an additional 7,389 shares in the last quarter. First National Trust Co. increased its position in UnitedHealth Group by 44.3% in the first quarter. First National Trust Co. now owns 32,022 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock valued at $5,252,000 after buying an additional 9,837 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tiedemann Wealth Management LLC increased its position in UnitedHealth Group by 188.2% in the first quarter. Tiedemann Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,524 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock valued at $1,234,000 after buying an additional 4,913 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.21% of the company’s stock.
Shares of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) traded down 0.6558% during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $193.2245. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,056,509 shares. The stock has a market cap of $186.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.2129 and a beta of 0.64. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated has a 52-week low of $132.39 and a 52-week high of $196.04. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $189.87 and a 200-day moving average price of $175.41.
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July 18th. The healthcare conglomerate reported $2.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.38 by $0.08. UnitedHealth Group had a return on equity of 21.52% and a net margin of 4.32%. The firm had revenue of $50.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $49.97 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.96 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 7.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts anticipate that UnitedHealth Group Incorporated will post $9.87 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 8th will be given a $0.75 dividend. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.54%. UnitedHealth Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 35.13%.
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Several research firms have commented on UNH. Cowen and Company reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $220.00 target price (up from $175.00) on shares of UnitedHealth Group in a research report on Friday, August 11th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded UnitedHealth Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $215.00 target price for the company in a research report on Tuesday, August 1st. Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. restated an “outperform” rating and set a $205.00 price objective (up from $203.00) on shares of UnitedHealth Group in a research report on Friday, July 21st. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating and set a $210.00 price objective (up from $190.00) on shares of UnitedHealth Group in a research report on Saturday, July 22nd. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and set a $208.00 price objective on shares of UnitedHealth Group in a research report on Friday, July 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. The company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $202.20.
In other news, Director Gail R. Wilensky sold 5,540 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.74, for a total value of $990,219.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 60,516 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,816,629.84. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director William C. Ballard, Jr. sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $193.98, for a total value of $969,900.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 76,058 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $14,753,730.84. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 15,540 shares of company stock valued at $2,873,320 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.89% of the company’s stock.
UnitedHealth Group Company Profile
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated is a health and well-being company. The Company operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, OptumHealth, OptumInsight and OptumRx. It conducts its operations through two business platforms: health benefits operating under UnitedHealthcare and health services operating under Optum.