Unitedhealth Group Inc [NYSE: UNH] price plunged by -5.07 percent to reach at -$29.35.
The one-year UNH stock forecast points to a potential upside of 14.15. The average equity rating for UNH stock is currently 1.47, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
Guru’s Opinion on Unitedhealth Group Inc [UNH]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for UNH shares is $640.24 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on UNH stock is a recommendation set at 1.47. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
HSBC Securities have made an estimate for Unitedhealth Group Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Hold, with their previous recommendation back on October 17, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, KeyBanc Capital Markets raised their target price to Overweight. The new note on the price target was released on October 11, 2024, representing the official price target for Unitedhealth Group Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $481 to $647, while Jefferies kept a Buy rating on UNH stock. On July 17, 2024, analysts increased their price target for UNH shares from 555 to 615.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Unitedhealth Group Inc is set at 16.51, with the Price to Sales ratio for UNH stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.22. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 5.37. Price to Free Cash Flow for UNH in the course of the last twelve months was 36.67.
UNH Stock Performance Analysis:
Unitedhealth Group Inc [UNH] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -9.93. With this latest performance, UNH shares dropped by -7.89% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 12.01% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 0.02% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for UNH stock in for the last two-week period is set at 33.65, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 25.95, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 38.36 for Unitedhealth Group Inc [UNH]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 586.29, while it was recorded at 590.63 for the last single week of trading, and 537.62 for the last 200 days.
Insight into Unitedhealth Group Inc Fundamentals:
Unitedhealth Group Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Current Ratio set at 0.91.
UNH Stock EPS
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for UNH. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Unitedhealth Group Inc go to 13.00%.
Unitedhealth Group Inc [UNH] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $90.17%, or 90.38%% of UNH stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of UNH stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 83.95 million shares, which is approximately 9.1158%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 73.43 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$37.39 billion in UNH stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$22.9 billion in UNH stock with ownership which is approximately 4.8839%.
