Unitedhealth Group Inc [UNH] Stock trading around $540.44 per share: What’s Next?

Unitedhealth Group Inc [NYSE: UNH] gained 3.30% on the last trading session, reaching $540.44 price per share at the time.

If compared to the average trading volume of 4.74M shares, UNH reached a trading volume of 6453774 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about 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 $631.48 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 1.29. 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 Buy, with their previous recommendation back on January 10, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Truist dropped their target price from $625 to $610. The new note on the price target was released on January 06, 2025, representing the official price target for Unitedhealth Group Inc stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Unitedhealth Group Inc is set at 12.02, with the Price to Sales ratio for UNH stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.24. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 5.34. Price to Free Cash Flow for UNH in the course of the last twelve months was 23.88.

Trading performance analysis for UNH stock

Unitedhealth Group Inc [UNH] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 4.79. With this latest performance, UNH shares gained by 13.54% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -7.35% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 17.96% 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 70.34, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 80.63, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 63.03 for Unitedhealth Group Inc [UNH]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 509.50, while it was recorded at 525.31 for the last single week of trading, and 546.07 for the last 200 days.

Unitedhealth Group Inc [UNH]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis

Unitedhealth Group Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Current Ratio set at 0.83.

Unitedhealth Group Inc [UNH]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis

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 11.27%.

An analysis of Institutional ownership at Unitedhealth Group Inc [UNH]

There are presently around $90.22%, or 90.43%% 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 4.8834%.