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How UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stacks up
UNH · against 10 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Growth
38/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #8 of 11 · scores higher than 30% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score1 peers with a growth score of 30–39, including UNH · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 38?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Mainly because of its earnings per share growth, which is weaker than most Healthcare peers.
- slower growth in earnings per share: weaker than 83% of peers. Earnings per share growth: -33.1% vs peer median 9.8%
- Revenue growth is close to the peer norm. Revenue growth: 6.5% vs peer median 6.1%
- 3-year revenue growth is close to the peer norm. 3-year revenue growth: 8.9% vs peer median 5.8%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = UNH, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | UNH | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 11 reported | 6.5% | 8.1% | 30% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 11 reported | -33.1% | 21.2% | 20% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 11 reported | 8.9% | 5.0% | 60% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around UNH| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 505.4B USD | 66 | 53 | |
| 2 | 285.2B USD | 64 | 63 | |
| 3 | 249.4B USD | 63 | 55 | |
| 4 | 302.7B USD | 57 | 63 | |
| 5 | 317.9B CHF (≈$365.6B) | 49 | 60 | |
| 6 | 641.4B USD | 48 | 59 | |
| 7 | 258.2B USD | 44 | 47 | |
| 8 | 363.0B USD | 38 | 47 | |
| 9 | 189.3B USD | 26 | 45 | |
| 9 | 207.7B USD | 26 | 18 | |
| 11 | 356.9B USD | 20 | 37 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score