ROE % is calculated as Net Income divided by its average Total Stockholders Equity over a certain period of time. UnitedHealth Group's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-5,636 Mil. UnitedHealth Group's average Total Stockholders Equity over the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $90,563 Mil. Therefore, UnitedHealth Group's annualized ROE % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -6.22%.
The historical rank and industry rank for UnitedHealth Group's ROE % or its related term are showing as below:
UNH'
s ROE % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 17.4 Med: 24.78 Max: 26.91
Current: 17.89
During the past 13 years, UnitedHealth Group's highest ROE % was 26.91%. The lowest was 17.40%. And the median was 24.78%.
UNH's ROE % is ranked better than 80% of 20
companies
in the Healthcare Plans industry
Industry Median: 8.89
vs UNH: 17.89
UnitedHealth Group ROE % Historical Data
The historical data trend for UnitedHealth Group's ROE % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, UnitedHealth Group's ROE %, along with its competitors' market caps and ROE % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
UnitedHealth Group ROE % Distribution
For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, UnitedHealth Group's ROE % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where UnitedHealth Group's ROE % falls into.
UnitedHealth Group ROE % Calculation
UnitedHealth Group's annualized ROE % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
In the calculation of annual ROE %, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data,
the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) net income data.
ROE % is displayed in the 30-year financial page.
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) ROE % Explanation
ROE % measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' equity (also known as net assets or assets minus liabilities). ROE % shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. ROE %s between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.
The factors that affect a company's ROE % can be illustrated with the three-step DuPont Analysis:
Note:
The net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) net income data. The Revenue data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) revenue data. The same rule applies to Pre-Tax Income and Operating Income.
* In the five-step DuPont Analysis, Operating Income is only available for non-financial companies. Thus, for Insurance companies, we use EBIT as a substitution of Operating Income. For Banks, both Operating Income and EBIT is unavailable. Thus we combined Interest Burden and Operating Margin % into Pretax Margin %, and the DuPont Analysis is divided into four components instead.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Be Aware
Net Income is used.
Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the equity multiplier when investing in high ROE % companies. Like ROA %, ROE % is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.
Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their ROE %s can be extremely high.
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UnitedHealth Group (UnitedHealth Group) Business Description
UnitedHealth Group is one of the largest private health insurers, providing medical benefits to about 53 million members globally, including 5 million outside the U.S. as of mid-2023. As a leader in employer-sponsored, self-directed, and government-backed insurance plans, UnitedHealth has obtained massive scale in managed care. Along with its insurance assets, UnitedHealth's continued investments in its Optum franchises have created a healthcare services colossus that spans everything from medical and pharmaceutical benefits to providing outpatient care and analytics to both affiliated and third-party customers.
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