What is UnitedHealth Group Forward Dividend Yield %?
As of today (2024-04-25), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of UnitedHealth Group is 1.51%.
As of today (2024-04-25), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of UnitedHealth Group is 1.51%.
UNH's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than 77.78% of 9
companies
in the Healthcare Plans industry
Industry Median: 1.8
vs UNH: 1.51
UnitedHealth Group's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.88.
During the past 12 months, UnitedHealth Group's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 13.90% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 14.70% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 16.00% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 20.80% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of UnitedHealth Group was 198.80% per year. The lowest was 14.70% per year. And the median was 26.00% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Competitive Comparison of UnitedHealth Group's Forward Dividend Yield %
For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, UnitedHealth Group's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward Dividend Yield % 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's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry
For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, UnitedHealth Group's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where UnitedHealth Group's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.
UnitedHealth Group Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
UnitedHealth Group Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 1.880
2024-03-08
2024-03-11
2024-03-19
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 1.880
2023-12-01
2023-12-04
2023-12-12
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 1.880
2023-09-08
2023-09-11
2023-09-19
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 1.880
2023-06-15
2023-06-19
2023-06-27
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
UnitedHealth Group's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
7.52
/
495.15
=
1.52 %
Current Share Price is $495.15.
UnitedHealth Group's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $1.88 * 4 = $7.52.
UnitedHealth Group's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
7.52
/
495.15
=
1.52 %
Current Share Price is $495.15.
UnitedHealth Group's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $7.52.
* 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.
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) Forward Dividend Yield % Explanation
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
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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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