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UnitedHealth Group (LIM:UNH) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 1.58 (As of Jan. 19, 2025)


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What is UnitedHealth Group Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2025-01-19), UnitedHealth Group's current share price is $507.13. UnitedHealth Group's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $321.76. UnitedHealth Group's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 1.58.

The historical rank and industry rank for UnitedHealth Group's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LIM:UNH' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.11   Med: 1.74   Max: 2.36
Current: 1.59

During the past years, UnitedHealth Group's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 2.36. The lowest was 1.11. And the median was 1.74.

LIM:UNH's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
71.43% of 14 companies
in the Healthcare Plans industry
Industry Median: 0.715 vs LIM:UNH: 1.59

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

UnitedHealth Group's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $108.745. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $321.76 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2024.

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UnitedHealth Group Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for UnitedHealth Group's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio 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.

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UnitedHealth Group Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

UnitedHealth Group Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.87 2.29 2.08 1.83 1.58

UnitedHealth Group Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.83 1.66 1.66 1.86 1.58

Competitive Comparison of UnitedHealth Group's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, UnitedHealth Group's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio 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 Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, UnitedHealth Group's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where UnitedHealth Group's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



UnitedHealth Group Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

UnitedHealth Group's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=507.13/321.76
=1.58

* 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's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, UnitedHealth Group's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Dec. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2024)
=108.745/133.1099*133.1099
=108.745

Current CPI (Dec. 2024) = 133.1099.

UnitedHealth Group Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201503 36.900 99.621 49.304
201506 37.539 100.684 49.629
201509 42.905 100.392 56.888
201512 45.087 99.792 60.140
201603 46.047 100.470 61.006
201606 48.071 101.688 62.925
201609 47.774 101.861 62.430
201612 49.106 101.863 64.170
201703 49.972 102.862 64.667
201706 50.815 103.349 65.448
201709 50.882 104.136 65.039
201712 52.534 104.011 67.231
201803 55.915 105.290 70.689
201806 57.114 106.317 71.507
201809 57.534 106.507 71.905
201812 59.609 105.998 74.856
201903 61.854 107.251 76.768
201906 62.858 108.070 77.423
201909 62.670 108.329 77.006
201912 63.241 108.420 77.642
202003 66.966 108.902 81.852
202006 64.727 108.767 79.213
202009 67.687 109.815 82.045
202012 68.124 109.897 82.514
202103 73.350 111.754 87.367
202106 74.604 114.631 86.630
202109 75.746 115.734 87.118
202112 77.137 117.630 87.288
202203 84.014 121.301 92.193
202206 84.560 125.017 90.034
202209 85.331 125.227 90.703
202212 87.420 125.222 92.927
202303 97.488 127.348 101.899
202306 98.833 128.729 102.197
202309 98.676 129.860 101.146
202312 101.317 129.419 104.206
202403 108.239 131.776 109.334
202406 106.525 132.554 106.972
202409 108.409 133.029 108.475
202412 108.745 133.110 108.745

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


UnitedHealth Group  (LIM:UNH) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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UnitedHealth Group Business Description

Address
9900 Bren Road East, UnitedHealth Group Center, Minnetonka, MN, USA, 55343
UnitedHealth Group is one of the largest private health insurers, providing medical benefits to about 50 million members globally, including 1 million outside the US as June 2024. 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.