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UnitedHealth Group (MIL:1UNH) Altman Z-Score : 3.57 (As of Dec. 14, 2024)


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What is UnitedHealth Group Altman Z-Score?

The Altman Z-Score is a model designed to predict the likelihood of a company going bankrupt within the next two years. Created by American finance professor Edward Altman in 1968, the model is specifically designed for publicly traded manufacturing companies with assets greater than $1 million.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 3.44 is strong.

UnitedHealth Group has a Altman Z-Score of 3.57, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Altman Z-Score is strong.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Altman Z-Score <= 1.8, it is in Distress Zones.
When Altman Z-Score >= 3, it is in Safe Zones.
When Altman Z-Score is between 1.8 and 3, it is in Grey Zones.

The historical rank and industry rank for UnitedHealth Group's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

MIL:1UNH' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.95   Med: 3.5   Max: 4.22
Current: 3.44

During the past 13 years, UnitedHealth Group's highest Altman Z-Score was 4.22. The lowest was 2.95. And the median was 3.50.


UnitedHealth Group Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for UnitedHealth Group's Altman Z-Score 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 Altman Z-Score Chart

UnitedHealth Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.61 3.62 4.22 3.95 3.80

UnitedHealth Group Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Altman Z-Score 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 3.49 3.80 3.45 3.51 3.64

Competitive Comparison of UnitedHealth Group's Altman Z-Score

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, UnitedHealth Group's Altman Z-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Altman Z-Score 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 Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, UnitedHealth Group's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where UnitedHealth Group's Altman Z-Score falls into.



UnitedHealth Group Altman Z-Score Calculation

Altman Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

UnitedHealth Group's Altman Z-Score for today is calculated with this formula:

Z=1.2*X1+1.4*X2+3.3*X3+0.6*X4+1.0*X5
=1.2*-0.0311+1.4*0.3225+3.3*0.081+0.6*2.6051+1.0*1.3225
=3.57

* 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. GuruFocus does not calculate Altman Z-Score when X4 or X5 value is 0.

Trailing Twelve Months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024:
Total Assets was €269,677 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €83,124 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €91,510 Mil.
Retained Earnings was €86,963 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 6860.214 + 5262.785 + 0.92 + 6289.703 = €18,414 Mil.
Interest Expense was -967.674 + -915.065 + -776.48 + -761.11 = €-3,420 Mil.
Revenue was 89358.477 + 90910.082 + 90882.2 + 85508.416 = €356,659 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was €457,361 Mil.
Total Liabilities was €175,563 Mil.

* Note that for stock reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data.

X1=Working Capital/Total Assets
=(Total Current Assets - Total Current Liabilities)/Total Assets
=(83124.458 - 91510.065)/269677.409
=-0.0311

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=86962.718/269677.409
=0.3225

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(18413.622 - -3420.329)/269677.409
=0.081

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=457360.815/175563.454
=2.6051

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=356659.175/269677.409
=1.3225

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Distress Zones - 1.81 < Grey Zones < 2.99 - Safe Zones

UnitedHealth Group has a Altman Z-Score of 3.57 indicating it is in Safe Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.


UnitedHealth Group  (MIL:1UNH) Altman Z-Score Explanation

X1: The Working Capital/Total Assets (WC/TA) ratio is a measure of the net liquid assets of the firm relative to the total capitalization. Working capital is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities. Ordinarily, a firm experiencing consistent operating losses will have shrinking current assets in relation to total assets. Altman found this one proved to be the most valuable liquidity ratio comparing with the current ratio and the quick ratio. This is however the least significant of the five factors.

X2: Retained Earnings/Total Assets: the RE/TA ratio measures the leverage of a firm. Retained earnings is the account which reports the total amount of reinvested earnings and/or losses of a firm over its entire life. Those firms with high RE, relative to TA, have financed their assets through retention of profits and have not utilized as much debt.

X3, Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets (EBIT/TA): This ratio is a measure of the true productivity of the firm's assets, independent of any tax or leverage factors. Since a firm's ultimate existence is based on the earning power of its assets, this ratio appears to be particularly appropriate for studies dealing with corporate failure. This ratio continually outperforms other profitability measures, including cash flow.

X4, Market Value of Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities (MVE/TL): The measure shows how much the firm's assets can decline in value (measured by market value of equity plus debt) before the liabilities exceed the assets and the firm becomes insolvent.

X5, Revenue/Total Assets (S/TA): The capital-turnover ratio is a standard financial ratio illustrating the sales generating ability of the firm's assets.

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Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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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.

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