1,460 Shares in UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) Purchased by GKV Capital Management Co. Inc.

GKV Capital Management Co. Inc. bought a new position in shares of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 1,460 shares of the healthcare conglomerate's stock, valued at approximately $739,000.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. First Commonwealth Financial Corp PA increased its holdings in shares of UnitedHealth Group by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. First Commonwealth Financial Corp PA now owns 2,058 shares of the healthcare conglomerate's stock worth $1,041,000 after buying an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. grew its position in UnitedHealth Group by 32.4% in the 4th quarter. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. now owns 68,173 shares of the healthcare conglomerate's stock valued at $34,486,000 after purchasing an additional 16,682 shares during the period. Farringdon Capital Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of UnitedHealth Group in the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,758,000. Greenwood Gearhart Inc. increased its stake in UnitedHealth Group by 89.9% in the 4th quarter. Greenwood Gearhart Inc. now owns 1,787 shares of the healthcare conglomerate's stock valued at $904,000 after buying an additional 846 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MSH Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in UnitedHealth Group during the fourth quarter worth about $476,000. Institutional investors own 87.86% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of UnitedHealth Group from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Barclays lowered their price objective on UnitedHealth Group from $655.00 to $642.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 17th. KeyCorp reiterated an "overweight" rating and set a $650.00 target price on shares of UnitedHealth Group in a research report on Friday, January 17th. HSBC upgraded UnitedHealth Group from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $595.00 price objective for the company in a report on Friday, January 10th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on UnitedHealth Group from $694.00 to $660.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 28th. Twenty-one research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $632.85.

UnitedHealth Group Trading Down 22.0 %

UNH stock traded down $128.94 on Friday, hitting $456.10. 29,048,929 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,373,443. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated has a twelve month low of $438.50 and a twelve month high of $630.73. The business's fifty day moving average is $512.95 and its two-hundred day moving average is $540.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 0.83 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The stock has a market capitalization of $417.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.61.

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 17th. The healthcare conglomerate reported $7.20 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $7.29 by ($0.09). UnitedHealth Group had a return on equity of 26.69% and a net margin of 3.60%. The firm had revenue of $109.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $111.56 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $6.91 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts forecast that UnitedHealth Group Incorporated will post 29.54 earnings per share for the current year.

UnitedHealth Group Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 18th. Investors of record on Monday, March 10th were given a dividend of $2.10 per share. This represents a $8.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.84%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 10th. UnitedHealth Group's payout ratio is 54.19%.

UnitedHealth Group Profile

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older addressing their needs; Medicaid plans, children's health insurance and health care programs; and health and dental benefits, and hospital and clinical services, as well as health care benefits products and services to state programs caring for the economically disadvantaged, medically underserved, and those without the benefit of employer-funded health care coverage.