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UNH vs. ELV, CI, HUM, CNC, MOH, OSCR, ALHC, CLOV, TRUP, and NEUE

Should you be buying UnitedHealth Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UnitedHealth Group include Elevance Health (ELV), The Cigna Group (CI), Humana (HUM), Centene (CNC), Molina Healthcare (MOH), Oscar Health (OSCR), Alignment Healthcare (ALHC), Clover Health Investments (CLOV), Trupanion (TRUP), and NeueHealth (NEUE). These companies are all part of the "hospital & medical service plans" industry.

UnitedHealth Group vs.

Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

UnitedHealth Group received 857 more outperform votes than Elevance Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.57% of users gave UnitedHealth Group an outperform vote while only 67.18% of users gave Elevance Health an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Elevance HealthOutperform Votes
868
67.18%
Underperform Votes
424
32.82%
UnitedHealth GroupOutperform Votes
1725
80.57%
Underperform Votes
416
19.43%

In the previous week, UnitedHealth Group had 27 more articles in the media than Elevance Health. MarketBeat recorded 96 mentions for UnitedHealth Group and 69 mentions for Elevance Health. UnitedHealth Group's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Elevance Health's score of 0.87 indicating that UnitedHealth Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Elevance Health
40 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
UnitedHealth Group
76 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

UnitedHealth Group has higher revenue and earnings than Elevance Health. Elevance Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UnitedHealth Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Elevance Health$176.81B0.53$5.99B$25.6115.64
UnitedHealth Group$400.28B1.24$14.41B$15.5034.73

89.2% of Elevance Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of UnitedHealth Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Elevance Health shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of UnitedHealth Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Elevance Health presently has a consensus target price of $517.03, indicating a potential upside of 29.06%. UnitedHealth Group has a consensus target price of $629.32, indicating a potential upside of 16.91%. Given Elevance Health's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Elevance Health is more favorable than UnitedHealth Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Elevance Health
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
UnitedHealth Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.05

Elevance Health pays an annual dividend of $6.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. UnitedHealth Group pays an annual dividend of $8.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Elevance Health pays out 26.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UnitedHealth Group pays out 54.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Elevance Health has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and UnitedHealth Group has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Elevance Health is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Elevance Health has a net margin of 3.68% compared to UnitedHealth Group's net margin of 3.60%. UnitedHealth Group's return on equity of 26.69% beat Elevance Health's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Elevance Health3.68% 19.56% 7.22%
UnitedHealth Group 3.60%26.69%8.80%

Elevance Health has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UnitedHealth Group has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

UnitedHealth Group beats Elevance Health on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UNH vs. The Competition

MetricUnitedHealth GroupHospital & medical service plans IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$478.29B$62.56B$5.47B$20.10B
Dividend Yield1.62%1.59%5.36%3.61%
P/E Ratio34.7316.3261.5935.54
Price / Sales1.240.711,252.1416.48
Price / Cash16.058.8144.3020.35
Price / Book5.045.425.055.85
Net Income$14.41B$2.38B$117.51M$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.77%0.21%0.83%-0.56%
1 Month Performance6.00%12.33%3.87%4.45%
1 Year Performance6.89%42.13%25.86%16.04%

UnitedHealth Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
4.984 of 5 stars
$540.08
+0.4%
$629.32
+16.5%
+6.7%$497.17B$400.28B34.85440,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
ELV
Elevance Health
4.798 of 5 stars
$412.78
+2.9%
$525.60
+27.3%
-17.7%$95.78B$171.34B15.06104,900Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
CI
The Cigna Group
4.9993 of 5 stars
$300.60
+2.4%
$395.93
+31.7%
+1.5%$83.59B$195.27B28.3572,500Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
HUM
Humana
4.5551 of 5 stars
$300.29
+1.9%
$297.68
-0.9%
-19.6%$36.16B$106.37B26.6067,600Short Interest ↑
CNC
Centene
4.9958 of 5 stars
$65.90
+2.0%
$80.92
+22.8%
-13.7%$33.27B$154.00B11.4467,700Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
MOH
Molina Healthcare
4.7158 of 5 stars
$313.41
+3.0%
$359.18
+14.6%
-14.1%$17.92B$34.07B15.91123,123Upcoming Earnings
OSCR
Oscar Health
3.7123 of 5 stars
$16.31
-2.0%
$21.56
+32.2%
+27.4%$4.05B$5.86B-272.772,400Upcoming Earnings
ALHC
Alignment Healthcare
0.8207 of 5 stars
$15.26
+1.9%
$11.88
-22.2%
+116.4%$2.92B$2.47B-19.801,536
CLOV
Clover Health Investments
1.6824 of 5 stars
$4.74
-1.8%
$5.00
+5.6%
+349.7%$2.38B$2.03B-23.72680Short Interest ↑
TRUP
Trupanion
2.0645 of 5 stars
$49.61
+1.5%
$45.33
-8.6%
+65.9%$2.10B$1.11B-155.351,142
NEUE
NeueHealth
0.9427 of 5 stars
$7.43
+0.5%
$7.00
-5.8%
N/A$61.54M$1.16B-0.151,252

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This page (NYSE:UNH) was last updated on 1/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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