UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $368.63B
- P/E (TTM)
- 26.2
- Dividend yield
- 2.15%
About Unitedhealth
Hospital & Medical Service Plans, SIC 6324
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated is a diversified healthcare and well-being enterprise that provides medical services, healthcare technology, and health benefit plans. The company operates through four segments: Optum Health, Optum Insight, Optum Rx, and UnitedHealthcare. Optum Health delivers direct medical care, care coordination, and financial health services; Optum Insight supplies data analytics, software platforms, and advisory solutions; and Optum Rx provides comprehensive pharmacy care, specialty dispensing, and infusion therapies. UnitedHealthcare administers health benefit programs spanning employer-sponsored coverage, individual insurance, Medicare Advantage and Part D plans, and state Medicaid programs. Its customers include individual patients, healthcare providers, commercial employers, life sciences companies, and government agencies.
The organization maintains a nationwide footprint in the United States and operates select businesses internationally. Its pharmacy services segment manages prescription distribution across a network of roughly 64,000 retail pharmacies, supported by home delivery and specialty pharmacies. Additionally, the company administers state-sponsored health plans across 32 states and the District of Columbia. The provided report details state-level operations but does not identify the city or state where the corporate headquarters is located.
Summary of the business section of Unitedhealth's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC
- Founded
- 1977
- Headquarters
- Eden Prairie, MN
- Address
- 1 Health Drive 55344
- Phone
- 1-800-328-5979
- Website
- www.uhc.com
- Employees
- 390,000, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Hospital & Medical Service Plans
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- UNH
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- Oct 17, 1984
- Shares outstanding
- 898M, Jul 31, 2026
- Public float
- $281.91B, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- Stock splits
- 2-for-1, May 31, 2005; 2-for-1, Jun 19, 2003; 2-for-1, Dec 26, 2000; 2-for-1, Mar 11, 1994; 2-for-1, Sep 16, 1992
- SEC CIK
- 731766
- CUSIP
- 91324P102
- ISIN
- US91324P1021
- LEI
- 549300GHBMY8T5GXDE41
- EIN
- 41-1321939
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen J. Hemsley | CEO, UHG, Director | 1,055,339 |
| Andrew Witty | CEO, UHG, Director | 112,162 |
| Patrick Hugh Conway | Chief Executive Officer, Optum | 15,419 |
| Dennis Andrew Stankiewicz | Chief Accounting Officer | 10,109 |
| Christopher R. Zaetta | EVP & Chief Legal Officer | 15,927 |
| Erin McSweeney | EVP & Chief People Officer | 15,654 |
| Wayne S. DeVeydt | Chief Financial Officer | 18,676 |
| Timothy John Noel | Chief Executive Officer, UHC | 17,735 |
| Thomas E. Roos | Chief Accounting Officer | 28,848 |
| John F. Rex | President & CFO | 210,689 |
| Heather Cianfrocco | Chief Executive Officer, Optum | 22,438 |
| Frederick William McNabb Iii | Director | 15,519 |
| Kristen Gil | Director | 6,427 |
| Rice Valerie Montgomery Md | Director | 7,923 |
| Scott Gottlieb | Director | 664 |
| Charles D. Baker | Director | 2,411 |
| Paul R. Garcia | Director | 6,168 |
| John H. Noseworthy | Director | 7,662 |
| Timothy Patrick Flynn | Director | 16,976 |
| Michele J. Hooper | Director | 41,792 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Andrew Witty | $24.60M | -$7.13M | $19.00M | $102 | $148 |
| FY2025 Stephen Hemsley | $60.94M | $56.50M | $19.00M | $102 | $148 |
| FY2024 Andrew Witty | $26.34M | $24.23M | $10.46M | $153 | $129 |
| FY2023 Andrew Witty | $23.53M | $20.18M | $12.20M | $157 | $126 |
| FY2022 Andrew Witty | $20.87M | $31.26M | $13.21M | $155 | $124 |
| FY2021 Andrew Witty | $18.43M | $55.45M | $11.35M | $145 | $126 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 31, 2025, we had more than 390,000 employees, of whom nearly 165,000 were clinical professionals.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings