Unitedhealth Gp (UNH)
Price: $51.25
Industry: Medical Care Chaikin Power Gauge Report | Generated: Wed Jul 27 11:30 EDT 2011 UNH Unitedhealth Gp
$51.25
Power Gauge Rating
UNH - Very Bullish TM
The Chaikin Power Gauge Rating for UNH is very bullish due to very strong earnings performance, very positive expert opinions, attractive financial metrics and bullish price/volume activity.
Financial Metrics
UNH's earnings performance is very strong as a result of better than expected earnings in recent quarters and consistent earnings over the past 5 years.
Earnings Performance
Price/Volume Activity
Expert Opinions
News Sentiment Rating
Bullish UNH Unitedhealth ..
July 27, 2011
TM
Chaikin Sentiment Gauge for UNH is bullish. There is currently a significant positive sentiment within news stories concerning UNH.
News Sentiment :Positive
Power Trend - 5 Year Chart
The Power Gauge distills a 20 factor model into a concise picture of a stock's potential.
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High Potential
Neutral
Low Potential
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Financials & Earnings
Financial Metrics
Financial Metrics Rating
Bullish
LT Debt/Equity Ratio
UNH's financial metrics are very good. The company yields a high return on shareholder's equity and generates high free cash flow relative to market capitalization.
Price to Book Value
Return on Equity
The rank is based on a high long term debt to equity ratio, high return on equity and relatively high cash flow.
Price to Sales Ratio
Business Value
Assets and Liabilities
Valuation
Returns
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
Current Ratio
0.84
Price/Book
2.18
Return on Invest
14.0%
LT Debt/Equity
0.34
Price/Sales
0.59
Return on Equity
18.7%
Earnings Performance
TTM
Earnings Performance Rating
Very Bullish
Earnings Growth
UNH's earnings performance has been very strong. The company has outperformed analysts' earnings estimates and has a stable 5 year earnings trend.
Earnings Surprise
Earnings Trend
The rank is based on better than expected earnings in recent quarters, a relatively high projected P/E ratio and consistent earnings over the past 5 years.
Projected P/E Ratio
Earnings Consistency
5 Year Revenue and Earnings Growth
Revenue(M) Rev % Growth EPS EPS % Growth
EPS Estimates
12/06
12/07
12/08
12/09
12/10
18,157.00
75,431.00
81,186.00
87,138.00
94,155.00
-59.98%
315.44%
7.63%
7.33%
8.05%
$0.86
$3.55
$2.40
$3.24
$4.10
-65.32%
312.79%
-32.39%
35.00%
26.54%
EPS Surprise
Factor
Actual EPS Prev
EST EPS Current
Change
$1.14
$1.11
-0.03
Quarterly EPS Yearly EPS Factor
$4.10
$4.34
+0.24
Actual EPS Growth
Est EPS Growth
Change
55.70%
12.12%
-43.58
3-5 year EPS
EPS Quarterly Results Estimate
Actual
Difference
% Difference
FY
Qtr 1
Qtr 2
Qtr 3
Qtr 4
Total
Latest Qtr
$0.95
$1.16
$0.21
1 Qtr Ago
$0.89
$1.22
$0.33
22.11
12/09
$0.81
$0.73
$0.89
$0.81
$3.24
37.08
12/10
$1.03
$0.99
$1.14
$0.94
$4.10
2 Qtr Ago
$0.84
$0.94
3 Qtr Ago
$0.84
$1.14
$0.10
11.90
12/11
$1.22
$1.16
-
-
-
$0.30
35.71
Fiscal Year End Month is December.
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Price Trend & Expert Opinions Price/Volume Activity
Price/Volume Activity Rating
Bullish
Relative Strength vs Market
Chaikin Money Flow
Price and volume activity for UNH is bullish. UNH has outperformed the S&P 500 over 26 weeks and is experiencing sustained buying.
Price Trend
The rank for UNH is based on its price strength versus the market, positive Chaikin money flow, a positive Chaikin price trend and a negative Chaikin price trend ROC.
Price Trend ROC
Volume Trend
Relative Strength vs S&P500 Index
Chaikin Money Flow
Chart shows whether UNH is performing better or worse than the market.
Chaikin Money Flow analyzes supply and demand for a company's stock.
Price Activity
Price Activity
Factor
Value
Factor
52 Week High
53.13
52 Week Low
30.33
% Change YTD Rel S&P 500
36.59%
Expert Opinions
Volume Activity Value
Factor
Value
% Change Price - 4 Weeks
1.59%
Average Volume 20 Days
6,476,420
% Change Price - 24 Weeks
20.64%
Average Volume 90 Days
6,978,112
% Change Price - 4 Wks Rel to S&P
-3.26%
Chaikin Money Flow Persistency
% Change Price - 24 Wks Rel to S&P
18.73%
73%
Expert Opinions
Very Bullish
Earnings Estimate Revisions
Expert opinions about UNH are very positive. Analysts are raising their EPS estimates for UNH and shorting of UNH is low.
Short Interest
Insider Activity
The rank for UNH is based on analysts revising earnings estimates upward, a low short interest ratio, insiders purchasing stock, optimistic analyst opinions and price strength of the stock versus the Medical Care industry group.
Analyst Opinions
Relative Strength vs Industry
Earnings Estimate Revisions Current Current Qtr Next Qtr
1.11 0.87 Current
Current FY
4.34
Analyst Recommendations
7 Days Ago % Change 1.09 0.91
+1.83% -4.40%
30 Days Ago % Change 4.18
0.16
EPS Estimates Revision Summary
Factor Mean this Week Mean Last Week
Value
Last Week Down
Up
Down
Curr Qtr
5
1
12
3
Curr Yr
4
0
18
1
Next Qtr
1
8
4
15
Next Yr
10
0
19
0
Strong Buy Strong Buy
Change
0.00
Mean 5 Weeks Ago
Buy
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Last 4 Weeks
Up
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The Company & Its Competitors
News Headlines for UNH
UNH's Competitors in Medical Care Company
Power Gauge
Historic EPS growth
Projected EPS growth
Profit Margin
PEG
PE
Revenue(M)
UNH
55.70%
12.12%
5.01%
0.97
11.49
94,155
CVH
13.07%
9.97%
3.83%
1.22
9.33
11,588
MHS
11.82%
14.00%
2.12%
1.13
17.36
65,968
AET
8.91%
10.25%
5.26%
0.95
10.79
34,246
AGP
20.42%
15.00%
5.05%
1.07
12.01
5,806
HNT
3.05%
10.00%
0.58%
0.99
11.08
13,620
HUM
19.49%
8.00%
3.34%
1.40
10.81
33,868
WLP
6.06%
10.67%
5.03%
0.97
10.38
58,802
Insurer Aetna reports on 2Q performance Wednesday - Jul 25, 2011 UnitedHealth beats expectations, raises guidance - Jul 20, 2011 Profit Up 13%, UnitedHealth Raises Outlook Jul 19, 2011 Summary Box: UnitedHealth 2Q profit climbs 13 pct - Jul 19, 2011 Aetna completes $600M Prodigy Health acquisition - Jun 28, 2011
Company Details
Company Profile
UNITEDHEALTH GP UNITEDHEALTH GROUP CENTER 9900 BREN ROAD EAST MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55343 USA Phone: 9529361300 Fax: 952-936-1949 Website: http://http://www.unitedhealthgroup. com/ Full Time Employees: 87,000 Sector: Medical
UnitedHealth Group Inc. offers health care coverage and related services to help people achieve improved health and well-being through all stages of life. The company's products and services reflect a number of core capabilities, including medical information management, health benefit administration, care coordination, risk assessment and pricing, health benefit design and provider contracting. With these capabilities, it is able to provide comprehensive health care management services through organized health systems and insurance products.
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