Analysts Believe UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH) Future is Bright

Analysts think that United Health Group (NYSE:UNH) has strong growth prospects because the demand of digital health services and managed care is increasing. A latest survey shows that over 60% of Americans prefer to use online and digital healthcare tools which help them get the medical advice without having to physically visit hospitals. UnitedHealth has a huge edge due to its Optum platform.

Optum accounted for about 36% of the total revenue of UnitedHealth. The platform’s revenue increased by a whopping 40% in the second quarter of 2017. OptumCare health delivery service is also a growth catalyst for UnitedHealth. The service is currently available in just 28 cities. UnitedHealth plans to expand this service, which would result in revenue growth. Analysts have also increased their estimates for UnitedHealth’s fiscal 2017 and 2018 results.

Tomorrow the American United Health Group will report her past quarter's results. Based on the analysts' consensus: both the revenue and the net result would be on record levels. For this year United Health Group 's revenue will be around 200,51 billion USD. This is according to the average of the analysts' estimates. The expected revenue would be the highest in her history. This is slightly more than 2016's revenue of 184,84 billion USD.

Historical revenues and results United Health Group plus estimates 2017

The analysts anticipate for 2017 a record net profit a 9,63 billion USD. The majority of the analysts expects for this year a profit per share of 9,87 USD. With this the price/earnings-ratio is 19,93.

For this year the analysts expect a dividend of 2,46 USD per share. The dividend yield is then 1,25 percent. The average dividend yield of the health care companies equals a moderate 0,20 percent.

United Health Group 's market capitalization is based on the number of outstanding shares around 187,48 billion USD.

Historical stock prices United Health Group

On Tuesday the stock closed at 196,73 USD.

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