UNH (UNH)

Secondary decision view: valuation · portfolio context · the data you need before acting on a single-source signal.
Neutral

UNH is rated NEUTRAL because while its valuation is expensive and the price sits well above the stock's calculated floor, there are no risk alerts or extreme signals to warrant a bearish call.

  • PE of $29.87 sits at the 92nd percentile, earning a label of 'expensive' and placing the stock far from the buyzone (53.1% above the floor).
  • The current price of $396.39 is a full 53% above the primary floors (e.g., dividend floor of $315.28 and valuation floor of $314.29), showing a wide gap from fair-value estimates.
  • Validation flag is green, red alerts are zero, and implied volatility rank (50.8%) is neutral—none of which trigger an urgent shift to a bearish or bullish stance.
Verdict bucket from deterministic rule (validation / floor distance / risk alerts). LLM narration only — never picks the bucket.

BUY-ZONE DECISION rule signal

$396.39 $258.97 engine floor
far above at floor

UNH is far above the floor (~53.1% above) — adding here means paying a premium vs. your own threshold. Wait or take partial position only with a strong directional view. valuation expensive (92th percentile)

Macro context

Across past macro events, UNH 5d reaction has been net positive +1.0%
13 event categories · 107 samples · 59 up / 36 down · macro-beta evidence only
Per-category detail · macro beta breakdown
fed-fomc-rate-cycle → avg 5d +1.3% 12 samples · 5 up / 3 down
taiwan-strait-tension → avg 5d +1.8% 12 samples · 7 up / 4 down
oil-shock → avg 5d +0.7% 10 samples · 7 up / 2 down
us-china-tariff-escalation → avg 5d +0.9% 10 samples · 7 up / 2 down
big-ipo-event → avg 5d +0.8% 9 samples · 4 up / 4 down
bank-crisis → avg 5d +0.6% 8 samples · 5 up / 3 down
big-tech-earnings-shock → avg 5d +0.5% 7 samples · 3 up / 3 down
election-uncertainty → avg 5d +3.4% 7 samples · 5 up / 2 down
natural-disaster → avg 5d +0.8% 7 samples · 3 up / 3 down
pandemic-emergency → avg 5d +0.7% 7 samples · 6 up / 1 down
sovereign-debt-crisis → avg 5d -0.5% 7 samples · 3 up / 4 down
china-property-crisis → avg 5d +0.6% 6 samples · 3 up / 2 down
russia-ukraine-war → avg 5d +0.5% 5 samples · 1 up / 3 down
Vs sector ETF (XLV, 5d)
+12.3pp leading sector
UNH +9.6% Sector benchmark XLV -2.7%
Macro-beta evidence: how this ticker historically reacted to broad macro shocks. Not a thesis-level call — for that, you have to read the news and decide.

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VALUATION

Expensive
Trailing P/E
29.9
5-yr percentile: 92%
P/B
3.7
5-yr percentile: 30%
p10
15.8
p25
17.8
p50
20.0
p75
24.2
p90
28.3
Large PE vs PB percentile gap — possibly due to dramatic earnings shifts distorting PE. Consider Forward PE and growth expectations.

Floor Engine

AI Valuation Recommendation ✓ OK
Floor
USD 287.00
Golden
USD 315.28
How we derived this
Floor USD 287.00历史峰值(ATH) × (1 − 50%) 回撤。原因:场景方法选举出的底价远低于当前价(< 40%),引擎判断这些方法的历史样本已被过时的定价区间主导(典型 re-rated 股票),回退到一个对 wheel/options 仓位更可执行的回撤型底价。

Golden USD 315.28ATH × (1 − 35%)(同一回撤方法,更浅档位)。

注:下方场景卡片显示的 DIVIDEND/VALUATION/EPV 数字是引擎仍计算了但未采纳的原始候选 — 保留可见以便审视引擎判断。
External Cross-Check
Our AI Floor USD 287.00
Analyst Low Target (26 brokers) USD 287.00
Analyst Mean Target USD 387.27
5-Year Low USD 244.44
⚠ 我们的 floor 高于分析师低端 0%。AI Floor 通常应低于分析师目标低端,此处反向意味着我们对该股票更乐观,建议交叉验证下方场景卡片。
AI Synthesis
尽管联合健康 (UnitedHealth) 在追踪市盈率 26.8 倍(位于第 89 百分位)上显示昂贵,且存在明年预期盈利反弹失败导致高估的风险,但其远期市盈率 16.9 倍又看似便宜。综合来看,根据 ATH-锚定回撤公式,该股票的估值底部为 $287.0,置信度高。此外,我们观察到黄金价格为 $315.28。
Updated 2026-05-11
Glossary (click to expand)
Forward P/E
P/E using analysts' next-12-month EPS estimates. More forward-looking than trailing P/E, but exposed to forecast error.
Trailing P/E
P/E using actual EPS from the last 12 months. Distorted by one-time events (asset sales, impairments) until they roll out of the window.
P/B (Price-to-Book)
Stock price / book value per share. Meaningful for asset-driven sectors (banks, insurers); high values are normal for asset-light sectors (tech, consumer).
PEG
P/E ÷ earnings growth rate — \"how much P/E you pay per 1% of growth\". <1 = cheap-ish, >2 = priced-in.
Regime-mismatch drawdown model
When P/E distribution undergoes a structural shift (business transformation, sector re-rating), traditional \"revert to historical P/E percentile\" misleads. This model uses historical max drawdown × current EPS instead.
EPV (Earnings Power Value)
Greenwald framework: assume zero growth + current earning power is sustainable. Yields a conservative lower bound (asset + franchise value).
Heuristic Fallback
Backup estimator used when the primary method (P/E percentile, yield reversion, etc.) is unreliable due to data issues. **Lower confidence** — reference only, not auto-execute.
Confidence
Primary method applicable → high; multiple methods agree → medium; single heuristic fallback → low. Low confidence means review before acting.
ideal USD 396.39 Confidence high
discount-to-floor: 1.53×
DIVIDEND high
USD 315.28
Yield reverts to historical 95th-percentile (extreme yield level)
37y dividend history (≥10), dividend method reliable
VALUATION high
USD 314.29
PE reverts to historical 5th-percentile (extreme undervaluation)
EPV high
USD 258.97
Zero-growth scenario + current cash/debt (Greenwald franchise value)
EPV GROWTH PREMIUM low
USD 359.87
EPV × franchise-value multiplier (compounder premium when ROIC > WACC)

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IMPLIED VOLATILITY

CURRENT IV 33.0% HV (30D) 35.0% IV RANK (1Y) 51 NEUTRAL
IV vs HV · last 1 year

Earnings Reactions

UNH
8 earnings events · last 2 years
Avg Gap%
-4.29%
Avg Day%
-6.20%
Up Hit Rate
38%
Next Earnings · est.
2026-07-28
in 76d
24-07
24-10
25-01
25-04
25-07
25-10
26-01
26-04
Bar height = |Gap%| normalized to the period max. Green = up, red = down.
Date Time EPS Surprise Gap% Day% Week%
2026-04-21 BMO 7.23 +9.5% +9.13% +6.96% +13.38%
2026-01-27 BMO 2.11 +0.2% -16.40% -19.61% -19.18%
2025-10-28 BMO 2.92 +4.0% +4.02% +0.51% -9.60%
2025-07-29 BMO 4.08 -8.2% -5.82% -7.46% -11.03%
2025-04-17 BMO 6.85 -1.2% -17.62% -22.38% -28.44%
2025-01-16 BMO 6.81 +1.1% -2.41% -6.04% -2.01%
2024-10-15 BMO 6.51 -1.3% -8.82% -8.11% -5.87%
2024-07-16 BMO 6.80 +2.5% +3.60% +6.50% +7.63%

Is UNH (UNH) overvalued right now?

UNH (UNH) is currently trading at a trailing P/E of 29.9, sitting at the 92th percentile of its 5-year valuation history. A high percentile suggests the market is pricing the stock above its own historical norm — useful context before sizing a new position or selling premium against it.

UNH (UNH) — what's the SELL PUT risk profile?

Selling cash-secured puts on UNH (UNH) is a common income strategy, but the right strike depends on your floor price (the level you'd happily own at) and the option chain's buffer/APY tradeoff. The full ladder view (deferred to a future release) ranks candidates by buffer percentage first, then APY — see the option ladder methodology for why buffer matters more than yield in this strategy.

UNH (UNH) — which option strategy fits your view?

If you're bullish long-term but cautious near-term on UNH (UNH), SELL PUT into your floor zone collects premium while waiting for a better entry. If you already own it and are neutral-to-mildly-bullish, COVERED CALL caps upside but harvests time decay. The wrong strategy on the right ticker still loses money — match the trade to your view, not the other way around.

UNH (UNH) — is now a good entry?

Entry timing on UNH (UNH) is a function of your floor price (hard buy zone) and golden price (back-the-truck-up zone). Both are personal — set them in your watchlist and we'll alert you when the market hits either level.

FAQ

Why does UNH show different P/E numbers on different sites?

Different data providers use different earnings windows (TTM vs forward, GAAP vs adjusted) and update at different cadences. We surface trailing P/E with a 5-year percentile rank to give context — a P/E of 30 is hot for one stock and cold for another.

Does this page show UNH's implied volatility?

Not on this v0 page — the dedicated volatility tool covers IV with multi-source voting (IBKR + Polygon + yfinance). For pure IV lookup, use /tools/volatility. This page is for decision-stage queries that pull together valuation + portfolio context.

How is this different from Yahoo Finance or 雪球's UNH page?

Those sites are great for raw data discovery — last price, news, headline P/E. This page is built for the second look: you've already seen a single-dimension signal somewhere else, now you need multi-dimensional decision context (your floor, the valuation percentile, your portfolio overlay) in one view, not five tabs.