946 Shares in UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) Acquired by Investor s Fiduciary Advisor Network LLC

Investor s Fiduciary Advisor Network LLC acquired a new stake in shares of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 946 shares of the healthcare conglomerate's stock, valued at approximately $478,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of UNH. Janus Henderson Group PLC increased its position in UnitedHealth Group by 11.1% in the fourth quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 5,507,957 shares of the healthcare conglomerate's stock worth $2,786,393,000 after purchasing an additional 549,658 shares during the last quarter. KKM Financial LLC lifted its stake in UnitedHealth Group by 3.9% in the fourth quarter. KKM Financial LLC now owns 5,439 shares of the healthcare conglomerate's stock worth $2,751,000 after acquiring an additional 206 shares during the period. Humankind Investments LLC lifted its stake in UnitedHealth Group by 1.9% in the fourth quarter. Humankind Investments LLC now owns 2,529 shares of the healthcare conglomerate's stock worth $1,279,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares during the period. Guardian Wealth Advisors LLC NC lifted its position in shares of UnitedHealth Group by 14.8% during the fourth quarter. Guardian Wealth Advisors LLC NC now owns 7,275 shares of the healthcare conglomerate's stock valued at $3,680,000 after buying an additional 938 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Gen Wealth Partners Inc lifted its position in shares of UnitedHealth Group by 10.7% during the fourth quarter. Gen Wealth Partners Inc now owns 3,516 shares of the healthcare conglomerate's stock valued at $1,779,000 after buying an additional 341 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 87.86% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Mizuho upped their price objective on shares of UnitedHealth Group from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. Erste Group Bank downgraded shares of UnitedHealth Group from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price target on shares of UnitedHealth Group from $525.00 to $355.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price target on shares of UnitedHealth Group from $521.00 to $362.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Bank of America lowered shares of UnitedHealth Group from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and cut their target price for the company from $560.00 to $350.00 in a report on Wednesday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eighteen have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $500.29.

UnitedHealth Group Trading Up 5.2%

UNH traded up $14.19 on Friday, hitting $288.54. The company had a trading volume of 45,773,262 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,762,100. The firm has a market cap of $261.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.55, a PEG ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.56. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated has a 1 year low of $248.88 and a 1 year high of $630.73. The company's fifty day moving average price is $474.72 and its 200 day moving average price is $515.82. The company has a current ratio of 0.83, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74.

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 17th. The healthcare conglomerate reported $7.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $7.29 by ($0.09). The company had revenue of $109.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $111.56 billion. UnitedHealth Group had a net margin of 3.60% and a return on equity of 26.69%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $6.91 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts expect that UnitedHealth Group Incorporated will post 29.54 earnings per share for the current year.

UnitedHealth Group Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 10th were given a dividend of $2.10 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 10th. This represents a $8.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.91%. UnitedHealth Group's dividend payout ratio is presently 35.18%.

UnitedHealth Group Company Profile

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older addressing their needs; Medicaid plans, children's health insurance and health care programs; and health and dental benefits, and hospital and clinical services, as well as health care benefits products and services to state programs caring for the economically disadvantaged, medically underserved, and those without the benefit of employer-funded health care coverage.