UnitedHealth Group

UnitedHealth Group in Fortune Rankings

UnitedHealth Group is a Minnetonka, Minnesota-based health-care and insurance company founded in 1974. It operates through two platforms: UnitedHealthcare, which provides employer-sponsored, individual, Medicare, Medicaid, and other health-benefit plans; and Optum, a health-services business comprising Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. Optum delivers and supports care, provides technology, data, analytics, and consulting services, and operates pharmacy-benefit management and pharmacy-care businesses. UnitedHealth Group has expanded through organic growth and acquisitions and reported $447.6 billion in revenue in 2025.

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Updated:9/29/26
Country/Territory:U.S.
Headquarters:Eden Prairie, Minn.
Industry:Health Care: Insurance and Managed Care
CEO:Stephen J. Hemsley
Website:https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com

Ticker:UNH
Company type:Public
Revenues ($M):$450,129
Profits ($M):$14,122
Market value ($M):$353,590
Number of employees:390,000

Figures are for latest twelve months ended June 30, 2026. Market value as of Aug. 18, 2026

Sector:Contracted Services
Industry:Health Care: Insurance and Managed Care
Current All-Star Rank:-
Previous All-Star Rank:-
Industry Rank:1
Previous Industry Rank:1
Overall Score:7.11
Innovation:1

People Management:1
Use of Corporate Assets:1
Social Responsibility:1
Quality of Management:1
Financial Soundness:1
Long-Term Investment Value:1
Quality of Products/Services:1
Global Competitiveness:1

Sector:Health Care
Strongest Dimension:Culture innovation
Years on list:4
Previous rank:78
State:Minnesota

$ Millions% change
Revenues ($M):$447,56711.8%
Profits ($M):$12,056-16.3%
Assets ($M):$309,581-
Total Stockholder Equity ($M):$94,110-

Profit as % of Revenues:2.7%
Profits as % of Assets:3.9%
Profits as % of Stockholder Equity:12.8%

Earnings Per Share ($):13.20
EPS % Change (from prior fiscal year):-14.7%
EPS % Change (5 year annual rate):-3.8%
EPS % Change (10 year annual rate):8.2%

Total Return to Investors (last year):-33.1%
Total Return to Investors (5 year, annualized):0.4%
Total Return to Investors (10 year, annualized):12.7%