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UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Common Stock (DE)
UNH · UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Common Stock (DE) · Healthcare
Up next day
7/12
58%
Fell despite growth
3/12
Good earnings ignored
Avg earnings move
±1.7%
typical swing on earnings
Price when beating
-0.1%
avg over 10 beats
Biggest single move
+3.6%
'25.6 · largest reaction
How this stock reacts to earnings
Traits seen across its recent earnings reactions
Beating estimates doesn't always lift it
Up the next day 6 of 10 beats (60%)
Reaction is erratic and hard to predict
Avg -0.1% on a beat, +1.1% on a miss
Tends to keep drifting the same way for days
Day-one direction continued · 100% of last 12
vs Healthcare sector avg (153 peers)
This
+0.1%
Sector
+0.4%
Avg next-day reaction
Earnings number vs guidance — which drives it?
How often the beat/miss matched the actual price move
The number and guidance move the price about equally
Moved opposite to results 5 of last 12 times (42%)
4xBeat but fell
Even a beat sells off if guidance disappoints
1xMissed but rose
Even a miss rebounds if guidance reassures
Earnings timeline · tap a bar for that quarter
Oct 27Before open
'26.9 expectedEst. EPS $4.12
Quarter ended 6/2026
Reported 2026-08-10
Next-day move
-1.6%
After 5 days -3.2%
vs Consensus$4.92→$6.38+29.8% beat
Beat by +29.8% but stock -1.6%
EPS
$6.38
YoY +56%
Revenue
$112.0B
YoY +0%
Next-Q guidance
—
N/A
Price around earnings
Fell despite growth
Earnings trend · last 12 quarters
EPS$6.38YoY +56%
'23.9'26.6
Revenue$112.0BYoY +0%
'23.9'26.6
Price vs earnings · last 12 quarters
↑Up↓Down
Bad news out
weak · up ↑
1x8%
Met expectations
good · up ↑
6x50%
Disappointment
weak · down ↓
2x17%
Good earnings ignored
good · down ↓
3x25%
← ← Weak earningsStrong earnings → →
Mostly 'honest' — good earnings, price up · 6 of 12q (50%)
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