Unitedhealth Group Dividend yield

Unitedhealth Group is part of Health Care Equip. and Services business, which is part of Health Care industry. Unitedhealth Group is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Unitedhealth Group stock dividend

Unitedhealth Group paid a total dividend of 7,018 million USD last year, for a market value of 444,173 millions (Market Cap 442,450 millions). Unitedhealth Group dividend per share is 7.53 USD, and his stock market price 476.58 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Unitedhealth Group has a dividend yield of 1.58%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Health Care industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Unitedhealth Group stocks dividend with other Health Care Equip. and Services companies or other of the best USA dividend stocks list.

Unitedhealth Group Dividend Payout

About the ability of Unitedhealth Group to maintain his current dividend of USD 7.53 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.58%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Unitedhealth Group payout on ernings is currently 31.28%, which is lower than the market average, but higher than companies of Health Care industry, which are 39.34% and 23.54% respectively. Both figures show that Unitedhealth Group is in a good position to keep maintaining his dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Unitedhealth Group is USD 28.20 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 7.53, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Unitedhealth Group, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Health Care industry and Health Care Equip. and Services sector companies.

Unitedhealth Group Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Unitedhealth Group's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.58%	7.53	31.28%	932
2022	1.24%	6.57	31.72%	938
2021	1.16%	5.82	31.75%	944
2020	1.43%	5.01	30.57%	948
2019	1.47%	4.32	31.88%	950
2018	1.45%	3.61	33.77%	961
2017	1.36%	3.00	36.59%	964
2016	1.58%	2.50	37.09%	960
2015	1.77%	1.99	31.09%	960

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Unitedhealth Group dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Health Care Equip. and Services stocks.

Unitedhealth Group Stock performance

Finally, last moth Unitedhealth Group showed a return of -5.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.07% of Health Care firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -8.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Health Care Equip. and Services firms.