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UnitedHealth forward PE UNH

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1994.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
18.5×
10-year median
19.5×
Against its 10-year history
29th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
13.1× to 36.0×
Peer median
13.8×

UnitedHealth's forward PE is 18.5× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 19.5×, lower than on 71% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 13.1× in Sep 2019 to 36.0× in Apr 2025.

The median for 4 health insurers of a similar size is 13.8×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far18.5×14.5×22.0×
202518.7×14.5×36.0×
202424.0×16.3×28.9×
202320.1×18.4×21.1×
202222.4×20.6×25.8×
202124.7×18.5×24.7×
202022.4×14.3×22.9×
201918.8×13.1×18.8×
201817.7×17.1×20.7×
201719.5×17.2×20.1×
201618.3×15.0×18.7×
201517.3×16.4×20.6×
201417.5×14.1×17.5×
201314.9×10.4×14.9×
201210.9×10.5×13.1×
201111.9×10.3×13.5×
20109.7×8.5×11.5×
200910.4×7.2×11.6×
200810.0×6.4×18.2×
200718.9×14.7×19.2×

Against its peers

Companies in Medical - Healthcare Plans nearest UnitedHealth's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
UNHUnitedHealth18.5×
CVSCVS Health11.5×
ELVElevance Health16.1×
CICigna9.7×
HUMHumana33.7×
Peer median13.8×

Where UnitedHealth ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.