UnitedHealth PE ratio UNH

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 1998.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 23.9×
10-year median: 22.7×
Against its 10-year history: 63rd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 10.0× to 40.1×
Peer median: 22.1×

UnitedHealth's PE ratio is 23.9× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $418.09 against $17.51 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 22.7×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 10.0× in Aug 2025 to 40.1× in Nov 2024.

The median for 4 health insurers of a similar size is 22.1×.

PE ratio over time

median 22.7×

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

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	23.9×	14.4×	32.3×
2025	17.3×	10.0×	38.7×
2024	33.2×	18.4×	40.1×
2023	22.9×	21.0×	24.4×
2022	26.0×	24.7×	30.2×
2021	31.2×	18.6×	31.2×
2020	20.1×	14.4×	21.8×
2019	21.5×	16.2×	22.2×
2018	19.3×	18.7×	28.2×
2017	25.1×	21.7×	25.8×
2016	23.6×	17.3×	24.2×
2015	18.7×	17.7×	20.9×
2014	18.4×	13.4×	18.4×
2013	14.1×	9.9×	14.2×
2012	10.3×	9.9×	12.6×
2011	11.3×	9.7×	12.4×
2010	9.1×	8.2×	10.0×
2009	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2008	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2007	n/m a value too high to mean anything

Against its peers

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

Company	PE ratio
UNHUnitedHealth	23.9×
CVSCVS Health	24.7×
ELVElevance Health	19.6×
CICigna	12.7×
HUMHumana	39.9×
Peer median	22.1×

Where UnitedHealth ranks

#70of 168Healthcare stocks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

More on UnitedHealth

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.