Unitedhealth UNH
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Unitedhealth (UNH) Current Deferred Tax Assets (2009 - 2015)

Updated

Unitedhealth's Current Deferred Tax Assets was $860 million in Q4 2015, up 54.7% from $556 million a year earlier and up 28.4% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Unitedhealth (UNH) Current Deferred Tax Assets (2009 - 2015) Analysis & Trends

From Q2 2009 onward, Unitedhealth has reported Current Deferred Tax Assets for 27 quarters.

  • Current Deferred Tax Assets shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 16.4% (FY2010 to FY2015).
  • In earlier years, Current Deferred Tax Assets was $556 million in FY2014 (+29.3%), $430 million in FY2013 (-7.1%), $463 million in FY2012 (-1.9%) and $472 million in FY2011 (+17.1%).
  • The Q4 2015 figure marks the highest quarterly Current Deferred Tax Assets in data going back to Q2 2009.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Current Deferred Tax Assets has increased for seven straight quarters, with growth averaging 27.0% over the last eight quarters.
  • The best year-over-year quarter for Current Deferred Tax Assets over five years was Q2 2012 (growth of 201.3%); the worst was Q2 2011 (a decline of 60.9%).
  • Per Business Quant data, UNH's Current Deferred Tax Assets in the three quarters before Q4 2015 was $670 million (Q3 2015), $514 million (Q2 2015) and $405 million (Q1 2015).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Unitedhealth 382.88 Bn 261.45 Bn 36.67 Bn
2 Cvs Health 120.51 Bn 72.92 Bn 47.23 Bn
3 Mckesson 119.75 Bn 103.65 Bn 3.69 Bn
4 Elevance Health 96.58 Bn -46.01 Bn 13.65 Bn
5 Cigna 82.60 Bn 51.85 Bn 14.97 Bn
6 Cencora 65.22 Bn 54.12 Bn 3.61 Bn
7 Cardinal Health 60.25 Bn 44.09 Bn 2.56 Bn
8 Humana 50.48 Bn -37.38 Bn 5.50 Bn
9 Centene 35.21 Bn -55.14 Bn 14.55 Bn
10 Molina Healthcare 11.06 Bn -23.81 Bn 1.43 Bn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2015 860.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 670.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 514.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 405.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 556.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 520.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 496.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 319.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 430.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 366.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 366.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 336.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 463.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 414.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 461.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 432.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 472.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 492.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 153.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 235.00 Mn
API Access

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