Unitedhealth (UNH) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Unitedhealth (UNH) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.25 for Q1 2026, down 41.35% year-over-year from 0.42 in Q1 2025, and down 98.03% quarter-over-quarter from 12.51 in Q4 2025.

Unitedhealth (UNH) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Unitedhealth (UNH) has 17 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.25 in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.25, down 41.35% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.41 (up 31.22% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.49, up 35.35% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio declined to 0.25 in Q1 2026 per UNH's latest filing, from 12.51 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 12.51 in Q4 2025 and troughed at 0.29 in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 1.21 and a median of 0.29 in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 152.76% in 2022, then soared 4266.98% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.29 in 2022, then climbed by 1.02% to 0.28 in 2023, then surged by 569.37% to 1.33 in 2024, then soared by 843.62% to 12.51 in 2025, then tumbled by 98.03% to 0.25 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows UNH's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.25 in Q1 2026, 12.51 in Q4 2025, and 0.4 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Unitedhealth 363.95 Bn 334.15 Bn 98.90 Bn 0.25
2 Cvs Health 124.98 Bn 113.36 Bn 4.43 Bn 0.25
3 Elevance Health 85.46 Bn 50.04 Bn 13.88 Bn 0.09
4 Cigna 73.39 Bn 65.77 Bn -44.29 Bn 0.48
5 Humana 43.40 Bn 21.50 Bn 4.00 Bn 0.09
6 Centene 30.02 Bn 6.36 Bn 49.24 Bn -
7 Molina Healthcare 9.92 Bn 668.90 Mn 1.53 Bn -
8 Oscar Health 8.44 Bn 1.64 Bn -3.22 Bn -
9 Alignment Healthcare 4.50 Bn 3.77 Bn 135.85 Mn -
10 Clover Health Investments 2.61 Bn 2.41 Bn 154.54 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.25
Dec 31, 2025 12.51
Sep 30, 2025 0.40
Jun 30, 2025 0.32
Mar 31, 2025 0.42
Dec 31, 2024 1.33
Sep 30, 2024 0.15
Jun 30, 2024 0.33
Mar 31, 2024 4.31
Dec 31, 2023 -0.28
Sep 30, 2023 0.29
Jun 30, 2023 0.17
Mar 31, 2023 0.10
Dec 31, 2022 -0.29
Sep 30, 2022 0.09
Jun 30, 2022 0.25
Mar 31, 2022 0.29
Dec 31, 2021 0.54
Sep 30, 2021 0.20
Jun 30, 2021 0.27