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

Unitedhealth's (UNH) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.25 in Q1 2026, down 41.35% year-on-year from 0.42 in Q1 2025, and down 98.03% on a QoQ basis 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.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 41.35% year-over-year to 0.25 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.41, a 31.22% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.49, up 35.35% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.25, down from 12.51 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for UNH reached as high as 12.51 in Q4 2025 and fell as low as 0.29 in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 1.21 across 5 years, with a median of 0.29 in 2022.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio sank 152.76% in 2022 and jumped 4266.98% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.29 in 2022, then rose 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 plunged by 98.03% to 0.25 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent FCF Payout Ratio figures were 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 384.70 Bn 354.90 Bn 38.23 Bn 0.25
2 Cvs Health 136.05 Bn 124.42 Bn 22.85 Bn 0.25
3 Elevance Health 82.25 Bn 46.44 Bn 35.79 Bn 0.23
4 Cigna 75.16 Bn 67.54 Bn -44.29 Bn 0.48
5 Humana 47.47 Bn 25.57 Bn 5.94 Bn 0.09
6 Centene 31.35 Bn 7.64 Bn 43.95 Bn -
7 Molina Healthcare 10.44 Bn 1.19 Bn 1.43 Bn -
8 Oscar Health 8.62 Bn 1.83 Bn 1.42 Bn -
9 Alignment Healthcare 4.13 Bn 3.41 Bn 144.48 Mn -
10 Progyny 2.48 Bn 2.26 Bn 83.07 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