Growth Metrics

Unitedhealth (UNH) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Unitedhealth (UNH) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with $160.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 89.02% to $160.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $16.1 billion through Dec 2025, down 22.36% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $16.1 billion for FY2025, 22.36% down from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was $160.0 million at Unitedhealth, down from $5.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Free Cash Flow was $17.8 billion in Q3 2022, with the low at -$6.2 billion in Q4 2023.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $5.3 billion, with a median of $5.2 billion recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Free Cash Flow plummeted 313.99% in 2022, then skyrocketed 1036.66% in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Free Cash Flow stood at $2.5 billion in 2021, then plummeted by 313.99% to -$5.4 billion in 2022, then dropped by 13.95% to -$6.2 billion in 2023, then soared by 123.68% to $1.5 billion in 2024, then tumbled by 89.02% to $160.0 million in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Free Cash Flow over the past three periods came in at $160.0 million, $5.1 billion, and $6.3 billion for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.