Growth Metrics

Unitedhealth (UNH) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Unitedhealth (UNH) has disclosed Gross Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 26.36% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin fell 5986.0% to 26.36% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 29.84%, a 2908.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 29.84%, down 416.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin was 26.36% for Q4 2025 at Unitedhealth, down from 29.34% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 203.38% in Q4 2021 to a low of 86.91% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 53.24% and a median of 38.58% in 2025 define the central range for Gross Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: surged 14298bps in 2021, then tumbled -29028bps in 2022.
  • Unitedhealth's Gross Margin stood at 203.38% in 2021, then crashed by -143bps to 86.91% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 129bps to 25.22% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 33bps to 33.5% in 2024, then plummeted by -179bps to 26.36% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for UNH's Gross Margin are 26.36% (Q4 2025), 29.34% (Q3 2025), and 41.64% (Q2 2025).