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Unitedhealth (UNH) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Unitedhealth (UNH) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 0.13% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 3.0% to 0.13% in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was 0.13%, a 3.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2024 number at 0.18%, down 2.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.13% for Q3 2025 at Unitedhealth, down from 0.15% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.2% in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.13% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.18% and a median of 0.18% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: decreased -4bps in 2021, then grew 3bps in 2022.
  • Unitedhealth's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.18% in 2021, then rose by 3bps to 0.18% in 2022, then dropped by -1bps to 0.18% in 2023, then fell by -9bps to 0.17% in 2024, then dropped by -19bps to 0.13% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for UNH's Return on Capital Employed are 0.13% (Q3 2025), 0.15% (Q2 2025), and 0.18% (Q1 2025).