Growth Metrics

Unitedhealth (UNH) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Unitedhealth (UNH) has disclosed Return on Equity for 17 consecutive years, with 0.13% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Equity fell 3.0% to 0.13% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.13%, a 3.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.13%, down 3.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Equity was 0.13% for Q4 2025 at Unitedhealth, down from 0.18% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.26% in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.13% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.22% and a median of 0.23% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Equity.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: dropped -10bps in 2024, then increased 6bps in 2025.
  • Unitedhealth's Return on Equity stood at 0.24% in 2021, then rose by 8bps to 0.26% in 2022, then fell by -3bps to 0.25% in 2023, then tumbled by -39bps to 0.15% in 2024, then fell by -17bps to 0.13% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for UNH's Return on Equity are 0.13% (Q4 2025), 0.18% (Q3 2025), and 0.22% (Q2 2025).