Growth Metrics

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

Unitedhealth (UNH) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 0.15% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital fell 8.0% to 0.15% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.15%, a 8.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.16%, down 9.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.15% for Q4 2025 at Unitedhealth, down from 0.2% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.27% in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.15% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.24% and a median of 0.24% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: grew 4bps in 2022, then decreased -8bps in 2025.
  • Unitedhealth's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.24% in 2021, then grew by 10bps to 0.27% in 2022, then fell by -1bps to 0.27% in 2023, then decreased by -11bps to 0.24% in 2024, then crashed by -35bps to 0.15% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for UNH's Return on Invested Capital are 0.15% (Q4 2025), 0.2% (Q3 2025), and 0.24% (Q2 2025).