Growth Metrics

Unitedhealth (UNH) Shares Repurchased (2016 - 2025)

Unitedhealth (UNH) has disclosed Shares Repurchased for 17 consecutive years, with $2.5 billion as the latest value for Q2 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Shares Repurchased changed N/A to $2.5 billion in Q2 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was $10.5 billion, a 90.25% increase, with the full-year FY2024 number at $9.0 billion, changed N/A from a year prior.
  • Shares Repurchased was $2.5 billion for Q2 2025 at Unitedhealth, down from $3.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Shares Repurchased ranged from a high of $5.0 billion in Q4 2024 to a low of $956.0 million in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $2.1 billion and a median of $1.8 billion in 2021 define the central range for Shares Repurchased.
  • Peak YoY movement for Shares Repurchased: tumbled 38.56% in 2021, then skyrocketed 100.0% in 2022.
  • Unitedhealth's Shares Repurchased stood at $1.0 billion in 2021, then fell by 4.76% to $1.0 billion in 2022, then skyrocketed by 50.0% to $1.5 billion in 2023, then surged by 231.47% to $5.0 billion in 2024, then plummeted by 48.81% to $2.5 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for UNH's Shares Repurchased are $2.5 billion (Q2 2025), $3.0 billion (Q1 2025), and $5.0 billion (Q4 2024).