Unitedhealth (UNH) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2026)

Unitedhealth (UNH) reported Short-term Investments of $3.2 billion for Q1 2026, down 9.68% year-over-year from $3.6 billion in Q1 2025, and down 14.06% quarter-over-quarter from $3.8 billion in Q4 2025.

Unitedhealth (UNH) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Unitedhealth (UNH) has 18 years of Short-term Investments data on file, last reported at $3.2 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Short-term Investments for Q1 2026 came in at $3.2 billion, down 9.68% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $3.2 billion (down 9.68% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $3.8 billion, down 1.18% from the prior year.
  • Short-term Investments slipped to $3.2 billion in Q1 2026 per UNH's latest filing, from $3.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Short-term Investments peaked at $5.2 billion in Q3 2023 and troughed at $2.9 billion in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $4.0 billion and a median of $3.8 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Short-term Investments.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Short-term Investments surged 79.54% in 2022, then slumped 32.02% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Short-term Investments shows it stood at $4.5 billion in 2022, then fell by 7.59% to $4.2 billion in 2023, then retreated by 9.52% to $3.8 billion in 2024, then dropped by 1.18% to $3.8 billion in 2025, then dropped by 14.06% to $3.2 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows UNH's Short-term Investments at $3.2 billion in Q1 2026, $3.8 billion in Q4 2025, and $3.4 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Unitedhealth 370.74 Bn 340.93 Bn 98.90 Bn
2 Cvs Health 129.62 Bn 118.00 Bn 4.43 Bn
3 Elevance Health 88.73 Bn 53.31 Bn 13.88 Bn
4 Cigna 78.23 Bn 70.61 Bn -44.29 Bn
5 Humana 45.63 Bn 23.73 Bn 4.00 Bn
6 Centene 32.06 Bn 8.39 Bn 49.24 Bn
7 Molina Healthcare 10.16 Bn 905.08 Mn 1.53 Bn
8 Oscar Health 8.44 Bn 1.64 Bn -3.22 Bn
9 Alignment Healthcare 4.05 Bn 3.33 Bn 135.85 Mn
10 Clover Health Investments 2.46 Bn 2.27 Bn 154.54 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 3.23 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 3.76 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 3.40 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 3.42 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 3.57 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 3.80 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 4.73 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 5.04 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 4.30 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 4.20 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 5.18 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 4.47 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 4.58 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 4.55 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 3.68 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 3.35 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 2.91 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 2.53 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 2.79 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 2.73 Bn