Unitedhealth (UNH) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2026)
Unitedhealth's Short-term Investments was $2.88 billion in Q2 2026, down 15.8% from $3.42 billion a year earlier and down 10.7% from the prior quarter.
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Unitedhealth (UNH) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Short-term Investments at Unitedhealth came in at $3.76 billion, down 1.2% from FY2024.
- Short-term Investments has now declined for three consecutive years, though with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Short-term Investments was $3.8 billion in FY2024 (-9.5%), $4.2 billion in FY2023 (-7.6%), $4.55 billion in FY2022 (+79.5%) and $2.53 billion in FY2021 (-11.5%).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Short-term Investments since Q4 2021.
- Compared with a year earlier, Short-term Investments has declined for eight straight quarters, with an average decline of 15.2% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Short-term Investments over five years was Q4 2022 (growth of 79.5%); the worst was Q2 2025 (a decline of 32.0%).
- Per Business Quant data, UNH's Short-term Investments in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was $3.23 billion (Q1 2026), $3.76 billion (Q4 2025) and $3.4 billion (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unitedhealth | 336.54 Bn | 221.18 Bn | 36.67 Bn |
| 2 | Cvs Health | 110.50 Bn | 63.10 Bn | 47.23 Bn |
| 3 | Mckesson | 105.27 Bn | 91.73 Bn | 3.69 Bn |
| 4 | Elevance Health | 83.85 Bn | -57.90 Bn | 13.45 Bn |
| 5 | Cigna | 71.48 Bn | 41.02 Bn | 14.97 Bn |
| 6 | Cencora | 58.97 Bn | 48.06 Bn | 3.61 Bn |
| 7 | Cardinal Health | 53.10 Bn | 37.10 Bn | 2.56 Bn |
| 8 | Humana | 46.62 Bn | -41.18 Bn | 5.50 Bn |
| 9 | Centene | 31.12 Bn | -59.17 Bn | 14.55 Bn |
| 10 | Molina Healthcare | 9.86 Bn | -25.01 Bn | 1.43 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.88 Bn |
| 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 |
API Access
Unitedhealth Short-term Investments API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-investments&ticker=UNH&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "short-term-investments", "ticker": "UNH", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-investments&ticker=UNH&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();