Growth Metrics

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% on a QoQ basis from $3.8 billion in Q4 2025.

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

  • Quarterly Short-term Investments fell 9.68% year-over-year to $3.2 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $3.2 billion (down 9.68% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $3.8 billion, down 1.18% from the prior year.
  • Short-term Investments eased to $3.2 billion in Q1 2026 per UNH's latest filing, from $3.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Short-term Investments topped out at $5.2 billion in Q3 2023 and bottomed at $2.9 billion in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Short-term Investments is $3.8 billion (2024), against an average of $4.0 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Short-term Investments soared 79.54%; it then plunged 32.02% in 2025.
  • Tracing UNH's Short-term Investments over 5 years: stood at $4.5 billion in 2022, then dropped by 7.59% to $4.2 billion in 2023, then declined by 9.52% to $3.8 billion in 2024, then decreased by 1.18% to $3.8 billion in 2025, then decreased by 14.06% to $3.2 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest UNH Short-term Investments figures stand at $3.2 billion (Q1 2026), $3.8 billion (Q4 2025), and $3.4 billion (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Unitedhealth 345.31 Bn 315.51 Bn 98.90 Bn
2 Cvs Health 115.41 Bn 103.79 Bn 4.43 Bn
3 Elevance Health 88.60 Bn 53.18 Bn 13.88 Bn
4 Cigna 72.05 Bn 64.43 Bn -44.29 Bn
5 Humana 39.05 Bn 17.15 Bn 4.00 Bn
6 Centene 30.50 Bn 6.84 Bn 49.24 Bn
7 Molina Healthcare 9.31 Bn 60.65 Mn 1.53 Bn
8 Oscar Health 6.86 Bn 63.05 Mn -3.22 Bn
9 Alignment Healthcare 2.69 Bn 1.96 Bn 135.85 Mn
10 Progyny 2.12 Bn 1.90 Bn 83.07 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
Mar 31, 2021 2.96 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 2.86 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 3.26 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 3.27 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 2.88 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 3.26 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 3.46 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 3.52 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 3.30 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 3.46 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 3.59 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 3.49 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 3.80 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 3.51 Bn
Sep 30, 2017 3.53 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 3.39 Bn
Mar 31, 2017 3.21 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 2.85 Bn
Sep 30, 2016 2.87 Bn
Jun 30, 2016 2.76 Bn
Mar 31, 2016 2.42 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 1.99 Bn
Sep 30, 2015 1.94 Bn
Jun 30, 2015 1.92 Bn
Mar 31, 2015 1.78 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 1.74 Bn
Sep 30, 2014 1.98 Bn
Jun 30, 2014 1.88 Bn
Mar 31, 2014 1.87 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 1.94 Bn
Sep 30, 2013 2.43 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 2.44 Bn
Mar 31, 2013 3.02 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 3.03 Bn
Sep 30, 2012 3.04 Bn
Jun 30, 2012 2.85 Bn
Mar 31, 2012 2.67 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 2.58 Bn
Sep 30, 2011 2.70 Bn
Jun 30, 2011 2.53 Bn
Mar 31, 2011 2.36 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 2.07 Bn
Sep 30, 2010 1.43 Bn
Jun 30, 2010 1.09 Bn
Mar 31, 2010 1.16 Bn
Dec 31, 2009 1.24 Bn
Sep 30, 2009 966.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 908.00 Mn