Unitedhealth (UNH) Tax Provisions (2009 - 2026)

Unitedhealth (UNH) reported Tax Provisions of $1.5 billion for Q1 2026, down 9.19% year-over-year from $1.6 billion in Q1 2025, and up 258.0% quarter-over-quarter from -$938.0 million in Q4 2025.

Unitedhealth (UNH) Tax Provisions (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Unitedhealth (UNH) has 18 years of Tax Provisions data on file, last reported at $1.5 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Tax Provisions for Q1 2026 came in at $1.5 billion, down 9.19% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.7 billion (down 66.79% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.9 billion, down 60.86% from the prior year.
  • Tax Provisions grew to $1.5 billion in Q1 2026 per UNH's latest filing, from -$938.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Provisions peaked at $1.7 billion in Q3 2023 and troughed at -$938.0 million in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $1.2 billion and a median of $1.4 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Tax Provisions.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Tax Provisions jumped 42.22% in 2022, then sank 193.15% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Provisions shows it stood at $1.3 billion in 2022, then slipped by 9.41% to $1.2 billion in 2023, then decreased by 14.95% to $1.0 billion in 2024, then slumped by 193.15% to -$938.0 million in 2025, then surged by 258.0% to $1.5 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows UNH's Tax Provisions at $1.5 billion in Q1 2026, -$938.0 million in Q4 2025, and $686.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Taxes (Qtr)
1 Unitedhealth 370.74 Bn 340.93 Bn 98.90 Bn 1.48 Bn
2 Cvs Health 129.62 Bn 118.00 Bn 4.43 Bn 981.00 Mn
3 Elevance Health 88.73 Bn 53.31 Bn 13.88 Bn 544.00 Mn
4 Cigna 78.23 Bn 70.61 Bn -44.29 Bn 409.00 Mn
5 Humana 45.63 Bn 23.73 Bn 4.00 Bn 395.00 Mn
6 Centene 32.06 Bn 8.39 Bn 49.24 Bn 560.00 Mn
7 Molina Healthcare 10.16 Bn 905.08 Mn 1.53 Bn 15.00 Mn
8 Oscar Health 8.44 Bn 1.64 Bn -3.22 Bn 19.75 Mn
9 Alignment Healthcare 4.05 Bn 3.33 Bn 135.85 Mn 25,000.00
10 Clover Health Investments 2.46 Bn 2.27 Bn 154.54 Mn -

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 1.48 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -938.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 686.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 510.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 1.63 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.01 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.36 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.24 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.22 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.18 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.65 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.57 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.56 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.31 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.56 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.47 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.37 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 919.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 1.10 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 1.20 Bn