Unitedhealth UNH
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Unitedhealth (UNH) Tax Provisions (2009 - 2026)

Unitedhealth (UNH) posted quarterly 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 reported Tax Provisions for 18 consecutive years, with $1.5 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Tax Provisions fell 9.19% year-over-year to $1.5 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.7 billion (down 66.79% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $1.9 billion, down 60.86% from the prior year.
  • Tax Provisions improved to $1.5 billion in Q1 2026 per UNH's latest filing, from -$938.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Provisions topped out at $1.7 billion in Q3 2023 and bottomed at -$938.0 million in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Tax Provisions has averaged $1.2 billion across 5 years, with a median of $1.4 billion in 2024.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Tax Provisions jumped 42.22% — and 2025, when it sank 193.15%.
  • Unitedhealth's Tax Provisions stood at $1.3 billion in 2022, then dropped by 9.41% to $1.2 billion in 2023, then slipped by 14.95% to $1.0 billion in 2024, then tumbled by 193.15% to -$938.0 million in 2025, then soared 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 352.16 Bn 320.69 Bn 36.67 Bn 1.30 Bn
2 Cvs Health 118.83 Bn 104.87 Bn 47.23 Bn 982.00 Mn
3 Elevance Health 86.85 Bn 50.89 Bn 13.45 Bn 483.00 Mn
4 Humana 45.59 Bn 21.72 Bn 5.50 Bn 238.00 Mn
5 Centene 31.97 Bn 4.92 Bn 14.55 Bn 399.00 Mn
6 Molina Healthcare 10.21 Bn 1.30 Bn 1.43 Bn 31.00 Mn
7 Oscar Health 9.60 Bn 1.05 Bn 1.09 Bn 21.18 Mn
8 Alignment Healthcare 2.72 Bn 2.02 Bn 180.96 Mn 1.27 Mn
9 Clover Health Investments 2.17 Bn 1.93 Bn 153.00 Mn -
10 Progyny 2.01 Bn 1.77 Bn 89.30 Mn 13.09 Mn

Historic Data

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Jun 30, 2026 1.30 Bn
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