Unitedhealth (UNH) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Unitedhealth (UNH) reported Tax Rate of 18.61% for Q1 2026, down 152.0% year-over-year from 35.79% in Q1 2025, and down 85.71% quarter-over-quarter from 130.28% in Q4 2025.

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

Unitedhealth (UNH) has 18 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 18.61% in Q1 2026.

  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 came in at 18.61%, down 152.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.96% (down 664.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 12.86%, down 1120.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate fell to 18.61% in Q1 2026 per UNH's latest filing, from 130.28% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 122200.0% in Q1 2024 and troughed at 12.49% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 7213.27% and a median of 21.24% in 2025 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Tax Rate jumped 12217875 bps in 2024, then sank 12217987 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 21.03% in 2022, then slipped by 18 bps to 17.26% in 2023, then fell by 14 bps to 14.83% in 2024, then surged by 779 bps to 130.28% in 2025, then tumbled by 86 bps to 18.61% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows UNH's Tax Rate at 18.61% in Q1 2026, 130.28% in Q4 2025, and 21.24% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Unitedhealth 363.95 Bn 334.15 Bn 98.90 Bn 18.61
2 Cvs Health 124.98 Bn 113.36 Bn 4.43 Bn 24.91
3 Elevance Health 85.46 Bn 50.04 Bn 13.88 Bn 23.61
4 Cigna 73.39 Bn 65.77 Bn -44.29 Bn 18.02
5 Humana 43.40 Bn 21.50 Bn 4.00 Bn 24.76
6 Centene 30.02 Bn 6.36 Bn 49.24 Bn 26.68
7 Molina Healthcare 9.92 Bn 668.90 Mn 1.53 Bn 51.72
8 Oscar Health 8.44 Bn 1.64 Bn -3.22 Bn 2.83
9 Alignment Healthcare 4.50 Bn 3.77 Bn 135.85 Mn 0.22
10 Clover Health Investments 2.61 Bn 2.41 Bn 154.54 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 18.61%
Mar 31, 2026 18.61%
Dec 31, 2025 130.28%
Dec 31, 2025 130.28%
Sep 30, 2025 21.24%
Sep 30, 2025 21.24%
Jun 30, 2025 12.49%
Jun 30, 2025 12.49%
Mar 31, 2025 20.13%
Mar 31, 2025 20.13%
Dec 31, 2024 14.83%
Dec 31, 2024 14.83%
Sep 30, 2024 17.81%
Sep 30, 2024 17.81%
Jun 30, 2024 21.96%
Jun 30, 2024 21.96%
Mar 31, 2024 122,200.00%
Mar 31, 2024 122,200.00%
Dec 31, 2023 17.26%
Dec 31, 2023 17.26%