Unitedhealth (UNH) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Unitedhealth's Tax Rate came in at 18.63% for Q2 2026, up 6.13 percentage points from 12.49% a year earlier and up 0.02 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Unitedhealth (UNH) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Unitedhealth reported Tax Rate of 14.50%, down 2.45 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 12.86%, down 11.20 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate carries a five-year change of -11.12 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Tax Rate was 24.06% in FY2024 (+3.56 pp), 20.50% in FY2023 (-1.15 pp), 21.65% in FY2022 (+1.13 pp) and 20.52% in FY2021 (-3.46 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Tax Rate is 12.49% (Q2 2025) to 122200.00% (Q1 2024).
- Year-over-year, Tax Rate increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -15259.00 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Tax Rate over five years came in Q1 2024 (a gain of 122178.75 percentage points), and the weakest in Q1 2025 (a drop of 122179.87 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows UNH's Tax Rate at 18.61% (Q1 2026), 130.28% (Q4 2025) and 21.24% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unitedhealth | 332.42 Bn | 217.05 Bn | 36.67 Bn | 18.63% |
| 2 | Cvs Health | 109.55 Bn | 62.16 Bn | 47.23 Bn | 24.69% |
| 3 | Mckesson | 99.61 Bn | 86.08 Bn | 3.69 Bn | 21.10% |
| 4 | Elevance Health | 84.30 Bn | -57.44 Bn | 13.45 Bn | 24.94% |
| 5 | Cigna | 71.83 Bn | 41.37 Bn | 14.97 Bn | 16.93% |
| 6 | Cencora | 57.33 Bn | 46.42 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 22.05% |
| 7 | Cardinal Health | 51.76 Bn | 35.76 Bn | 2.56 Bn | 27.80% |
| 8 | Humana | 45.82 Bn | -41.98 Bn | 5.50 Bn | 25.00% |
| 9 | Centene | 30.70 Bn | -59.59 Bn | 14.55 Bn | 26.85% |
| 10 | Molina Healthcare | 9.83 Bn | -25.04 Bn | 1.43 Bn | 34.07% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 18.63% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 18.61% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 21.24% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 12.49% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 20.13% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 14.83% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 17.81% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 21.96% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 122,200.00% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 17.26% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 21.50% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 21.75% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 21.25% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 21.03% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 22.49% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 22.00% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 21.01% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 17.98% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 20.78% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 21.48% |
API Access
Unitedhealth Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=UNH&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=UNH&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();