Unitedhealth (UNH) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Unitedhealth's Tax Rate came in at 22.16% for Q3 2026, up 0.91 percentage points from 21.24% a year earlier and up 3.53 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Unitedhealth (UNH) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Unitedhealth reported Tax Rate of 15.54%, down 1.73 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 Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Tax Rate since Q1 2024.
- Year-over-year, Tax Rate increased in three of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -17454.69 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).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unitedhealth | 362.93 Bn | 249.60 Bn | 35.71 Bn | 22.16% |
| 2 | Mckesson | 125.16 Bn | 109.10 Bn | 3.96 Bn | 17.03% |
| 3 | Cvs Health | 113.93 Bn | 62.88 Bn | 47.21 Bn | 23.80% |
| 4 | Elevance Health | 92.83 Bn | -49.64 Bn | 13.65 Bn | 25.14% |
| 5 | Cigna | 79.88 Bn | 49.09 Bn | 15.09 Bn | 19.10% |
| 6 | Cencora | 66.55 Bn | 66.55 Bn | 3.60 Bn | - |
| 7 | Cardinal Health | 64.00 Bn | 47.32 Bn | 2.60 Bn | 19.19% |
| 8 | Humana | 52.60 Bn | -38.18 Bn | 4.83 Bn | 18.52% |
| 9 | Centene | 34.53 Bn | -39.52 Bn | 8.24 Bn | - |
| 10 | Molina Healthcare | 10.74 Bn | -24.26 Bn | 1.36 Bn | 28.30% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 22.16% |
| 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% |
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();