UNHUnitedHealth Group

$377.53+23% 1Y

RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 74 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Above average. UnitedHealth Group scores higher than 84% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by valuation and return on capital, held back by return on new capital.

Healthcare median 28 · all companies 57

How the score has moved

At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time
80
76
77
79
78
72
74
202020212022202320242025today

The biggest move was down 6 points from 2024 to 2025, mostly return on new capital.

Valuation

26% of the score

74median 56

UnitedHealth Group is valued at 16.6x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: an ordinary multiple.

60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
16.6x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

81median 34

Over 7 years the business earned 16% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
16%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 9.7%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

43median 49

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 2 cents. New capital earned 4.2%, and 55% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
2.3%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

86median 64

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countDown 1.1% a year over 5 years: buybacks
76
5%
-3%
-1.1%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 9.4% a year, sales 12%
100
12%
-2%
-2.3%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

100median 62

Today's operating margin of 4.8% is 0.58x its normal 8.3%: near a trough. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.6x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 4.8%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

56median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA1.6x a year of EBITDA
72
4.5x
0.5x
1.6x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 6x
39
1.5x
12x
5.6x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

84median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.49x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
1.5x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 2.5% of assets
73
8%
0%
-8%
-2.5%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.58
79
-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.58
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.