Stock Analysis on Net

UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE:UNH)

Analysis of Short-term (Operating) Activity Ratios 
Quarterly Data

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Short-term Activity Ratios (Summary)

UnitedHealth Group Inc., short-term (operating) activity ratios (quarterly data)

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Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Turnover Ratios
Receivables turnover 17.66 19.43 16.49 13.80 17.27 17.23 19.23 14.88 18.22 18.37 16.27 15.65 20.07 19.60 18.53 16.35 19.86
Payables turnover 7.72 7.64 7.77 7.28 7.47 7.11 7.08 6.86 7.26 7.07 6.90 6.78 7.63 6.98 6.97 6.58 7.29
Working capital turnover
Average No. Days
Average receivable collection period 21 19 22 26 21 21 19 25 20 20 22 23 18 19 20 22 18
Average payables payment period 47 48 47 50 49 51 52 53 50 52 53 54 48 52 52 56 50

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Receivables turnover An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. UnitedHealth Group Inc. receivables turnover ratio improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 not reaching Q2 2024 level.
Payables turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. UnitedHealth Group Inc. payables turnover ratio decreased from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then increased from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 not reaching Q2 2024 level.

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average receivable collection period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. UnitedHealth Group Inc. number of days of receivables outstanding improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 not reaching Q2 2024 level.
Average payables payment period An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period.

Receivables Turnover

UnitedHealth Group Inc., receivables turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Revenues, customers 99,256 99,177 97,858 98,785 93,248 91,364 91,788 91,133 81,932 80,381 80,037 79,782 72,930 71,834 70,765 69,744 65,022 64,764 61,797 64,056
Accounts receivable, net 22,365 20,024 23,115 27,197 21,276 20,673 17,952 22,414 17,681 17,047 18,718 18,871 14,216 14,152 14,587 15,980 12,870 12,171 12,546 14,613
Short-term Activity Ratio
Receivables turnover1 17.66 19.43 16.49 13.80 17.27 17.23 19.23 14.88 18.22 18.37 16.27 15.65 20.07 19.60 18.53 16.35 19.86
Benchmarks
Receivables Turnover, Competitors2
Abbott Laboratories 6.06 5.85 5.94 6.11 6.11 6.15 6.52 6.89 7.02 7.03 6.33 6.20 6.64 6.61 6.58 6.13 5.40
CVS Health Corp. 10.16 10.15 11.17 11.16 10.12 10.53 11.44 11.65 11.79 11.94 11.27 11.30 11.91 11.23 11.48 11.32 12.32
Elevance Health Inc. 18.00 19.84 17.60 15.98 18.08 17.93 18.82 16.53 18.81 19.51 18.80 16.67 20.66 18.93 18.81 17.39 19.72
Intuitive Surgical Inc. 6.82 6.82 6.83 6.49 6.30 7.12 7.37 6.95 6.60 7.20 7.11 6.52 7.30 7.90 7.38 6.96 6.75
Medtronic PLC 5.28 5.42 5.39 5.44 5.21 5.23 5.48 5.85 5.71 5.84 5.79 5.82 5.51 5.35 5.21 5.73 6.22 4.97 5.05 5.20

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).

1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Receivables turnover = (Revenues, customersQ4 2024 + Revenues, customersQ3 2024 + Revenues, customersQ2 2024 + Revenues, customersQ1 2024) ÷ Accounts receivable, net
= (99,256 + 99,177 + 97,858 + 98,785) ÷ 22,365 = 17.66

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Receivables turnover An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. UnitedHealth Group Inc. receivables turnover ratio improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 not reaching Q2 2024 level.

Payables Turnover

UnitedHealth Group Inc., payables turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Medical costs 67,035 65,957 65,458 65,735 62,231 59,550 60,268 59,845 53,591 52,635 52,093 52,523 48,159 47,302 46,546 44,904 42,082 41,636 34,678 41,000
Medical costs payable 34,224 33,951 32,547 34,032 32,395 32,792 31,947 31,809 29,056 29,064 28,978 28,676 24,483 25,918 25,131 24,833 21,872 21,167 19,200 22,772
Short-term Activity Ratio
Payables turnover1 7.72 7.64 7.77 7.28 7.47 7.11 7.08 6.86 7.26 7.07 6.90 6.78 7.63 6.98 6.97 6.58 7.29
Benchmarks
Payables Turnover, Competitors2
Abbott Laboratories 4.46 4.54 4.42 4.33 4.19 4.55 4.28 4.44 4.15 4.67 4.25 4.02 4.21 4.55 4.43 3.97 3.80
CVS Health Corp. 20.22 20.14 21.49 22.40 20.36 19.73 21.32 22.08 18.07 18.75 19.22 19.38 19.14 18.49 20.72 20.50 19.72
Elevance Health Inc. 8.10 8.17 8.09 7.54 7.72 7.61 7.54 7.57 7.47 7.48 7.35 7.28 7.59 7.31 7.30 7.31 7.75
Intuitive Surgical Inc. 14.05 11.88 12.91 12.64 12.69 11.66 11.10 12.99 13.78 12.01 12.68 14.36 14.45 14.13 13.71 14.80 18.35
Medtronic PLC 4.65 5.60 5.09 4.84 4.03 4.68 4.60 4.62 4.46 5.14 5.41 5.67 4.98 5.56 5.19 5.56 4.72 4.96 4.84 4.89

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).

1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Payables turnover = (Medical costsQ4 2024 + Medical costsQ3 2024 + Medical costsQ2 2024 + Medical costsQ1 2024) ÷ Medical costs payable
= (67,035 + 65,957 + 65,458 + 65,735) ÷ 34,224 = 7.72

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Payables turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. UnitedHealth Group Inc. payables turnover ratio decreased from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then increased from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 not reaching Q2 2024 level.

Working Capital Turnover

UnitedHealth Group Inc., working capital turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Current assets 85,779 92,258 92,038 88,942 78,437 91,905 89,869 93,895 69,069 82,937 68,356 69,029 61,758 61,610 58,916 59,508 53,718 54,821 58,918 58,807
Less: Current liabilities 103,769 101,565 104,670 104,431 99,054 114,179 112,981 116,482 89,237 100,935 88,698 88,170 78,292 79,575 76,557 80,641 72,420 66,597 69,883 78,606
Working capital (17,990) (9,307) (12,632) (15,489) (20,617) (22,274) (23,112) (22,587) (20,168) (17,998) (20,342) (19,141) (16,534) (17,965) (17,641) (21,133) (18,702) (11,776) (10,965) (19,799)
 
Revenues, customers 99,256 99,177 97,858 98,785 93,248 91,364 91,788 91,133 81,932 80,381 80,037 79,782 72,930 71,834 70,765 69,744 65,022 64,764 61,797 64,056
Short-term Activity Ratio
Working capital turnover1
Benchmarks
Working Capital Turnover, Competitors2
Abbott Laboratories 4.42 4.63 4.35 4.83 4.54 4.15 4.39 4.21 4.48 3.92 3.63 4.13 3.87 3.98 4.02 3.99 4.06
CVS Health Corp.
Elevance Health Inc. 7.85 6.87 6.92 8.59 7.83 7.92 7.69 7.60 8.37 9.11 8.85 8.65 7.23 6.79 6.67 5.38 6.39
Intuitive Surgical Inc. 1.56 1.42 1.23 1.17 1.14 0.95 1.03 1.15 1.29 1.21 1.17 1.26 1.22 1.17 1.03 0.88 0.77
Medtronic PLC 2.90 2.54 2.57 2.46 2.47 2.81 2.82 3.84 2.97 2.21 2.13 2.15 2.15 2.02 2.00 2.44 2.48 2.03 2.13 2.16

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).

1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Working capital turnover = (Revenues, customersQ4 2024 + Revenues, customersQ3 2024 + Revenues, customersQ2 2024 + Revenues, customersQ1 2024) ÷ Working capital
= (99,256 + 99,177 + 97,858 + 98,785) ÷ -17,990 =

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Average Receivable Collection Period

UnitedHealth Group Inc., average receivable collection period calculation (quarterly data)

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Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Selected Financial Data
Receivables turnover 17.66 19.43 16.49 13.80 17.27 17.23 19.23 14.88 18.22 18.37 16.27 15.65 20.07 19.60 18.53 16.35 19.86
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average receivable collection period1 21 19 22 26 21 21 19 25 20 20 22 23 18 19 20 22 18
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Receivable Collection Period, Competitors2
Abbott Laboratories 60 62 61 60 60 59 56 53 52 52 58 59 55 55 55 60 68
CVS Health Corp. 36 36 33 33 36 35 32 31 31 31 32 32 31 32 32 32 30
Elevance Health Inc. 20 18 21 23 20 20 19 22 19 19 19 22 18 19 19 21 19
Intuitive Surgical Inc. 54 53 53 56 58 51 50 53 55 51 51 56 50 46 49 52 54
Medtronic PLC 69 67 68 67 70 70 67 62 64 63 63 63 66 68 70 64 59 73 72 70

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).

1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Average receivable collection period = 365 ÷ Receivables turnover
= 365 ÷ 17.66 = 21

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average receivable collection period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. UnitedHealth Group Inc. number of days of receivables outstanding improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 not reaching Q2 2024 level.

Average Payables Payment Period

UnitedHealth Group Inc., average payables payment period calculation (quarterly data)

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Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Selected Financial Data
Payables turnover 7.72 7.64 7.77 7.28 7.47 7.11 7.08 6.86 7.26 7.07 6.90 6.78 7.63 6.98 6.97 6.58 7.29
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average payables payment period1 47 48 47 50 49 51 52 53 50 52 53 54 48 52 52 56 50
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Payables Payment Period, Competitors2
Abbott Laboratories 82 80 83 84 87 80 85 82 88 78 86 91 87 80 82 92 96
CVS Health Corp. 18 18 17 16 18 19 17 17 20 19 19 19 19 20 18 18 19
Elevance Health Inc. 45 45 45 48 47 48 48 48 49 49 50 50 48 50 50 50 47
Intuitive Surgical Inc. 26 31 28 29 29 31 33 28 26 30 29 25 25 26 27 25 20
Medtronic PLC 78 65 72 75 91 78 79 79 82 71 67 64 73 66 70 66 77 74 75 75

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).

1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Average payables payment period = 365 ÷ Payables turnover
= 365 ÷ 7.72 = 47

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Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average payables payment period An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period.