4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: UnitedHealth
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, managed care provider UnitedHealth Group (NYS: UNH) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at UnitedHealth's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
UnitedHealth facts
Headquarters (founded) | Minnetonka, Minn. (1974) |
Market Cap | $56.7 billion |
Industry | Managed health care |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $105.7 billion |
Management | CEO Stephen Hemsley (since 2006) |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 18.6% |
Cash/Debt | $14.4 billion / $12.6 billion |
Dividend Yield | 1.6% |
Competitors | Aetna |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 3,453 of the members who have rated UnitedHealth believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
A couple of months ago, one of those Fools, All-Star Munchies101, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
We are no longer going to see the tremendous growth we saw in the past, reform and economics of scale are going to curb that ... but we are going to see a stable company, with stable growth in price and dividend. This stock has become a stalwart, and monster of one at that. ...
The nice thing about this is that it is pretty modestly priced as well. Forward P/E of 9, [price-to-book] of 2. ... This is not a bad price to pay for a company that will demolish the playing field in the future. Very low risk, good odds of a solid return, and a chance they will make a killing in the future. I like that.
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