UnitedHealth stock jumps after earnings beat, lifts full-year outlook
Shares of UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH, -0.87% jumped 2.7% in premarket trading Friday, to bounce off a 19-month low, after the health care services and insurance company beat second-quarter earnings expectations and lifted its full-year outlook, citing “strong and well-balanced” growth. Net income rose to $5.47 billion, or $5.82 a share, from $5.07 billion, or $5.34 a share, in the year-ago period. Excluding nonrecurring items, adjusted earnings per share of $6.
90 billion, above the FactSet consensus of $90.75 billion, as UnitedHealthcare revenue rose 13.0% to $70.2 billion and Optum revenue increased 24.8% to $56.3 billion. Medical care ratio of 83.2% compared with 81.5% a year ago, and was just above the FactSet consensus of 83.1%. For 2023, the company lifted its adjusted EPS guidance range to $24.70 to $25.00 from $24.50 to $25.00. The stock, which closed Thursday at the lowest price since December 2021, has dropped 12.
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