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UnitedHealth UNH

US equityMarket cap rank #37Healthcare Plans

$394.15 −$1.57 (-0.40%)

Market closed · Nov 6, 8:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $393.94 -0.05%

Open$388.39

Prev close$395.72

Day range$388.00 – $396.96

Volume5.90M

Market cap$353.17B

P/E (TTM)22.5

Dividend yield2.30%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership89.1%+0.65 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding3,898-34 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)46 buys / 4 sellsNet buying

Short interest1.56% of floatDays to cover 2.1 · as of 15 Oct 2026

Short-sale volume share9.1%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$12.75M (7 inflow days, 13 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 29.0% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

BlackRock8.56%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC7.18%
Capital Research5.42%
State Street Global Advisors5.08%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC2.73%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.2.66%
FMR2.54%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.31%

By investor type

Mutual Fund74.49%
Public Company4.59%
Private Company2.54%
Hedge Fund2.32%
Government Pension Fund2.29%
Sovereign Wealth Fund1.51%
Family Office/Trust0.35%
Insurance Company0.30%

Reported short interest has fallen from 1.66% to 1.56% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).

Recent institutional activity

Holder	Type	Period	Share change	New stake
FMR	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+14,471,708	2.5%
Fisher Investments	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+3,844,568	1.0%
BlackRock	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+3,395,530	8.6%
SG Americas Securities, LLC	Private Company	2026/Q3	+2,246,799	0.5%
Schroder Investment Management Limited	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,843,642	0.3%
Voya Investment Management LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,812,430	0.3%
Putnam LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,757,274	0.7%
Strategic Advisers LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,502,241	0.6%
Managed Account Advisors LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,472,668	0.6%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,405,937	0.2%
AllianceBernstein	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,225,557	0.9%
Franklin Resources	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,171,039	0.3%
Janus Henderson Group plc	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,168,213	0.5%
J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,076,178	1.5%
Ninety One UK Limited	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,043,304	0.1%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
30 Sep 2026	Paul Garcia	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+103	–	3,838
30 Sep 2026	Paul Garcia	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+155	–	2,588
30 Sep 2026	Timothy Flynn	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+262	–	11,205
30 Sep 2026	Charles Baker	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+257	–	2,668
30 Sep 2026	Frederick McNabb	Lead Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+291	–	9,380
30 Sep 2026	Scott Gottlieb	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+257	–	921
30 Sep 2026	John Noseworthy	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+240	–	7,602
30 Sep 2026	Valerie C. Rice	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+257	–	7,780
30 Sep 2026	Kristen Gil	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+240	–	1,763
21 Sep 2026	Stephen Hemsley	CEO & Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman	Other Acquisition	+50	–	1,055,339
21 Sep 2026	Paul Garcia	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+16	–	2,531
21 Sep 2026	Timothy Flynn	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+68	–	10,943
21 Sep 2026	Charles Baker	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+15	–	2,411
21 Sep 2026	Frederick McNabb	Lead Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+57	–	9,089
21 Sep 2026	Wayne DeVeydt	Chief Financial Officer	Other Acquisition	+106	–	17,254
21 Sep 2026	Scott Gottlieb	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+5	–	664
21 Sep 2026	John Noseworthy	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+46	–	7,362
21 Sep 2026	Valerie C. Rice	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+47	–	7,523
21 Sep 2026	Erin L. McSweeney	Executive Vice President	Other Acquisition	+53	–	15,654
21 Sep 2026	Patrick Conway	Chief Executive Officer of Optum	Other Acquisition	+91	–	10,590

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report date	Shares short	% of float	Days to cover
15 Oct 2026	14,007,404	1.6%	2.1
30 Sep 2026	15,950,438	1.8%	3.3
15 Sep 2026	13,216,124	1.5%	2.5
31 Aug 2026	15,287,263	1.7%	3.6
14 Aug 2026	15,461,857	1.7%	3.8
31 Jul 2026	15,085,300	1.7%	2.5

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