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UnitedHealth · Q1 2024 earnings

Q1 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

UnitedHealth Group's Q1 2024 results reflected growth in Optum and UnitedHealthcare, with medical care activity as expected, but were impacted by the Change Healthcare cyberattack.

UnitedHealth Group's Q1 2024 revenues reached $99.8 billion, a year-over-year increase of nearly $8 billion. The company faced a net loss of $1.53 per share due to currency effects from the Brazil sale and the Change Healthcare cyberattack, which had a $0.74 per share impact. Adjusted earnings were $6.91 per share, including $0.25 in business disruption impacts from the cyberattack.

  • Revenues grew nearly $8 billion year over year to $99.8 billion.
  • Net loss of $1.53 per share was primarily due to currency effects of the Brazil sale and the cyberattack.
  • Adjusted earnings were $6.91 per share, including $0.25 in business disruption impacts from the cyberattack.
  • The company provided over $6 billion in advance funding and interest-free loans to support care providers affected by the cyberattack.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$99.8B

Previous: $91.9B+8.6%
EPS

-$1.53

Previous: $6.26-124.4%
Medical Cost Ratio

84.3%

No prior period
Operating Cost Ratio

14.1%

No prior period
Optum Health Consumers

104.0M

Previous: 103.0M+1.0%
Optum Insight Backlog

$32.8B

No prior period
Optum Rx Scripts

395.0M

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$743M

Previous: -$760M+2.2%
Free Cash Flow

-$2.15B

Previous: $4.85B-144.4%
Net Income

-$1.41B

Previous: $5.61B-125.1%
Operating Income

$7.93B

Previous: $8.09B-1.9%
Gross Profit

$88.7B

Previous: $82.5B+7.5%
Cash & Equivalents

$28.4B

Previous: $41.9B-32.2%
Total Assets

$284B

Previous: $284B+0.2%
Stock-Based Comp

$372M

Previous: $362M+2.8%

Revenue & EPS history

UnitedHealth · Revenue · Quarterly

$99.8B

Q1 2024+8.6%vs Q1 2023
Beat estimate in 10 of 15 quarters(67%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

UnitedHealth · $92.4B total across 4 segments · Q3 2023

  • Premiums
    $72.3B+12.2%
  • Products
    $10.4B+12.7%
  • Services
    $8.67B+29.4%
  • Investment & Other
    $997M+94.3%

Forward guidance

The company updated its full year 2024 net earnings outlook to $17.60 to $18.20 per share to reflect the Brazil sale and the estimated direct response costs of the cyberattack. The company maintained its adjusted net earnings outlook of $27.50 to $28.00 per share. This adjusted earnings per share outlook excludes the impacts of the direct response costs and Brazil sale, while including the estimated $0.30 to $0.40 per share of business disruption impacts for the affected Change Healthcare services.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2024

Historical avgQ1 2024

+0.9%

Avg return

Earnings day

+1.3%

Avg return

5 days after

+2.6%

Avg return

30 days after

63%

46 / 73 earnings

Positive

+11.2%

Q2 2024

Best reaction

-22.4%

Q1 2025

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+0.2%+9.7%+18.1%
Q4 2025-11.2%-18.4%-18.5%
Q3 2025+0.1%-6.7%-9.9%
Q2 2025+0.6%+21.2%+38.2%
Q1 2025-22.4%-27.0%-50.1%
Q4 2024-6.2%-3.4%-3.7%
Q3 2024-5.6%-5.9%-2.0%
Q2 2024+11.2%+9.7%+12.5%
Q1 2024+7.5%+12.5%+17.0%
Q4 2023-3.8%-2.7%-4.0%
Q3 2023+2.4%+2.0%+3.0%
Q2 2023+8.1%+12.5%+13.5%
Q1 2023-4.0%-7.6%-6.7%
Q4 2022-2.1%-3.9%-0.3%
Q3 2022+2.3%+2.0%+2.4%
Q2 2022+3.4%+3.4%+8.2%
Q1 2022-0.5%+0.1%-9.6%
Q4 2021+0.4%+0.3%+1.5%
Q3 2021+6.1%+5.2%+13.7%
Q2 2021+1.2%-0.4%-1.2%
Q1 2021+4.1%+5.6%+9.1%
Q4 2020+0.8%-1.2%-7.8%
Q3 2020-2.1%-2.2%+7.3%
Q2 2020-0.4%-1.6%+4.9%
Q1 2020+10.3%+4.3%+7.6%
Q4 2019+4.3%+3.5%+3.7%
Q3 2019+7.4%+11.2%+16.0%
Q2 2019-3.8%-4.4%-7.9%
Q1 2019-5.8%-3.7%+2.9%
Q4 2018+5.4%+7.0%+7.0%
Q3 2018+2.7%+1.9%+1.8%
Q2 2018-0.6%-1.7%+2.4%
Q1 2018+2.6%+2.1%+5.5%
Q4 2017+4.3%+6.4%-1.1%
Q3 2017+6.2%+7.4%+9.3%
Q2 2017+1.5%+2.9%+3.4%
Q1 2017+1.2%+2.4%+2.6%
Q4 2016-2.5%-1.9%+1.1%
Q3 2016+7.6%+8.4%+12.4%
Q2 2016+1.6%+2.1%+1.0%
Q1 2016+4.8%
Q4 2015+5.1%
Q3 2015-1.7%
Q2 2015-1.6%
Q1 2015+1.2%
Q4 2014+7.8%
Q3 2014+7.3%
Q2 2014+2.1%
Q1 2014-4.1%
Q4 2013-3.1%
Q3 2013-8.6%
Q2 2013+7.9%
Q1 2013-3.2%
Q4 2012+1.7%
Q3 2012-2.6%
Q2 2012-1.7%
Q1 2012+3.8%
Q4 2011+2.3%
Q3 2011-2.2%
Q2 2011-1.7%
Q1 2011+0.5%
Q4 2010+0.7%
Q3 2010-0.5%
Q2 2010+1.6%
Q1 2009-0.8%
Q1 2010-0.2%
Q4 2009+0.4%
Q4 2007+0.4%
Q3 2008+5.5%
Q3 2009+5.5%
Q4 2008+1.3%
Q2 2008+1.3%
Q2 2009+1.3%

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