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With a market cap of $467.3 billion, Minnetonka, Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) is a diversified healthcare company offering a wide range of health care products and services. Operating through its UnitedHealthcare and Optum segments, the company provides health benefits, care delivery, technology-enabled health services, and pharmacy care programs to a broad global market. The company is set to unveil its fiscal Q4 earnings results on Friday, Jan. 10.
Ahead of this event, analysts expect the largest U.S. health insurer to report a profit of $6.74 per share, up 9.4% from $6.16 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has surpassed Wall Street's bottom-line estimates in the past four quarters. In the most recent quarter, the company exceeded the consensus EPS estimate by 1.9% margin.