Should You Buy UnitedHealth Group Incorporated ($UNH) Before Its Ex-Dividend Tomorrow?

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UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) will begin trading ex-dividend on September 11, 2020. The quarterly dividend payment of $ 1.25 per share is scheduled to be paid on September 22, 2020. The dividend yield based on the latest trading day closing price was 1.60 %. To secure the dividend payout, investors must buy the stock prior to the ex-dividend date..

Dividends History
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UnitedHealth Group Incorporated recently reported second quarter financial results on July 15, 2020, before market open, provider of diversified health and well-being announced income for the second quarter of $ 6.91 per share, from the revenue of $ 62,138.00 million, On adjusted basis, UNH reported income for the quarter of $ 7.12 per share. The quarterly earnings surged 102.05 percent while revenues developed 2.55 percent compared with the same quarter last year. The consensus estimates are income of $ 5.18 per share from $ 63432.00 million in revenue. The bottom line results beat street analysts by $ 1.94 or 37.45 percent, at the same time, top line results fell short of analysts by $ 1 million or 2.04 percent.

Stock Performance

Shares of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated traded up $ 4.77 or 1.55 percent on Wednesday, reaching $ 312.02 with volume of 2.06 million shares. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated has traded high as $ 315.32 and has cracked $ 308.42 on the downward trend

According to the previous trading day, closing price of $ 312.02, representing a 63.67 % increase from the 52 week low of $ 187.72 and a 5.34 % decrease over the 52 week high of $ 324.57.

The company has a market capital of $ 296.52 billion and is part of the Healthcare sector and Health Care Plans industry.

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. It operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, OptumHealth, OptumInsight, and OptumRx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older, addressing their needs for preventive and acute health care services, as well as services dealing with chronic disease and other specialized issues for older individuals; and Medicaid plans, Childrens Health Insurance Program, and health care programs; and health and dental benefits.