Market Update (NYSE:UNH): Saint Francis HealthCare Partners and UnitedHealthcare Collaborate to Improve Patient Care in Connecticut

[Business Wire] – Saint Francis HealthCare Partners and UnitedHealthcare are collaborating to improve care coordination and enhance health services through a new accountable care relationship that will benefit more than 8,500 Connecticut residents enrolled in UnitedHealthcare’s employer-sponsored and Oxford health plans. Read more on this. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) , currently valued at $112.94B, started the session at $118.30. Looking at the equity, the company’s one day range is $117.07 to $119.75 with a trailing 52-week range being $95.00 to $126.21. UNH shares are currently priced at 18.29x this year’s forecasted earnings, which makes them relatively expensive compared to the industry’s -3.57x earnings multiple for the same period. The company pays shareholders $2.00 per share annually in dividends, yielding 1.72%. According to a consensus of 10 analysts, the earnings estimate of $1.37 per share would be $0.18 worse than the year-ago quarter and a $0.23 sequential decrease. Investors should also note that the full-year EPS estimate of $6.43 is a $0.73 improvement when compared to the previous year’s annual results. The quarterly earnings estimate is predicated on a consensus revenue forecast of $43.23 Billion. If reported, that would be a 29.31% increase over the year-ago quarter. More recently, Mizuho Initiated UNH at Buy (Jul 17, 2015). Previously, Sterne Agee CRT upgraded UNH from Neutral to Buy. The average price target for UNH shares is $142.55, which is 20.50% above where the stock opened this morning. See more in (NYSE:UNH) Similar Articles: Market Update: UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) – Two Groundbreaking Cancer Care Programs from UnitedHealthcare Help Improve Patients’ Access to Quality Treatment Market Update: UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) – Doctors Earn More Than $54 Million in Bonus Payments From UnitedHealthcare for Improving Health Outcomes and Closing Gaps in Care Company Update: UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) – Presbyterian Healthcare Services and UnitedHealthcare Collaborate to Improve Patient Care in New Mexico