Market Update: UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) – Child Medical Grants Are Available from the UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation

[Business Wire] – The UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation is seeking grant applications from families in need of financial assistance to help pay for their child’s health care treatments, services or equipment not covered, or not fully covered, by their commercial health insurance plan. Read more on this. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) , with a current market cap of $121.69B, opened this morning at $127.23. Shares have traded today between $126.88 and $128.44 per share and has traded between $95.00 and $131.10 over the past 12 months. UNH shares are currently priced at 16.77x this year’s forecasted earnings, which makes them relatively expensive compared to the industry’s 12.62x forward p/e ratio. And for income investors, the company pays shareholders $2.00 per share annually in dividends, yielding 1.54%. In a review of the consensus earnings estimate this quarter, 24 sell-side analysts are looking at $1.72 per share, which would be $0.17 better than the year-ago quarter and a $0.06 sequential decrease. Investors should also note that the full-year EPS estimate of $7.72 is a $1.27 better when compared to the previous year’s annual results. The quarterly earnings estimate is predicated on a consensus revenue forecast of $43.92 Billion. If reported, that would be a 22.82% increase over the year-ago quarter. Recently, Citigroup Initiated UNH at Buy (Oct 2, 2015). Previously, JP Morgan Initiated UNH at to Overweight. The average price target for UNH shares is $141.58, which is 11.28% above where the stock opened this morning. See more in (NYSE:UNH) Similar Articles: Company Update: UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) – UnitedHealth Group Board Authorizes Payment of Quarterly Dividend to Shareholders 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) – UnitedHealth Group’s Real Appeal Launches an Interactive Personalized Weight-Loss Program that Uses Celebrities and Technology to Motivate Participants