UnitedHealth stock closes 1.10% higher on Thursday

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UnitedHealth (UNH) closed at $597.70 on Thursday, 1.10% higher on the day.

UnitedHealth's stock price has increased 13.52% so far this year, less than the 12.64% advance registered by the overall Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) index.

On Thursday, the DJIA fell slightly to close at 42,454.12 points. The three leaders were UnitedHealth (UNH), Salesforce (CRM) and Amazon (AMZN), while the three laggards were Verizon (VZ), Boeing (BA) and Home Depot (HD).

Back to UnitedHealth, its latest earnings report from fiscal Q2 showed that earnings per share (EPS) were at $6.80. Revenue, meanwhile, stood at $98.86 billion.

The next earnings report for UnitedHealth will be published on October 15.

Analysts expect UnitedHealth’s earnings per share to come in at $7.06 for Q3, while revenue is seen at $99.28 billion.

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