UnitedHealth Is Emerging From Its Worst Crisis in Decades. Here's What History Says Is Coming Next.
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UnitedHealth Group ( UNH 0.60% ) has been one of the best buys in the healthcare sector over the past two months, with shares rising roughly 57% since the end of March. The stock price of the nation's largest health insurer is now up 29% year to date and 38% over the past 12 months. It is an impressive bounce-back, considering shares had fallen to a nearly seven-year low of $234.60 per share on Aug. 1 last year. One year earlier, on Aug. 1, 2024, UnitedHealth traded at $572 per share and reached an all-time closing high of $625 per share on Nov. 11, 2024. From that high, the stock price plummeted a staggering 62% over the next nine months. The precipitous fall has been well documented both on The Motley Fool and elsewhere. It was a confluence of factors that included the shocking murder of Brian Thompson, CEO of the UnitedHealthcare arm, on Dec. 4, 2024.
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