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UNH — structural market context

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATE

Structural market context from public regulatory and market data, shown with its as-of dates. Descriptive only: nothing on this page is a recommendation, a prediction, or advice to buy or sell any security.

What changed

As of the close on Oct 22. Each line shows the earlier value, the later value and their dates.

Price

Close $424.98 (Oct 22) vs $417.00 (Oct 21): +1.91%.

Volume

0.90× its 20-session average (6.0M) on Oct 22.

Includes pre- and post-market trading.

Short interest

Short interest 16.0M shares (settlement Sep 30) vs 13.2M (Sep 15).

No new publication in this window. Latest: settlement Sep 30, published Oct 10.

Fails-to-deliver

Latest file (settlements Sep 15–Sep 30, published Oct 16): 4 days with fails, largest 8K shares on Sep 22.

Previous file (settlements Sep 1–Sep 14, published Sep 30): 1 day with fails, largest 203 shares on Sep 4.

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Analyst rating actions

1 rating action recorded.

Mizuho Securities — Price target change — Oct 22

Insider filings (Form 4)

None recorded in this window.

UNH: what the public data shows

Each row is the latest public record we hold for UNH, with its own date and source. Figures are descriptive and delayed by their source.

DataLatest recordAs ofSource
Short interest→ Short Interest & FTD tracker16.0M shares short · 3.3 days to cover · 1.8% of float · +20.7% vs 2026-09-152026-09-30FINRA
Fails-to-deliver→ Short Interest & FTD tracker162 shares failed to deliver on 2026-09-302026-09-30SEC fails-to-deliver files
Insider Form 4 (P/S)→ Insider Buying tracker0 purchases and 1 sale in 12 months · latest filed 2026-08-25 by Conway Patrick Hugh2026-08-25SEC Form 4
Analyst rating actions5 recent actions · latest published by Mizuho Securities on 2026-10-222026-10-22Firms' published actions
Short interest→ Short Interest & FTD tracker
Latest record
16.0M shares short · 3.3 days to cover · 1.8% of float · +20.7% vs 2026-09-15
As of
2026-09-30
Source
FINRA
Fails-to-deliver→ Short Interest & FTD tracker
Latest record
162 shares failed to deliver on 2026-09-30
As of
2026-09-30
Source
SEC fails-to-deliver files
Insider Form 4 (P/S)→ Insider Buying tracker
Latest record
0 purchases and 1 sale in 12 months · latest filed 2026-08-25 by Conway Patrick Hugh
As of
2026-08-25
Source
SEC Form 4
Analyst rating actions
Latest record
5 recent actions · latest published by Mizuho Securities on 2026-10-22
As of
2026-10-22
Source
Firms' published actions

UNH events and their magnitude

Latest SEC filing in the event study

Form 4 · other codes · filed 2026-10-05 · View on sec.gov ↗

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UNH short interest & days to cover

SHARES SHORT
16.0M
% OF FLOAT
1.8%
DAYS TO COVER
3.3
CHANGE VS PRIOR
+20.7%

FINRA consolidated short interest, reported twice a month and published ~2 weeks after each settlement date. % of float uses reported free float. · as of 2026-09-30 (22d ago)

UNH fails-to-deliver (FTD)

Settlement dateFailed sharesPrice
2026-09-30 · 22d162$374.94
2026-09-22 · 30d8K$377.56
2026-09-17 · 35d212$375.26

SEC fails-to-deliver files, published twice a month with ~6 weeks of delay.

UNH insider buying and selling (Form 4)

Last 12 months, Form 4 codes P and S: 0 purchases · 1 sale

Most recent Form 4 shown for UNH: Conway Patrick Hugh (Chief Executive Officer, Optum) reported a sale (code S) of 1,169 shares at $390.00 on 2026-08-21, filed 2026-08-25 (4 days after the trade).

InsiderTypeSharesPriceValueTrade dateFiled
Conway Patrick Hugh · officer: Chief Executive Officer, OptumSale (S)1K$390.00$456K2026-08-212026-08-25 · +4d

SEC Form 4 filings: purchases and sales reported on Form 4 (transaction codes P and S) only; grants and option exercises excluded. Attributed public records.

UNH analyst ratings

FirmActionRatingPublished
Mizuho Securitiesprice_target—2026-10-22
RBC Capitalprice_target—2026-10-20
RBC CapitalholdOutperform2026-10-20
Stephensprice_target—2026-10-16
H.C. Wainwrightprice_target—2026-10-16

Rating actions as published by the firms, from public feeds. They are not graded here.

Frequently asked questions

What is UNH's short interest?
As of the FINRA settlement date 2026-09-30, UNH had 16.0M shares sold short — 1.8% of its float, with 3.3 days to cover at average volume. FINRA publishes this data roughly two weeks after each twice-monthly settlement, so it is inherently delayed. A short-interest figure describes an aggregate position; it does not predict what the stock will do.
Are insiders buying UNH?
In the last 12 months of SEC Form 4 filings, UNH recorded 0 insider purchases and 1 sale reported on Form 4 (transaction codes P and S; grants and option exercises excluded). These are attributed public records — information, not instruction.
What do analysts say about UNH?
The most recent action: Mizuho Securities price_target on 2026-10-22. Rating actions are shown as published by the firms; they are not graded here.
Is this page telling me to buy or sell UNH?
No. Everything on this page is descriptive, structural market context from public data, shown with its as-of dates. TradeAI News does not issue directional recommendations, price predictions, or buy/sell advice — for any ticker.
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