F

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated — Earnings Quality Grade F

UNH · Healthcare

Major red flags

Revenue
$447.6B
2025
Net Income
$12.1B
2025
Gross Margin
18.5%
Free Cash Flow
$16.1B
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Screening Summary

12
Passed
0
Watch
3
Failed
M-Score

Management Signals

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Watch2026-03-02
Dennis Stankiewicz · Chief Accounting OfficerAppointment
Accounting appointment at Grade F company
SEC
Routine2025-11-21
Scott Gottlieb · independent directorAppointment
Standard appointment
SEC
View management analysis in UNH deep report →

Source: SEC EDGAR 8-K Item 5.02, with exhibit links when available

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Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

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18-Point Screening

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Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 19 days, change -2 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 2.9% vs revenue growth 11.8%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue grew 11.8% but CFFO declined -18.6%

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Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 3.5% vs revenue 11.8%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

Insufficient data

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 18.5%, change -3.8pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.63. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $16.1B, FCF/NI = 1.33

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -2.5%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $28.1B covers only 36% of debt $78.4B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $131.0B = 139% of equity. Over 50%

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 3.4x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 17.5% vs revenue 11.8%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

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Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change 1% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

Insufficient data

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Altman Z-Score

1.37
Grey Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
-0.0785
Liquidity
0.3088
Cumulative profit
0.0604
Operating efficiency
0.4527
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25