Seasonality
UNH seasonality — UnitedHealth Group
Over the last 11 years, UNH's strongest month on average has been October (+6.0%) and its weakest February (-3.7%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.54% | -3.84% | 40% | +8.5% | -13.1% | 10 |
| Feb | -3.74% | -4.01% | 30% | +2.2% | -12.4% | 10 |
| Mar | +1.49% | -0.24% | 50% | +12.0% | -7.7% | 10 |
| Apr | +5.29% | +5.38% | 60% | +36.9% | -21.4% | 10 |
| May | -1.13% | +2.29% | 70% | +4.2% | -26.6% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.98% | +2.19% | 70% | +9.3% | -3.2% | 10 |
| Jul | +1.81% | +3.08% | 80% | +13.1% | -20.0% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.83% | +1.71% | 60% | +24.2% | -6.0% | 10 |
| Sep | -0.81% | -1.23% | 20% | +11.4% | -7.1% | 10 |
| Oct | +6.00% | +6.78% | 60% | +17.9% | -3.5% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.47% | +7.66% | 67% | +10.8% | -3.5% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.64% | -1.55% | 50% | +13.0% | -17.1% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — UNH
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -13.1 | 2.2 | -7.7 | 36.9 | 2.6 | 9.3 | -0.3 | -6.0 | -5.7 | 10.9 | -3.1 | +19.4% | |
| 2025 | 7.2 | -12.4 | 10.3 | -21.4 | -26.6 | 3.3 | -20.0 | 24.2 | 11.4 | -1.1 | -3.5 | 0.1 | -34.7% |
| 2024 | -2.8 | -3.5 | 0.2 | -2.2 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 13.1 | 2.4 | -0.9 | -3.5 | 8.1 | -17.1 | -3.9% |
| 2023 | -5.8 | -4.7 | -0.7 | 4.1 | -1.0 | -1.4 | 5.3 | -5.9 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 3.2 | -4.8 | -0.7% |
| 2022 | -5.9 | 0.7 | 7.2 | -0.3 | -2.3 | 3.4 | 5.6 | -4.2 | -2.8 | 9.9 | -1.3 | -3.2 | +5.6% |
| 2021 | -4.9 | -0.4 | 12.0 | 7.2 | 3.3 | -2.8 | 2.9 | 1.0 | -6.1 | 17.9 | -3.5 | 13.0 | +43.2% |
| 2020 | -7.3 | -6.4 | -2.2 | 17.3 | 4.2 | -3.2 | 2.6 | 3.2 | -0.2 | -2.1 | 10.2 | 4.3 | +19.3% |
| 2019 | 8.5 | -10.4 | 2.1 | -5.7 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 2.0 | -6.0 | -7.1 | 16.3 | 10.8 | 5.0 | +18.0% |
| 2018 | 7.4 | -4.5 | -5.4 | 10.5 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 6.0 | -0.9 | -1.8 | 7.7 | -11.5 | +13.0% |
| 2017 | 1.3 | 2.0 | -0.8 | 6.6 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | -1.5 | 7.3 | 8.5 | -3.4 | +37.8% |
| 2016 | 1.1 |