UNH Insider Buying & Government Contracts (2026)

Where UNH trades relative to its one-year range

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC closed at $401.43 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $259.02 to $436.35. That puts the stock near the top of its range, at 80.3% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved +12.5%, and over roughly three months -5.8%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 6,003,677 shares.

Across 57 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 63) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was +10.0%. UNH is ahead of that median and beat 56% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded UNH

STOCK Act disclosures show 132 trades in UNH by 36 members of Congress over five years (59 purchases, 73 sales), most recently on 2026-09-24. The most active traders were Ro Khanna (D-CA), 18 trades; Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), 13 trades; Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), 10 trades; Lisa C. McClain (R-MI), 6 trades; Richard McCormick (R-GA), 6 trades.

By party the trades split 73 by Republicans, 58 by Democrats, 1 by other members; by chamber, 119 from the House, 13 from the Senate.

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC federal contract exposure

Federal procurement records resolve 6 prime award actions to UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC, worth $43.65M across 2 agencies. Department of Health and Human Services accounts for 89.5% of that value ($39.06M), so revenue from this channel depends heavily on one buyer.

UNH lobbying disclosures

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC appears in 10 Lobbying Disclosure Act filings between 2018 and 2018, with $1.66M in reported lobbying spend.

Compare UNH with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to UNH:

• MOH one-year return +10.0%
• PRU one-year return +16.1%
• BRK-B one-year return +8.8%
• ACGL one-year return +17.4%
• CI one-year return +3.9%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-09-24
• FPDS / USAspending (edge_contracts, tier-1 resolved) — as of 2026-10-09
• Senate LDA filings (edge_lobbying_filings)

UNH data questions

What is the one-year price range for UNH?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, UNH traded between $259.02 and $436.35, last closing at $401.43.

Has any member of Congress traded UNH stock?

Yes. 36 members disclosed 132 trades in UNH over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-09-24.