UnitedHealth Group Inc. signage on the ground of the New York Inventory Alternate on April 21, 2025.
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UnitedHealth Friday
Shares of UnitedHealth had been down practically 50% for 2025 by means of Thursday’s shut earlier than Buffett’s submitting. The most important non-public well being insurer has turn into the face of public blowback on this nation in opposition to the rising prices of well being care. UnitedHealth is at present going through a Justice Division investigation into its Medicare billing practices.
In Could, the corporate pulled its annual earnings outlook and CEO Andrew Witty stepped down. Final month, UnitedHealth gave a brand new 2025 outlook that was nicely wanting Wall Road estimates, hitting the inventory additional.
“The transfer by Berkshire represents an enormous vote of confidence in UNH and sure may present a near-term buying and selling flooring for many of the MCO area and, given Berkshire’s funding observe file, may function a near-term backside and rallying level for different buyers that the area is secure to spend money on once more,” George Hill, a well being care analyst at Deutsche Financial institution, mentioned in a word to shoppers.