{"id":46540,"date":"2024-02-28T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=46540"},"modified":"2024-02-28T14:58:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T14:58:00","slug":"unitedhealths-stock-hit-after-doj-antitrust-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stocktargetadvisor.com\/blog\/unitedhealths-stock-hit-after-doj-antitrust-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"UnitedHealth&#8217;s Stock Hit\u00a0After DOJ Antitrust Probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The stock price of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stocktargetadvisor.com\/stock\/USA\/NYE\/UNH\">UnitedHealth Group (UNH: NYE<\/a><\/strong>) took a big hit today due to the announcement by the Department of Justice that it has started an antitrust investigation against the company. As a result, the stock price dropped by 2.3% during early trading hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- STA Widget BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"sta-analyst-rating-widget-display\">\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #4b6db5 !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stocktargetadvisor.com\/stock\/USA\/NYE\/UNH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNH Ratings<\/a> by Stock Target Advisor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script class=\"analyst-rating\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stocktargetadvisor.com\/assets\/js\/analyst_rating_widget.js\" data-symbol=\"UNH\" data-theme=\"wt_bg_trans\" data-uid=\"2211165665df498e3da1265df498e3da13\" data-width=\"700\" >\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- STA Widget END --><\/p>\n<h2><strong>UnitedHealth\u2019s Response to DOJ Probe:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the face of the DOJ probe, UnitedHealth maintains a cooperative stance, stating its commitment to work hand-in-hand with the Department of Justice throughout the investigation. Despite the pressure, UnitedHealth continues to reiterate the positive impact of the Aetna merger and its advantageous consequences for the company&#8217;s performance. Investors anticipate the company\u2019s detailed response to this investigation during its upcoming quarterly earnings report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Stock Target Advisor\u2019s Take on UnitedHealth:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on the evaluation by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stocktargetadvisor.com\/\">Stock Target Advisor<\/a><\/strong>, despite the DOJ antitrust probe, UnitedHealth\u2019s stock still garnered a &#8216;Buy&#8217; rating with a target price of $594.5. This represents an impressive price change of 15.79% projected over the next 12 months. Furthermore, the average analyst target price stands at a burly $575.19 with a &#8216;Strong Buy&#8217; rating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are nine analysts with average target price standing at $575.19, indicating a universal &#8216;Strong Buy&#8217; rating consensus for UNH. In its sector, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stocktargetadvisor.com\/screens\/industries\/Health%20Care%20Providers\">Healthcare Plans<\/a><\/strong>, the average analyst rating is &#8216;Buy&#8217;, with an average 1-month return of 9.45%. Top-ranking analysts from Morgan Stanley &amp; Co., Mizuho Securities, and Wells Fargo &amp; Co. hold a positive outlook for this sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bottomline:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the looming DOJ antitrust probe, the company&#8217;s robust financial performance and bullish market sentiments indicate a positive future outlook. However, investors must keep a close eye on the progression of DOJ&#8217;s probe and UNH&#8217;s response in their upcoming earnings report.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stock price of UnitedHealth Group (UNH: NYE) took a big hit today due to the announcement by the Department of Justice that it has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":36435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v21.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UnitedHealth&#039;s Stock Hit\u00a0After DOJ Antitrust Probe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UnitedHealth stock dips after DOJ launches antitrust probe, raising concerns about its potential impact on competition.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stocktargetadvisor.com\/blog\/unitedhealths-stock-hit-after-doj-antitrust-probe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UnitedHealth&#039;s Stock Hit\u00a0After DOJ Antitrust Probe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UnitedHealth stock dips after DOJ launches antitrust probe, raising concerns about its potential impact on competition.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.stocktargetadvisor.com\/blog\/unitedhealths-stock-hit-after-doj-antitrust-probe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Stock Target Advisor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StockTargetAdvisor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-28T14:58:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.stocktargetadvisor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/STA-Banner-2-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Muzzammil Ahmad\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/x.com\/Muzzammil625\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AdvisorTarget\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Muzzammil Ahmad\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stocktargetadvisor.com\/blog\/unitedhealths-stock-hit-after-doj-antitrust-probe\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stocktargetadvisor.com\/blog\/unitedhealths-stock-hit-after-doj-antitrust-probe\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Muzzammil Ahmad\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stocktargetadvisor.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/81d743c6903933055039390e1e98b5f8\"},\"headline\":\"UnitedHealth&#8217;s Stock Hit\u00a0After DOJ Antitrust Probe\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-28T14:58:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-28T14:58:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stocktargetadvisor.com\/blog\/unitedhealths-stock-hit-after-doj-antitrust-probe\/\"},\"wordCount\":288,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stocktargetadvisor.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Market News &amp; 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