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Today Earnings (a.m): UnitedHealth, GE Aerospace, U.S. Bancorp, Citizens Financial, Abbott Laboratories, State Street, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Earnings (p.m.): Netflix, Intuitive Surgical Economic data: Weekly jobless claims, Philadelphia Fed business-outlook survey, retail sales, pending home sales index, business inventories Fed speakers: Fed Vice Chair Philip Jefferson is expected to speak, as is Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan.

UnitedHealth Group’s stock fell hard in 2025. When the healthcare insurer reports second-quarter results Thursday, the company’s 2026 bounceback has investors eager for confirmation that medical spending trends are in hand. UnitedHealth has notched a series of wins heading into earnings season.

Dell, Sandisk and Micron led an AI sell-off, masked by megacaps such as Apple. SpaceX undercut its IPO price. Taiwan Semi, GE Aerospace earnings are due.

Elevance Health beats Q2 EPS and revenue estimates, raises 2026 adjusted EPS outlook despite lower earnings, softer membership and higher expenses.

UnitedHealth (UNH) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.

Health insurance shares moved sharply lower in premarket trading after Elevance Health’s (NYSE:ELV) latest quarterly results revealed continued pressure on margins within its core Health Benefits business, raising concerns that similar challenges could affect the wider managed-care sector. Margin weakness overshadows earnings beatAlthough Elevance reported second-quarter earnings and revenue that comfortably exceeded analysts’ expectations, investors focused on the deterioration in profitability

According to the average brokerage recommendation (ABR), one should invest in UnitedHealth (UNH). It is debatable whether this highly sought-after metric is effective because Wall Street analysts' recommendations tend to be overly optimistic. Would it be worth investing in the stock?

Elevance Health topped Q2 earnings estimates Wednesday, despite falling medical membership, but profit was boosted by one-time "below-the-line" factors and the full-year outlook was underwhelming. ELV stock tumbled, making it among the S&P 500's early laggards. Molina Healthcare, another S&P 500 managed care stock, joined Elevance among the biggest laggards performers in pre-market trading.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index wavered Wednesday ahead of key inflation data. ASML stock jumped on earnings.

Investing.com -- Elevance Health’s Health Benefits operating profit collapsed in the second quarter of 2026, igniting a broad premarket selloff across the managed-care sector even as the insurer’s headline earnings handily beat estimates and full-year guidance was lifted.

Health insurance company UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday before market open. Here’s what you need to know.

Three stocks that stand out ahead of their upcoming Q2 reports on Thursday, July 16 are GE Aerospace (GE), Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM), and UnitedHealth Group (UNH).

The U.S. Department of Justice has expanded an antitrust investigation to include UnitedHealth Group's Claritev unit. The Claritev review is part of broader DOJ scrutiny of healthcare industry practices and market competition. This development adds a fresh layer of regulatory attention for UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) beyond routine oversight. UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest managed care and healthcare services companies in the U.S., spans insurance, care delivery, and data-driven...

Elevance Health is breaking the Medicare Advantage curse, and the insurer’s earnings could show it on Wednesday. Health insurer stocks have rallied this year after a tough run of rising medical costs that hampered earnings in 2024 and 2025. The results come just a day ahead of the monster of the industry, UnitedHealth Group Wall Street will be watching to see if these two companies can keep the momentum going.

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CNC stock's 66% rally reflects improving margins, stronger cash flow and renewed earnings growth, but can the turnaround keep gaining momentum?

The company attributed the guidance cut to a larger-than-expected shift in payer mix and a greater financial impact from health insurance exchanges.

UnitedHealth Group is due to post earnings Thursday morning, with the health insurance giant’s stock seen making a big move after the report.

A series of big bank results kicked off the second quarter earnings season on Tuesday.

Earnings season is here and we’ve got the first batch of big name companies reporting earnings this week with Taiwan Semiconductor, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Unitedhealth Group all set to report.

UnitedHealth is betting $1.5 billion on AI to fuel its turnaround -- but can the technology deliver the profits management is promising?

(Updates with market moves at the end of the day.) Equities on Wall Street fell Monday, snapping

US benchmark equity indexes were lower intraday, while oil prices jumped as President Donald Trump s

UnitedHealth faces Q2 pressure from membership declines, but medical cost management and long-term growth initiatives keep investors focused on July 16 results.

The health care giant commands a premium price over its rivals, but its core numbers tell a different story. Is the market seeing a future that isn't in the results yet.

Humana targets a 3% Medicare Advantage margin by 2028 while pursuing 25% 2026 membership growth and rebuilding profitability despite industry headwinds.

Beyond analysts' top-and-bottom-line estimates for UnitedHealth (UNH), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended June 2026.

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MU, UNH and SJM highlight recent gains across Zacks portfolios as the firm showcases performance amid mixed markets.