Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one interesting call contract, from the March 2014 expiration for UNH. The put contract our YieldBoost algorithm.
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Priced at 12.39x this year’s forecasted earnings, UNH shares are relatively expensive compared to the industry’s 9.84x forward p/e ratio. And for passive income investors, the company pays shareholders $1.12 per share annually in dividends, yielding 1.60%.
Consensus earnings for the current quarter by the 21 sell-side analysts covering the stock is an estimate of $1.40 per share, which would be $0.20 better than the year-ago quarter and a $0.03 sequential decrease. The full-year EPS estimate is $5.49, which would be a $0.21 better than last year. Read more.
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