Will UnitedHealth Group Do a Stock Split in 2018?

Healthcare remains in flux, with changing policies concerning the Affordable Care Act and health insurance more broadly having a huge impact on the industry. As a leader in the health insurance business, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) has worked hard to overcome the challenges involved in planning for healthcare reform while still being as profitable as it can. 2017 has been a good year for UnitedHealth, and that has helped to send the company's share price above the $200 mark, earning it a place among the most influential stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI).

UnitedHealth has responded to soaring share prices in the past by doing stock splits, and some investors believe that another split could come soon. Yet UnitedHealth hasn't made such a move in more than 12 years. Below, we'll take a closer look at UnitedHealth Group to see whether 2018 might finally bring the much-awaited split from the health insurer.

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Source: Fool.com