Is UnitedHealth Group Stock a Buy?

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) can anchor any long-term investor's portfolio. To call UnitedHealth big is an understatement. This $285 billion company with 325,000 employees just posted full-year revenue for 2019 of $242.2 billion. That's greater than the gross domestic product (GDP) of Austria, Norway, or Israel.

Its earnings were $14.33 per share, an increase of 18% over the previous year. Think about that for a second -- a company worth hundreds of billions of dollars still managed to increase its earning nearly 20%. Geographic expansion, new products, and increases in the Medicare Advantage program combine to fuel the growth. So let's take a closer look at the health insurer stock to consider whether it's a buy.

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