UNH » Topics » Company Increases 2006 Earnings Per Share Growth Projection To a Range of 21% to 23%

This excerpt taken from the UNH 8-K filed Jan 19, 2006.

Company Increases 2006 Earnings Per Share Growth Projection To a Range of 21% to 23%

 

•      Fourth Quarter Revenues Up 15%

 

•      Full Year Revenues Up 22%

•      Fourth Quarter Operating Margin of 11.9%

 

•      Full Year Operating Margin of 11.8%

•      Fourth Quarter Adjusted Cash Flows exceeded $900 Million

 

•      Full Year Adjusted Cash Flows above $4.6 Billion

•      Fourth Quarter Return on Equity of 24%

 

•      Full Year Return on Equity of 27%

•      Fourth Quarter EPS Grew 20%

 

•      Full Year EPS Grew 26%

 

MINNEAPOLIS (January 19, 2006) – UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) achieved record results in the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2005, reported Chairman and CEO William W. McGuire, M.D. today.

 

He noted that the full year results were driven by balanced contributions across the diversified family of UnitedHealth Group businesses and the extension of services to nearly 3.6 million new customers across all of its member-based businesses in 2005.


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Quarterly and Annual Financial Performance

 

 

     Three Months Ended

    Year Ended

 
     December 31,
2005


    September 30,
2005


    December 31,
2004


    December 31,
2005


    December 31,
2004


 

Revenues

   $ 12.05 billion     $ 11.32 billion     $ 10.51 billion     $ 45.37 billion     $ 37.22 billion  

Earnings From Operations

   $ 1.43 billion     $ 1.38 billion     $ 1.19 billion     $ 5.37 billion     $ 4.10 billion  

Operating Margin

     11.9 %     12.2 %     11.3 %     11.8 %     11.0 %

 

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