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Peer Outliers for UNH
AI-generated plain-English read of peer outliers for UNH. Updated daily.
UNH: focused peer outlier on gross margin
highUNH diverges from its peer median specifically on gross margin in the Health Care sector. The direction of the divergence is ambiguous from the available data.
What will probably happen
- The divergence on gross margin is notable but directionally ambiguous: context from the business narrative is required.
What to do
- If you HOLD this stock
- The peer outlier picture is inconclusive. Hold pending a clearer signal from other dimensions.
- If you're EVALUATING this stock
- Ambiguous peer outlier profile. Read other signals before initiating.
- If you trade OPTIONS
- Peer comparison alone doesn't point strongly in one direction. Let other signals (momentum, sentiment) determine directional bias.
8 peers and 7 metrics evaluated: robust outlier detection.
Technical details
Technical analysis
- Outlier breadth
- Focused Outlier
- Outlier direction
- Neutral
- Divergence strength
- Strong Divergence
- Sector
- Health Care
- Peer count
- 8
- Metrics evaluated
- 7
- P/E ratio z-score
- +0.02σ (in line)
- P/S ratio z-score
- +0.24σ (in line)
- P/B ratio z-score
- +0.39σ (in line)
- gross margin z-score
- +6.51σ (extreme outlier)
- operating margin z-score
- +1.32σ (in line)
- return on equity z-score
- +0.30σ (in line)
- debt-to-equity z-score
- -0.03σ (in line)
Key levels
| Level | Value |
|---|---|
| n peers | 8 |
| n metrics | 7 |
| z pe | 0.016 |
| target pe | 19.216 |
| peer median pe | 18.898 |
| z ps | 0.238 |
| target ps | 0.548 |
| peer median ps | 0.432 |
| z pb | 0.393 |
| target pb | 2.37 |
| peer median pb | 1.843 |
| z gross margin | 6.507 |
| target gross margin | 0.886 |
| peer median gross margin | 0.156 |
| z operating margin | 1.317 |
| target operating margin | 0.042 |
| peer median operating margin | 0.017 |
| z roe | 0.298 |
| target roe | 0.125 |
| peer median roe | 0.106 |
| z debt to equity | -0.032 |
| target debt to equity | 0.75 |
| peer median debt to equity | 0.756 |
Caveats
- Outlier reads compare against peer median; if the peer set isn't truly comparable (e.g. growth-stage vs mature mix), the divergence is a definition artifact, not insight.