UnitedHealth Group stock price fell more than -22.38% Thursday closing at $454.11

The UnitedHealth Group stock price fell by -22.38% on the last day (Thursday, 17th Apr 2025) from $585.04 to $454.11. During the last trading day the stock fluctuated 9.55% from a day low at $447.10 to a day high of $489.79. The price has been going up and down for this period, and there has been a -15.97% loss for the last 2 weeks. Volume has increased on the last day by 24 million shares but on falling prices. This may be an early warning and the risk will be increased slightly over the next couple of days. In total, 28 million shares were bought and sold for approximately $12.58 billion.

On Apr 15, 2025, it was reported that Morgan Stanley gave UNH a "Overweight" grade with a "hold" action.

The stock has broken the very wide and weak rising short-term trend down. This signalizes a slower rate of rising, but may also be an early warning about a possible trend shift. Due to the trend being broken there will now be resistance at the bottom line of the trend at $471.87. A reaction back to this level may hold a second chance to get out before further falls.

Furthermore, there is a buy signal from the 3 month Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD). Some negative signals were issued as well, and these may have some influence on the near short-term development. The UnitedHealth Group stock holds sell signals from both short and long-term Moving Averages giving a more negative forecast for the stock. On corrections up, there will be some resistance from the lines at $568.88 and $517.17. A break-up above any of these levels will issue buy signals. A sell signal was issued from a pivot top point on Friday, April 11, 2025, and so far it has fallen -24.25%. Further fall is indicated until a new bottom pivot has been found. Volume rose on falling prices yesterday. This may be an early warning and the stock should be followed more closely.

There is no support from accumulated volume below today's level and given the right condition the stock may perform very badly in the next couple of days.

This stock has average movements during the day and with good trading volume, the risk is considered to be medium. During the last day, the stock moved $42.69 between high and low, or 9.55%. For the last week, the stock has had daily average volatility of 3.92%.

The UnitedHealth Group stock holds several negative signals and despite the positive trend, we believe UnitedHealth Group will perform weakly in the next couple of days or weeks. Therefore, we hold a negative evaluation of this stock.Due to some small weaknesses in the technical picture we have downgraded our analysis conclusion for this stock since the last evaluation from a Buy to a Strong Sell candidate.