IRS Probes UnitedHealth Over Tax Payments; Private Equity Deals for Doctor Groups Slow

Revelation News Editorial DeskAugust 17, 2026

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UnitedHealth is under investigation by the IRS regarding its tax payments. Additionally, private equity deals targeting doctor groups are experiencing a slowdown.

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The chart totals every SEC-reported transaction by month and share count, separating informative purchases and sales from non-informative awards, vesting, exercises, tax withholding and transfers. Records without a reported price remain included. Only informative purchases and sales affect the conservative sentiment signal.

Recent SEC-reported share and derivative transactions in UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC.

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0 discretionary purchases · 2 discretionary sales

Confidence: Low

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Insiders	Activity	Description	Shares	Avg. price / share	Est. value	Trade date
DirectorNoseworthy John H	Non-informative buy	Common StockCompany grant or award (A)	240	—	—	Oct 1, 2026
DirectorMONTGOMERY RICE VALERIE MD	Non-informative buy	Common StockCompany grant or award (A)	257	—	—	Oct 1, 2026
DirectorMCNABB FREDERICK WILLIAM III	Non-informative buy	Common StockCompany grant or award (A)	291	—	—	Oct 1, 2026
DirectorGottlieb Scott	Non-informative buy	Common StockCompany grant or award (A)	257	—	—	Oct 1, 2026
DirectorGil Kristen	Non-informative buy	Common StockCompany grant or award (A)	240	—	—	Oct 1, 2026

As filed with the SEC. Estimated value is shown only for purchases or sales with a positive reported transaction price; awards, gifts and similar activity are not assigned an assumed market value. Amendments may change the record. This is not investment advice.

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Open short positions reported twice monthly; this is not daily short-sale volume.

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Owner	Activity	Change	Shares held	Value (thousands)	Reported
Vanguard Group Inc	Buy	995,210 (1.098%)	91,600,260	$38,928,278	12/31/2025
Blackrock, Inc.	Buy	3,395,530 (4.622%)	76,863,061	$32,665,264	6/30/2026
Vanguard Capital Management Llc	Buy	440,748 (0.749%)	59,311,525	$25,206,212	6/30/2026
State Street Corp	Buy	301,081 (0.664%)	45,633,267	$19,393,226	6/30/2026
Capital World Investors	Buy	2,104,517 (7.575%)	29,887,932	$12,701,773	6/30/2026
Fmr Llc	Buy	15,973,949 (132.905%)	27,992,995	$11,896,463	6/30/2026
Vanguard Portfolio Management Llc	Buy	446,730 (1.859%)	24,483,234	$10,404,885	6/30/2026
Price T Rowe Associates Inc /Md/	Buy	2,279,867 (10.922%)	23,153,813	$9,839,907	6/30/2026
Geode Capital Management, Llc	Sell	-1,016,758 (-4.466%)	21,751,937	$9,244,138	6/30/2026
Jpmorgan Chase & Co	Buy	1,143,506 (5.986%)	20,246,047	$8,604,165	6/30/2026
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc	Sell	-987,167 (-4.742%)	19,830,588	$8,427,603	6/30/2026
Morgan Stanley	Sell	-168,113 (-1.123%)	14,795,456	$6,287,773	6/30/2026

Settlement date	Short interest	Avg. daily volume	Change vs. previous report	Days to cover
Sep 30, 2026	15,950,438	4,857,904	+20.69%	3.28
Sep 15, 2026	13,216,124	5,352,799	-13.55%	2.47
Aug 31, 2026	15,287,263	4,212,109	-1.13%	3.63
Aug 14, 2026	15,461,857	4,022,806	+2.50%	3.84
Jul 31, 2026	15,085,300	5,989,712	-12.99%	2.52
Jul 15, 2026	17,338,297	5,008,517	-5.82%	3.46
Jun 30, 2026	18,410,503	6,945,798	+7.20%	2.65
Jun 15, 2026	17,174,473	7,447,458	-10.93%	2.31

Fiscal quarter	Reported	EPS	Consensus	Surprise
Sep 2026	Oct 13, 2026	4.69	4.12	+13.83%
Jun 2026	Jul 16, 2026	6.38	4.94	+29.15%
Mar 2026	Apr 21, 2026	7.23	6.46	+11.92%
Dec 2025	Jan 27, 2026	2.11	2.09	+0.96%

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