Which is more profitable, Medtronic or UnitedHealth?

Medtronic keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Medtronic or UnitedHealth?

UnitedHealth grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Medtronic or UnitedHealth?

Medtronic costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Medtronic or UnitedHealth?

UnitedHealth would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Medtronic vs UnitedHealth stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Medtronic is more profitable and is cheaper for its profits. UnitedHealth grows faster and has less debt.

Side by side

	Medtronic	UnitedHealth
	$132 billion	$365 billion
	13.2%	2.7%
	+3.8%	+11.7%
	27.4×	30.3×
	2.7 years	2.3 years
	7.2%	8.8%
	3.5%	2.3%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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