Nomadic Value Investment Partners recently released its Q3 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. The investment firm supports enterprising individuals and families in achieving respectable long-term investment performance. You should check out Nomadic Value’s top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of this year.
In the said letter, Nomadic Value highlighted a few stocks and UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) is one of them. UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) is a health and well-being company. Year-to-date, UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) stock gained 10% and on October 26th it had a closing price of $323.06. Here is what Nomadic Value said:
“We upsized United Health (UNH) for a couple of reasons. First, the company has performed amazingly well despite the pandemic. It is estimated that 70% of UNH’s patient flow is already directed under VBC arrangements and >50% of patients are seeing internally employed physicians5 . During stay-in-place, UNH was able to continue business as usual for this substantial portion of its patient base by retooling in-person physicians to be virtual care physicians. This is a simple but clear example of how UNH is positioned better than peers to adapt to the rapidly changing environment given its head start with VBC. The company continues to ride the undeniable growth trends of Medicare Advantage and is positioned well for further growth via increased steerage to UNH-employed physicians. Second, while not as “cheap” as when we first entered UNH around this time last year, the company continues to trade at or below the forward earnings multiple of the S&P 500 Index. I think investors are overly bearish on the company and its growth prospects, which is likely in part due to election fears. I don’t think this is reasonable and honestly, the election and its negative effects to healthcare aren’t worth much attention in my view. Instead, we should be focused on the positive effects. The trends to VBC are necessary, whether status quo or Medicare-for-all, and already underway and forward-looking healthcare companies that are part of the solution (increased access, lower cost, better outcomes) are poised to benefit.”
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In Q2 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) stock decreased by about 8% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers don’t believe in UnitedHealth’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) is ranked #22 among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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