After-hours trading runs 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET.
UNH last traded at $378.65 after hours, down $0.44 (0.12%) from its regular-session close of $379.09.
📅 UNH is expected to report earnings around Oct 27, 2026 before the open (estimated), with an estimated EPS of $4.09. UNH earnings details →
Over the past 5 years, UNH has had 18 qualifying gap events (gaps of 5% or more at the open) — 8 gap-ups and 10 gap-downs. Gap-ups averaged +8.4%, 38% have fully filled, median time to fill 8 trading days. Gap-downs averaged -10.3%, 80% have fully filled, median time to fill 17.5 trading days. Most recent: a +7.4% gap up on Jul 16, 2026, which filled in 3 trading days. Average 20-trading-day return after a UNH gap up: +1.31%. After a gap down: +1.7%.
| 1 day | 1 week | 2 week | 4 week | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fills 25% | 88% | 88% | 88% | 88% |
| fills 50% | 25% | 25% | 38% | 38% |
| fills 75% | 13% | 13% | 25% | 38% |
| fills 100% | 0% | 13% | 25% | 25% |
| 1 day | 1 week | 2 week | 4 week | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fills 25% | 40% | 60% | 70% | 70% |
| fills 50% | 0% | 40% | 60% | 70% |
| fills 75% | 0% | 20% | 30% | 70% |
| fills 100% | 0% | 10% | 10% | 50% |
| Date | Gap From | Gap % | Status | Days to 50% | Days to Fill | % of Gap Filled After | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | 1 week | 2 week | 4 week | ||||||
| 2026-07-16 | $418.52 | +7.38% | Filled | 1d | 3d | 94% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2026-04-21 | $323.48 | +9.13% | Open | — | — | 26% | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 2026-04-07 | $281.36 | +9.77% | Open | — | — | 29% | 29% | 29% | 29% |
| 2026-01-27 | $351.64 | -16.40% | Filled | 57d | 59d | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| 2025-08-15 | $271.49 | +11.13% | Open | — | — | 23% | 23% | 25% | 25% |
| 2025-07-29 | $282.12 | -5.82% | Filled | 14d | 14d | 44% | 44% | 44% | 100% |
| 2025-05-21 | $321.58 | -6.40% | Filled | 8d | 28d | 44% | 44% | 61% | 86% |
| 2025-05-15 | $308.01 | -10.75% | Filled | 2d | 3d | 5% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2025-05-13 | $378.75 | -11.36% | Open | — | — | 15% | 15% | 15% | 15% |
| 2025-04-17 | $585.04 | -17.62% | Open | — | — | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| 2025-04-08 | $524.70 | +10.95% | Filled | 1d | 8d | 60% | 60% | 100% | 100% |
| 2025-02-21 | $502.42 | -12.51% | Filled | 4d | 18d | 48% | 59% | 96% | 100% |
| 2024-11-06 | $567.03 | +6.50% | Filled | 9d | 22d | 35% | 35% | 74% | 81% |
| 2024-10-15 | $605.40 | -8.82% | Filled | 5d | 17d | 33% | 51% | 51% | 100% |
| 2024-04-16 | $445.63 | +6.99% | Open | — | — | 36% | 36% | 36% | 36% |
| 2024-04-02 | $489.70 | -6.15% | Filled | 11d | 13d | 14% | 14% | 67% | 100% |
| 2023-06-14 | $491.31 | -7.46% | Filled | 5d | 23d | 16% | 78% | 78% | 83% |
| 2021-10-14 | $403.55 | +5.48% | Open | — | — | 36% | 36% | 36% | 36% |
UNH is trading at $378.65 after hours, down $0.44 (0.12%) from its regular-session close of $379.09.
UNH is down 0.12% in after-hours trading. Moves in this session almost always follow something released after the 4:00 PM ET close — an earnings report, guidance, a filing, or news — and trade on far thinner volume than the regular session, so the size of the move can overstate what the market will settle on at the next open.
After-hours trading in UNH on the NYSE runs from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET on trading days, immediately after the regular session closes. Not every broker offers the full window, and liquidity thins sharply after about 6:30 PM ET.
An after-hours move that carries into the next session becomes an opening gap, and UNH's gap history is the best guide to what happens next: 38% of UNH gap-ups have fully filled, and 80% of gap-downs have filled over the past 5 years. Fill rates this high mean a large after-hours move is more often faded than extended.
UNH is expected to report earnings around Oct 27, 2026 before the open (estimated), with an estimated EPS of $4.09. Earnings are the most common cause of a large after-hours move, since most companies report after the close.