BCRX
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
BCRX offers stronger fundamentals, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
UNH
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
UNH has a slight edge over BCRX overall, supported by lower modeled downside and stronger modeled upside.
BCRX Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Weak | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
BCRX's revenue, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, but its profitability is weak.
UNH Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy |
UNH's cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue and profitability are stable.
BCRX PE Valuation
BCRX has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
UNH PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 18x | $405 | — |
| Cheap | 19x | $325 | -20% |
| Fair | 23x | $410 | +1.2% |
| Current | 23x | $405 | — |
| Expensive | 30x | $526 | +30% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
UNH's PE is in its fair range at 23x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 18x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
BCRX Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
BCRX has the edge over UNH on the outlook, with more favorable revenue expectations.
UNH Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Stable | |
| Improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Low |
Analysts expect UNH's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, with its revenue holding steady. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
BCRX Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.66 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$1.41 | -$1.36 |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.49 | -$1.31 |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.77 | -$1.51 |
| Q4 2025 | $1.21 | +$1.64 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.05 | +$0.56 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.18 | +$0.55 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.26 | +$0.81 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.43 | +$0.75 |
BCRX lost $1.41 per share over the past year, a bigger loss than the year before.
UNH Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $22.65 | +29% |
| Q3 2026 | $17.55 | -8.5% |
| Q2 2026 | $15.58 | -33% |
| Q1 2026 | $13.28 | -44% |
| Q4 2025 | $13.23 | -15% |
| Q3 2025 | $19.17 | +25% |
| Q2 2025 | $23.09 | +53% |
| Q1 2025 | $23.89 | +46% |
| Q4 2024 | $15.51 | -35% |
UNH has the edge over BCRX on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
BCRX Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $180.3M | +13% |
| Q2 2026 | $218.3M | +34% |
| Q1 2026 | $156.4M | +7.5% |
| Q4 2025 | $406.6M | +209% |
| Q3 2025 | $159.4M | +36% |
| Q2 2025 | $163.4M | +49% |
| Q1 2025 | $145.5M | +57% |
| Q4 2024 | $131.5M | +41% |
BCRX has the edge over UNH on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 30% | +11 points |
| Q2 2026 | 45% | +27 points |
| Q1 2026 | -449% | -463 points |
| Q4 2025 | 64% | +68 points |
| Q3 2025 | 19% | +12 points |
| Q2 2025 | 18% | +10 points |
| Q1 2025 | 15% | +30 points |
| Q4 2024 | -3.4% | +42 points |
BCRX has the edge over UNH on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
UNH Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $112.7B | -0.4% |
| Q2 2026 | $112B | +0.4% |
| Q1 2026 | $111.7B | +2% |
| Q4 2025 | $113.2B | +12% |
| Q3 2025 | $113.2B | +12% |
| Q2 2025 | $111.6B | +13% |
| Q1 2025 | $109.6B | +9.8% |
| Q4 2024 | $100.8B | +6.8% |
UNH's revenue has held roughly level: $113B last quarter, about level with the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 5.8% | +2 points |
| Q2 2026 | 7.1% | +2.5 points |
| Q1 2026 | 8.1% | -0.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 0.3% | -7.4 points |
| Q3 2025 | 3.8% | -4.8 points |
| Q2 2025 | 4.6% | -3.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | 8.3% | +0.4 points |
| Q4 2024 | 7.7% | -0.4 points |
UNH's operating margin was 5.8% last quarter, up 2 points from the same quarter a year ago.
BCRX Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $32.8M | -19% |
| Q2 2026 | $104.1M | +153% |
| Q1 2026 | -$62.2M | -$34.5M |
| Q4 2025 | $291.2M | +$297M |
| Q3 2025 | $40.3M | +392% |
| Q2 2025 | $41.1M | +$42.6M |
| Q1 2025 | -$27.7M | +$26.3M |
| Q4 2024 | -$5.9M | +$3.6M |
BCRX has the edge over UNH on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
UNH Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $4.3B | -16% |
| Q2 2026 | $10.3B | +63% |
| Q1 2026 | $8.1B | +79% |
| Q4 2025 | $160M | -89% |
| Q3 2025 | $5.1B | -61% |
| Q2 2025 | $6.3B | +6.9% |
| Q1 2025 | $4.6B | +1037% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.5B | +$7.6B |
UNH still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2022 peak: $22.8B over the past year.
BCRX Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.9% | +2.5M shares |
| 1 year | +22% | +47.7M shares |
| 3 years | +41% | +78M shares |
| 5 years | +51% | +90.3M shares |
| Available history | +74% | +113M shares |
BCRX has 268M diluted shares, up 22% from a year ago.
UNH Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.4% | -4M shares |
| 1 year | -0.7% | -6M shares |
| 3 years | -3.6% | -34M shares |
| 5 years | -5.5% | -53M shares |
| Available history | -6.6% | -64M shares |
UNH has the edge over BCRX on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $3.4B |
| Q2 2026 | $1.6B |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | $2.5B |
| Q1 2025 | $3B |
| Q4 2024 | $5B |
UNH spent $5B buying back its own shares over the past year, down 52% from the year before.
BCRX Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | -0.3x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | 1.4x | Healthy |
| Q2 2025 | 2.8x | Moderate |
| Q1 2025 | 6.1x | High |
BCRX has more cash than debt.
UNH Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.7x | Healthy |
| Q2 2026 | 1.7x | Healthy |
| Q1 2026 | 2.2x | Moderate |
| Q4 2025 | 2.3x | Moderate |
| Q3 2025 | 1.7x | Healthy |
| Q2 2025 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q1 2025 | 1.3x | Healthy |
| Q4 2024 | 1.4x | Healthy |
UNH's net debt is about 1.7 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), about the same as a year ago.
BCRX Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 42.7 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 16.2 | Oversold |
BCRX's weekly RSI is 43 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 16 (oversold).
UNH Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 56.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 60.0 | Neutral |
UNH's weekly RSI is 56 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 60 (neutral).
BCRX PE vs Healthcare Sector
BCRX has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
UNH PE vs Healthcare Sector
| Metric | UNH | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 23x | 26x | 11% below |
| PE % | 47 | 29 | 18 pts above |
UNH is trading at 23x earnings, a 11% discount to the Healthcare sector's median of 26x.
BCRX Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $8.07 | 4.8% below |
| 20 week MA | $8.89 | 14% below |
| 50 week MA | $8.50 | 9.6% below |
| 100 week MA | $8.38 | 8.4% below |
| 200 week MA | $7.71 | 0.4% below |
BCRX is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 0.4% below its 200-week average.
UNH Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $394.2 | 2.8% above |
| 20 week MA | $400.5 | 1.2% above |
| 50 week MA | $361.2 | 12% above |
| 100 week MA | $376.0 | 7.8% above |
| 200 week MA | $446.6 | 9.3% below |
UNH has the edge over BCRX on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
BCRX Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $3.12 | $7.28 | +133% |
| 2021 | $7.28 | $13.9 | +91% |
| 2022 | $13.9 | $11.5 | -18% |
| 2023 | $11.5 | $5.99 | -48% |
| 2024 | $5.99 | $7.71 | +29% |
| 2025 | $7.71 | $7.63 | -1% |
| 2026 YTD | $7.63 | $7.68 | +0.7% |
BCRX's yearly returns have swung widely, from +133% in 2020 to −48% in 2023. It's up 0.7% so far in 2026.
UNH Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $296.0 | $340.8 | +15% |
| 2021 | $340.8 | $495.4 | +45% |
| 2022 | $495.4 | $531.3 | +7.3% |
| 2023 | $531.3 | $526.5 | -0.9% |
| 2024 | $526.5 | $510.0 | -3.1% |
| 2025 | $510.0 | $331.8 | -35% |
| 2026 YTD | $331.8 | $405.1 | +22% |
UNH has the edge over BCRX on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.