BFLY
Butterfly Network, Inc.
BFLY offers stronger fundamentals, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
UNH
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
UNH has a slight edge over BFLY overall, supported by lower modeled downside and stronger valuation.
BFLY Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Under pressure | |
| Weak | |
| Unavailable |
BFLY's revenue is currently strong, but its profitability and cash flow are under pressure. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
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.
BFLY PE Valuation
BFLY 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.
BFLY Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
BFLY 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.
BFLY Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$0.21 | +$0.13 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.29 | $0.00 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.30 | $0.00 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.31 | +$0.03 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.34 | +$0.12 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.29 | +$0.22 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.30 | +$0.28 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.34 | +$0.31 |
BFLY is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.21 per share over the past year, against $0.84 at its worst in late 2022.
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 BFLY on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
BFLY Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $32.6M | +52% |
| Q2 2026 | $32.6M | +39% |
| Q1 2026 | $26.5M | +25% |
| Q4 2025 | $31.5M | +41% |
| Q3 2025 | $21.5M | +4.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $23.4M | +8.8% |
| Q1 2025 | $21.2M | +20% |
| Q4 2024 | $22.4M | +35% |
BFLY has the edge over UNH on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -42% | +122 points |
| Q2 2026 | -42% | +27 points |
| Q1 2026 | -52% | +35 points |
| Q4 2025 | -53% | +24 points |
| Q3 2025 | -164% | -80 points |
| Q2 2025 | -69% | +11 points |
| Q1 2025 | -87% | +41 points |
| Q4 2024 | -77% | +206 points |
BFLY's operating margin was −42% last quarter, up 122 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2019.
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 has the edge over BFLY on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
BFLY Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$3.4M | +$492K |
| Q2 2026 | -$17.2M | -$9.2M |
| Q1 2026 | -$14.8M | -$2.8M |
| Q4 2025 | $7.9M | +$11.5M |
| Q3 2025 | -$3.9M | +$4.4M |
| Q2 2025 | -$8.1M | +$2.7M |
| Q1 2025 | -$12M | +$9.8M |
| Q4 2024 | -$3.5M | +$12.1M |
BFLY has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$28M over the past year, against −$28M the year before.
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 has the edge over BFLY on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
BFLY Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +1.7% | +4.4M shares |
| 1 year | +5.7% | +14.4M shares |
| 3 years | +29% | +59.8M shares |
| 5 years | +36% | +70.4M shares |
BFLY has 266M diluted shares, up 5.7% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q1 2020 | — |
| Q4 2019 | — |
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 BFLY 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.
BFLY Net Leverage
BFLY's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
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.
BFLY Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 48.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 11.0 | Oversold |
BFLY's weekly RSI is 48 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 11 (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).
BFLY PE vs Healthcare Sector
BFLY 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.
BFLY Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $7.50 | 11% below |
| 20 week MA | $7.71 | 13% below |
| 50 week MA | $5.72 | 17% above |
| 100 week MA | $4.12 | 62% above |
| 200 week MA | $2.87 | 132% above |
BFLY has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8- and 20-week averages, but 132% above 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 BFLY on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
BFLY Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $10.1 | $21.1 | +108% |
| 2021 | $21.1 | $7.39 | -65% |
| 2022 | $7.39 | $2.36 | -68% |
| 2023 | $2.36 | $1.08 | -54% |
| 2024 | $1.08 | $3.46 | +220% |
| 2025 | $3.46 | $3.85 | +11% |
| 2026 YTD | $3.85 | $6.67 | +73% |
BFLY has the edge over UNH on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
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 finished three years in a row lower, and it's up 22% so far in 2026.