OFIX
Orthofix Medical Inc.
OFIX offers stronger fundamentals, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
UNH
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
UNH has the edge over OFIX overall, supported by stronger modeled upside and lower modeled downside.
OFIX Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Weak |
OFIX's revenue and profitability are currently stable, but its cash flow and balance sheet are under pressure.
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.
OFIX PE Valuation
OFIX 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.
OFIX Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Stable | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect OFIX's losses to shrink, with revenue holding steady.
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.
OFIX Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1.11 | +$1.93 |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.53 | +$1.65 |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.50 | +$2.20 |
| Q4 2025 | -$2.33 | +$0.97 |
| Q3 2025 | -$3.04 | +$0.07 |
| Q2 2025 | -$3.18 | -$0.01 |
| Q1 2025 | -$3.70 | -$0.34 |
| Q4 2024 | -$3.30 | +$0.82 |
OFIX is still losing money, but far less than before: $1.11 per share over the past year, against $4.12 at its worst in late 2023.
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 OFIX on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
OFIX Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $207.9M | +1.1% |
| Q2 2026 | $210.9M | +3.8% |
| Q1 2026 | $196.7M | +1.6% |
| Q4 2025 | $219.9M | +2% |
| Q3 2025 | $205.6M | +4.6% |
| Q2 2025 | $203.1M | +2.3% |
| Q1 2025 | $193.6M | +2.7% |
| Q4 2024 | $215.7M | +7.6% |
OFIX's revenue has grown year over year for 15 quarters in a row: $208M last quarter, up 1.1% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.7% | +9 points |
| Q2 2026 | -3.9% | +4 points |
| Q1 2026 | -7.3% | +18 points |
| Q4 2025 | 0.2% | +5.5 points |
| Q3 2025 | -8.3% | +1.3 points |
| Q2 2025 | -7.9% | +4.7 points |
| Q1 2025 | -25% | -9.7 points |
| Q4 2024 | -5.3% | +3.8 points |
OFIX's operating margin was 0.7% last quarter, up 9 points from the same quarter a year ago.
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 OFIX on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
OFIX Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$14.1M | -666% |
| Q2 2026 | -$18.9M | -517% |
| Q1 2026 | -$28.3M | -$3.1M |
| Q4 2025 | $16.8M | +20% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.5M | -61% |
| Q2 2025 | $4.5M | +$4.9M |
| Q1 2025 | -$25.1M | +$4M |
| Q4 2024 | $14.1M | +$35.3M |
OFIX's free cash flow was −$44M over the past year, against −$4M 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 OFIX on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
OFIX Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.7% | +272K shares |
| 1 year | +3.6% | +1.4M shares |
| 3 years | +108% | +21.4M shares |
OFIX has 41M diluted shares, up 3.6% 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 OFIX 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.
OFIX Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 4.2x | High |
| Q2 2026 | 8.6x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 10.8x | High |
| Q4 2022 | -3.2x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2022 | -3.0x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2022 | -2.6x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2022 | -3.4x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2021 | -4.1x | Net Cash |
OFIX's net debt is about 4.2 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), after holding more cash than debt a year ago.
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 has the edge over OFIX on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
OFIX Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 29.9 | Oversold |
| Stochastic | 8.4 | Oversold |
OFIX's weekly RSI is 30 (oversold) and its Stochastic is 8 (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).
OFIX PE vs Healthcare Sector
| Metric | OFIX | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 26x | — |
OFIX 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.
OFIX Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $8.85 | 22% below |
| 20 week MA | $9.71 | 29% below |
| 50 week MA | $11.4 | 39% below |
| 100 week MA | $13.0 | 47% below |
| 200 week MA | $14.5 | 52% below |
OFIX is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 52% 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 OFIX on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
OFIX Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $46.0 | $42.6 | -7.5% |
| 2021 | $42.6 | $31.5 | -26% |
| 2022 | $31.5 | $19.3 | -39% |
| 2023 | $19.3 | $13.5 | -30% |
| 2024 | $13.5 | $17.5 | +30% |
| 2025 | $17.5 | $15.2 | -13% |
| 2026 YTD | $15.2 | $6.94 | -54% |
OFIX has finished lower in five of the last six years. It's down 54% 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 OFIX on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.