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Polen Focus Growth Strategy Decided to Exit Its Position in UnitedHealth Group (UNH)

Polen Focus Growth Strategy Decided to Exit Its Position in UnitedHealth Group (UNH)

Yahoo22-07-2025
Polen Capital, an investment management company, released its 'Polen Focus Growth Strategy' second quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The market sentiment shifted in the second quarter, from a sharp decline to a V-shaped recovery. In the second quarter, the strategy returned 9.36% (gross) and 9.15% (net) compared to 17.84% for the Russell 1000 Growth Index and 10.94% for the S&P 500 Index. In addition, please check the fund's top five holdings to know its best picks in 2025.
In its second quarter 2025 investor letter, Polen Focus Growth Strategy highlighted stocks such as UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH). UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) is a diversified healthcare company that operates through UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx segments. The one-month return of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) was -6.17%, and its shares lost 49.49% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On July 21, 2025, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) stock closed at $282.14 per share, with a market capitalization of $255.94 billion.
Polen Focus Growth Strategy stated the following regarding UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) in its second quarter 2025 investor letter:
"Finally, we exited our remaining small position in UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) (~1%). After years of continuous earnings growth and durability, the consistency we've come to expect from UNH has been fractured. The company reduced its earnings guidance twice recently, as medical costs have exceeded expectations in both the UnitedHealthcare (insurance) and Optum Health (medical practice) segments.
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UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) is in 18th position on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 139 hedge fund portfolios held UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) at the end of the first quarter, which was 150 in the previous quarter. While we acknowledge the potential of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock.
In another article, we covered UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) and shared the list of most undervalued healthcare stocks to buy according to analysts. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q2 2025 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.
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Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.
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