UNH stock soared after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed it bought shares of the healthcare company. Nonetheless, UnitedHealth faces a long list of unresolved issues.

UnitedHealth has been the Dow’s worst performer of 2025, but jumped 13% Friday. Here’s why Buffett and other leading hedge funds suddenly love the stock.

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Shares of UnitedHealth Group are surging before the market open Friday as Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed that it recently purchased shares of the beleaguered insurer.

Year to date, the stock has fallen by nearly 45%, which is by no means normal for the healthcare stock. In fact, this is the worst it has performed since the Great Recession, when it tumbled by more than 54% in 2008.

Bloomberg journalists discuss today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market. Listen for analysis on the companies making news on Wall Street.

US stocks were mixed on Friday as Wall Street tempered its rate-cut hopes amid economic data this week showing higher-than-expected wholesale inflation and a rise in July retail sales. Traders were also awaiting Friday's meeting between President Trump and Vladimir Putin,