PREVIEW: Unitedhealth shares up; Q2 EPS, rev seen rising
** Shares in Unitedhealth Group Inc UNH.N up ~1.2%, rallying with the broader health insurance sector as investors speculated about the U.S. presidential election winner, in last session before Q2 report due out before market open on Tuesday
** Wall Street sees health insurer UNH reporting adj. EPS of $6.66 vs $6.14 in year-ago quarter on rev of $98.84 bln, which would be up 6.4% y/y, according to the latest data from LSEG
** In last 8 quarters UNH rev and EPS has met or beaten expectations every time
** UNH CEO said in late May was keeping an eye on medical services used by Medicaid members, which could drive up costs. In April as part of last quarterly update UNH warned of $1.6 bln hit this year from disruptions caused by a Feb cyberattack
**YTD shares in UNH down ~1.7% vs gain of ~6.8% for Dow industrial average .DJI
** UNH shares last traded at $517.92 vs median PT of $571, according to LSEG, which shows 29 analyst ratings with 10 'strong buy,' 17 'buy' and 2 'hold' ratings
** UNH options imply a 4.7% swing for the shares, in either direction by Friday, per Trade Alert data; that is higher than the stock's avg move of 3.6%, on the day of results over the last eight qtrs, per Trade Alert
(Reporting By Sinéad Carew, Saqib Iqbal Ahmed)
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