The Cigna Groupvs.UnitedHealth
CI vs UNH · both in Distribution & pharmacy infrastructure, part of the Medicine, pharma & life science value chain: Wholesalers, distribution and pharmacy chains that get medicines to patients.
UnitedHealth is about 4.9× larger than The Cigna Group by market cap; The Cigna Group trades at the lower P/E (11.5 vs 25.6); year to date, UnitedHealth leads (+20.8% vs +1.9%).
Side by side
| CI | UNH | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $73.9B | $362B |
| Price | $279.32 | $396.59 |
| Today | −0.4% | −0.5% |
| Return YTD | +1.9% | +20.8% |
| Return 1Y | −7.9% | +29.7% |
| P/E | 11.5 | 25.6 |
| P/S | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| P/B | 1.7 | 3.5 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
The Cigna GroupCI
Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefit manager, sits at the centre. Around it Cigna writes health insurance and runs a specialty pharmacy and distribution business.
Full CI profile →UnitedHealthUNH
Insurance is UnitedHealthcare's job. Optum is everything else: clinics on the ground, Optum Rx managing pharmacy benefits and a health data business behind both. Insurer and care provider sit under a single owner.
Full UNH profile →More CI & UNH comparisons
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