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 4.6× larger than The Cigna Group by market cap; The Cigna Group trades at the lower P/E (11.8 vs 24.4); year to date, UnitedHealth leads (+12.4% vs +2.1%).
Side by side
| CI | UNH | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $75.4B | $344B |
| Price | $282.43 | $379.30 |
| Today | +0.5% | +2.3% |
| Return YTD | +2.1% | +12.4% |
| Return 1Y | −8.4% | +0.3% |
| Since July 2, 2026 | −1.9% | −10.8% |
| P/E | 11.8 | 24.4 |
| P/S | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| P/B | 1.8 | 3.3 |
Data as of 2026-10-09 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since July 2, 2026: the change in the closing price from the first session with a close for both companies. Sectivia records these closes itself, starting June 26, 2026.
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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