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The investment comes as UnitedHealth faces soaring medical costs, federal investigations, the fallout of the killing of a top executive and a cyberattack last year.
The Oracle of Omaha just took a $1.6 billion stake in the battered healthcare giant, sending shares soaring 9% after hours.
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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Warren Buffett places new bets on UnitedHealth and a major homebuilder, sending their stocks soaring
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. took new positions in UnitedHealthcare Group Inc. and homebuilder D. R. Horton Inc., and went deeper into other homebuilding and home-related companies, according to a filing late Thursday.
UnitedHealth Group (UNH) shares soared 12% on August 15, 2025, after Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway revealed a $1.6 billion stake of over 5 million shares. The surge marks the stocks biggest jump in five years,
Buffett owned UnitedHealth shares before selling his stake in 2010, though his Berkshire Hathaway recently acquired shares.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway built a $1.6 billion stake in UnitedHealth last quarter, marking one of its last wagers with the investor as CEO.