The Berkshire Hathaway Holding revealed that it acquired 5 million shares of an action the second quarter. The news triggered the role 12% and revived the interest of investors, who see it as the new strong bet of the US market.
The actions of UnitedHealth Group They climbed 12% on Friday after Berkshire Hathaway, the investment holding Warren Buffettwill reveal the purchase of 5 million shares during the second quarter of the year. The news brought the price above US $306giving a respite to a role that was strongly punished in recent months.
The insurance and health company, leader in the US market, had suffered a loss of more from 45% so far from 2025with results below the expected and a cluster of factors that deteriorated their image against investors and customers. Despite this Friday, the accumulated balance of the year still shows a setback close to the 40%.
A company under pressure: cyber attack, management crisis and tragedy
In the last year, UnitedHealth crossed some of the most difficult episodes in its history. In 2024, one of its subsidiaries, Change Healthcarewas the target of one of the biggest cyber attacks Registered in the sector, which paralyzed the Payment System to Health Suppliers for months and forced the United States Department of Health to intervene to normalize the operation.
The coup moved to the balance sheets: the costs of the attack were greater than expected and caused new falls on Wall Street. The situation worsened last December with the Brian Thompson murderExecutive Director of Insurance, who died shot on a work trip in Manhattan. The case generated a strong public commotion and opened a debate on the functioning of the private health system in the United States.
The suspect, Luigi Mangione27 years, he was arrested days later in Pennsylvania and faces federal charges for murder, with the possibility of receiving the death penalty.
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The hemsley’s return and challenges ahead
After Andrew Witty’s resignation in the middle of the crisis, driving was again in the hands of Stephen Hemsleyhistorical CEO of the company. In his first conference with investors, he recognized strategic and pricing errors that failed to anticipate the context of higher costs in the sector.
“Beyond the external factors that hit the entire industry, we have made management and price mistakes,” he admitted to the shareholders.
The unitedhealth rebound also had an immediate effect on the Dow Joneswhich rose about half a percentage point in the day. It should be remembered that, in May, the company’s losses came to explain the 88% of the index drop In what was going on, which accounts for the weight of this insurer in the New York square.
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