- UnitedHealth Group Inc's quarterly profit beat Wall Street estimates on Friday, as a slow recovery in non-urgent procedures helped lower medical costs at its insurance unit.
Excluding items, the company reported a profit of $6.26 per share for the first quarter, beating analysts' average estimate of $6.13 per share, according to Refinitiv IBES data.
(Reporting by Khushi Mandowara and Bhanvi Satija in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)