We recently published a list of 13 Best Cheap Stocks to Invest in for Beginners. In this article, we are going to take a look at where UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) stands against other best cheap stocks to invest in for beginners.

Midday on Thursday, UnitedHealth Group's stock price had fallen more than 13%. Since a bad quarterly report, the company has seen its stock price fall by more than half, going from nearly $600 per share to $266 as of noon. The recent report is just one of a number of hardships the company has faced in recent months.

UnitedHealth surprised the market with a sudden CEO shake-up this week, and back in February the same DOJ division was

Executives at UnitedHealth Group had egg on their faces on Tuesday morning. Just a few weeks ago, on April 17, the parent company of UnitedHealthcare released first-quarter results and downgraded its predictions for itself (or “revised its guidance,

In true UnitedHealth fashion, the big health insurance stock was denying the Dow of a daily gain on Tuesday. The Dow was down 160 points, or 0.4%, but UnitedHealth stock was shaving 382 points off the index on its own with a nearly 17% drop.

Soft inflation data lifted major U.S. stock indexes Tuesday, except for one notable exception: the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the blue-chip index that for many is synonymous with “the stock market.

Stephen Hemsley hasn’t been CEO at UnitedHealth Group in nearly a decade yet he’s never really left. Hemsley, 72, has remained chairman and a major shareholder in the health care behemoth — and now is back in the CEO suite and is expected to reinstate his brand of operational and financial discipline that turbocharged the company’s growth.

UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty has stepped down unexpectedly, with former chief Stephen Hemsley returning amid stock plunge and ongoing federal scrutiny.