Jim Cramer Says "Let's Buy CVS, Not UnitedHealth"

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently looked at. Noting that the stock got “hammered” last year, a caller asked for Cramer’s thoughts on the stock, and he replied:

I think UNH is low enough that you want to buy it. But you know what came down today that has a better yield, and I think is really better? I think it’s CVS. Remember, you get Aetna with that, and you’ve got a situation where David Joyner has really cleaned up a lot of the problems. Let’s buy CVS, not UnitedHealth.

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) provides health care services, insurance plans, pharmacy care, and data-driven solutions. A caller sought Cramer’s advice on the stock during the December 12, 2025, episode, and he replied:

Alright, I think that UnitedHealth has to be bought. I think that they’ve got a CEO who should come on the show. I think he’s doing everything right. Obviously, they had big, big problems, but you know what? This is UnitedHealth…. I’ve seen it come back from even an options scandal that was so horrible that a lot of people felt that it was never going to come back. I believed in it then, I believe in it now. There you go.

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