05:29 AM EST, 01/28/2025 (MT Newswires) -- UnitedHealth Group ( UNH ) was Smart Insider's stock pick of the week after the company's Director Timothy Flynn bought $511,575 worth of UnitedHealth's ( UNH ) shares at $511.58 apiece on Jan. 17, increasing his ownership by 10%.

This was Flynn's first stock purchase since February 2021, when he purchased $499,000 at $332.68 a share, Smart Insider said in a note Tuesday.

"That signal worked well," the note said, adding that Flynn has been a "rare buyer."

"It's interesting to see him buying four years after his last purchase and at a price more than 50% higher," according to the note.

Smart Insider ranked the stock +1, or strong positive signal.