Universal Health Services (UHS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

12 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Universal Health Services in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" UHS shares.
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12 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Universal Health Services' shares. Their UHS share price targets range from $152.00 to $203.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $179.71 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.9% from the stock's current price.
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Universal Health Services' stock was trading at $152.44 at the beginning of the year. Since then, UHS shares have increased by 6.3% and is now trading at $162.05.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2024.
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Universal Health Services will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 25th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 27th. The health services provider reported $3.13 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.02 by $0.11. The health services provider earned $3.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.66 billion. Universal Health Services had a net margin of 5.03% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.08%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.02 EPS.
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Universal Health Services announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 17th. Investors of record on Friday, March 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, March 15th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 29th.
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Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.48%. The dividend payout ratio is 7.80%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UHS will have a dividend payout ratio of 5.40% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS) stock in their portfolio include WBI BullBear Quality 3000 ETF (WBIL), WBI BullBear Value 3000 ETF (WBIF), SPDR S&P Health Care Services ETF (XHS), First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund (FXH), iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF (IHF), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (RYH), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (RSPH) and Invesco S&P 500 Value with Momentum ETF (SPVM).

Universal Health Services issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 13.000-14.000 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 11.750. The company issued revenue guidance of $15.4 billion-$15.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $15.0 billion.

237 employees have rated Universal Health Services Chief Executive Officer Alan B. Miller on Glassdoor.com. Alan B. Miller has an approval rating of 63% among the company's employees. This puts Alan B. Miller in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Universal Health Services investors own include UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Netflix (NFLX), Broadcom (AVGO), Alibaba Group (BABA), Bank of America (BAC), Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), NVIDIA (NVDA) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Universal Health Services' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.19%), Global Assets Advisory LLC (0.03%), DGS Capital Management LLC (0.01%), Atlas Capital Advisors LLC (0.00%), Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC (0.00%) and Centre Asset Management LLC (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Eileen C Mcdonnell, Eileen C Mcdonnell, Elliot J Md Mba Sussman, Lawrence S Gibbs, Marc D Miller, Marc W Booth, Matthew Jay Peterson, Steve Filton and Warren J Nimetz.
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Shares of UHS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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