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

13 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Universal Health Services in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" UHS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in UHS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Universal Health Services' shares. Their UHS share price targets range from $139.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $155.31 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.1% from the stock's current price.
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Universal Health Services' stock was trading at $140.89 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, UHS shares have decreased by 0.8% and is now trading at $139.76.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 26th 2024.
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Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 25th. The health services provider reported $2.55 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.34 by $0.21. The health services provider earned $3.56 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.54 billion. Universal Health Services had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.23% and a net margin of 4.82%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 6.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.54 earnings per share.
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Universal Health Services announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, December 15th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.57%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 30th.
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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 0.58%. The dividend payout ratio is 8.39%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UHS will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.81% 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 Hennessy Stance ESG Large Cap ETF (STNC), 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), Mid Cap US Equity Select ETF (RNMC) and Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value ETF (RPV).

Universal Health Services declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Thursday, February 24th 2022, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,400,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 12.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

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 shareholders include First Eagle Investment Management LLC (6.69%), FMR LLC (5.79%), Invesco Ltd. (4.90%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.84%), American Century Companies Inc. (2.50%) and Nuance Investments LLC (2.11%). 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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