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

14 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, 8 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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14 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Universal Health Services' stock. Their UHS share price forecasts range from $114.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $151.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.8% from the stock's current price.
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Universal Health Services' stock was trading at $140.89 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, UHS shares have decreased by 13.1% and is now trading at $122.40.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 24th 2023.
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Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 25th. The health services provider reported $2.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.43 by $0.10. The health services provider earned $3.55 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.50 billion. Universal Health Services had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.47% and a net margin of 5.02%. The company's revenue was up 6.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.20 earnings per share.
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Universal Health Services announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, September 15th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 31st.
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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 (NYSE:UHS) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.62%. The dividend payout ratio is 8.31%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UHS will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.91% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Universal Health Services announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, February 24th 2022, which permits the company to buyback $1,400,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 12.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Universal Health Services issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $9.85-$10.50 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.16. The company issued revenue guidance of $14.13-$14.33 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $14.13 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.

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Universal Health Services trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "UHS."

Universal Health Services' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.46%), State Street Corp (3.92%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.29%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.08%), LSV Asset Management (1.51%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.50%). 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of UHS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $122.40.

Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS) has a market capitalization of $8.49 billion and generates $13.40 billion in revenue each year. The health services provider earns $675.61 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.63 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 93,800 workers across the globe.

Universal Health Services' mailing address is 367 S GULPH RD, KING OF PRUSSIA PA, 19406. The official website for the company is www.uhsinc.com. The health services provider can be reached via phone at (610) 768-3300, via email at karen.sterner@uhsinc.com, or via fax at 610-768-3336.