NYSE:UHSUniversal Health Services Stock Price, Forecast & News

Universal Health Services' stock was trading at $110.14 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, UHS stock has decreased by 3.1% and is now trading at $106.71.
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12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Universal Health Services in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Universal Health Services is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 22nd 2020.
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Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) posted its earnings results on Monday, July, 27th. The health services provider reported $2.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.73 by $2.20. The health services provider earned $2.73 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.47 billion. Universal Health Services had a return on equity of 14.75% and a net margin of 6.53%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.76 EPS.
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Universal Health Services announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 31st. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Monday, March 16th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th.
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Universal Health Services declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Monday, December 17th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 4.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

12 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Universal Health Services' shares. Their forecasts range from $104.00 to $165.00. On average, they expect Universal Health Services' share price to reach $136.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 27.4% from the stock's current price.
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Media coverage about UHS stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Universal Health Services earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the health services provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.
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Universal Health Services saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,470,000 shares, an increase of 38.7% from the June 30th total of 1,060,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 746,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Universal Health Services include HCA Healthcare (HCA), Alcon (ALC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), The Ensign Group (ENSG), Select Medical (SEM), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), National HealthCare (NHC), Hanger (HNGR), Community Health Systems (CYH), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Five Star Senior Living (FVE), Capital Senior Living (CSU) and Encompass Health (EHC).
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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.92%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.41%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.26%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.26%), Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.21%) and UBS Group AG (0.20%). Company insiders that own Universal Health Services stock include Marc D Miller, Marvin G Pember, Robert H Hotz and Steve Filton.
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UHS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, First Trust Advisors LP, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Arizona State Retirement System, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. Company insiders that have sold Universal Health Services company stock in the last year include Marc D Miller, and Steve Filton.
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UHS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., UBS Group AG, Mackay Shields LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Empowered Funds LLC, Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC, Railway Pension Investments Ltd, and Denali Advisors LLC.
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Shares of UHS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of UHS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $106.71.

Universal Health Services has a market capitalization of $9.06 billion and generates $11.38 billion in revenue each year. The health services provider earns $814.85 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.99 on an earnings per share basis. Universal Health Services employs 90,400 workers across the globe.

The official website for Universal Health Services is www.uhsinc.com.

Universal Health Services' mailing address is 367 S GULPH RD, KING OF PRUSSIA PA, 19406. The health services provider can be reached via phone at 610-768-3300 or via email at [email protected]