NYSE:UHSUniversal Health Services Stock Price, Forecast & News

Universal Health Services' stock was trading at $110.14 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, UHS shares have increased by 3.0% and is now trading at $113.46.
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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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 27th. The health services provider reported $2.93 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.73 by $2.20. The health services provider had revenue of $2.73 billion for 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 firm's quarterly revenue was down 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $2.76 earnings per share.
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Universal Health Services declared 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 0.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th.
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Universal Health Services declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Monday, December 17th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 4.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

12 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Universal Health Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $104.00 to $165.00. On average, they anticipate Universal Health Services' stock price to reach $136.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.9% from the stock's current price.
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News stories about UHS stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Universal Health Services earned a media sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the health services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.
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Universal Health Services saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume of 746,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Universal Health Services include HCA Healthcare (HCA), Alcon (ALC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), The Ensign Group (ENSG), Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Nordea Investment Management AB (4.95%), FMR LLC (4.56%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (3.57%), LSV Asset Management (2.15%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.68%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.92%). 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 Goldman Sachs Group Inc., PGGM Investments, FMR LLC, Bank of Nova Scotia, First Trust Advisors LP, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, WINTON GROUP Ltd, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nordea Investment Management AB, Scout Investments Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., LSV Asset Management, UBS Group AG, Prudential Financial Inc., First Eagle Investment Management LLC, and Nuance Investments 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 $113.46.

Universal Health Services has a market capitalization of $9.64 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]