Universal Health Services Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Universal Health Services in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Universal Health Services stock. 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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Universal Health Services saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,310,000 shares, an increase of 18.5% from the May 31st total of 1,950,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 634,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Approximately 3.1% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Universal Health Services is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) released its quarterly earnings data on Sunday, July, 25th. The health services provider reported $3.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.75 by $1.01. Universal Health Services had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.37% and a net margin of 8.61%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.93 EPS.
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Universal Health Services' stock was trading at $110.14 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, UHS stock has increased by 45.6% and is now trading at $160.41.
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Universal Health Services declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 19th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Thursday, June 17th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 1st.
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Universal Health Services pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.50%. Universal Health Services does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Universal Health Services is 7.19%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Universal Health Services will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.51% next year. This indicates that Universal Health Services will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Universal Health Services announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Monday, July 26th 2021, which allows the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 7.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Universal Health Services issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Monday, July, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $11.46-12.16 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $10.91. The company issued revenue guidance of $12.351-12.501 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $12.34 billion.

12 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Universal Health Services' shares. Their forecasts range from $115.00 to $188.00. On average, they anticipate Universal Health Services' share price to reach $158.91 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.9%.
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237 employees have rated Universal Health Services CEO Alan B. Miller on Glassdoor.com. Alan B. Miller has an approval rating of 63% among Universal Health Services' 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.31%), Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd. (0.09%), Deroy & Devereaux Private Investment Counsel Inc. (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.03%) and IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%). Company insiders that own Universal Health Services stock include Eileen C Mcdonnell, Elliot J Md Mba Sussman, Lawrence S Gibbs, Marc D Miller, Marc W Booth, Matthew Jay Peterson and Steve Filton.
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UHS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Deroy & Devereaux Private Investment Counsel Inc., Cypress Capital Group, and Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.. Company insiders that have sold Universal Health Services company stock in the last year include Eileen C Mcdonnell, Elliot J Md Mba Sussman, Lawrence S Gibbs, Marc W Booth, and Matthew Jay Peterson.
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UHS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, New Mexico Educational Retirement Board, and Birch Capital Management LLC.
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One share of UHS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $160.41.

Universal Health Services has a market capitalization of $13.67 billion and generates $11.56 billion in revenue each year. The health services provider earns $943.95 million in net income (profit) each year or $11.12 on an earnings per share basis.

Universal Health Services employs 89,000 workers across the globe.

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

Universal Health Services is headquartered at 367 S GULPH RD, KING OF PRUSSIA PA, 19406.

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]