Universal Health Services Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Universal Health Services in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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.
View analyst ratings for Universal Health Services or view top-rated stocks.

Wall Street analysts have given Universal Health Services a "Hold" rating, but there may be better short-term opportunities in the market. Some of MarketBeat's past winning trading ideas have resulted in 5-15% weekly gains. MarketBeat just released five new trading ideas, but Universal Health Services wasn't one of them. MarketBeat thinks these five stocks may be even better buys.
View MarketBeat's top stock picks here.

Universal Health Services saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,500,000 shares, an increase of 35.1% from the March 15th total of 1,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 582,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's shares are short sold.
View Universal Health Services' Short Interest.

Universal Health Services is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 26th 2021.
View our earnings forecast for Universal Health Services.

Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) issued its earnings results on Thursday, February, 25th. The health services provider reported $3.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.88 by $0.71. The health services provider earned $3.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.97 billion. Universal Health Services had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.61% and a net margin of 7.74%.
View Universal Health Services' earnings history.

Universal Health Services' stock was trading at $110.14 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, UHS stock has increased by 24.9% and is now trading at $137.52.
View which stocks have been most impacted by COVID-19.

Universal Health Services announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Wednesday, March 31st. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.58%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 12th.
View Universal Health Services' dividend history.

Universal Health Services pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.58%. Universal Health Services does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Universal Health Services is 8.01%. 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 7.45% next year. This indicates that Universal Health Services will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
View Universal Health Services' dividend history.

Universal Health Services issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $10.05-11.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $10.70. The company issued revenue guidance of $12.125-12.361 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.94 billion.

11 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Universal Health Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $115.00 to $151.00. On average, they expect Universal Health Services' share price to reach $141.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.5% from the stock's current price.
View analysts' price targets for Universal Health Services or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts.

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.

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), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), Select Medical (SEM), Community Health Systems (CYH), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), National HealthCare (NHC), Five Star Senior Living (FVE), Capital Senior Living (CSU) and Encompass Health (EHC).
View all of UHS's competitors.

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), The Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), NVIDIA (NVDA) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.80%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.12%), Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd. (0.08%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and Dfpg Investments LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Universal Health Services stock include Marc D Miller, Marvin G Pember, Robert H Hotz and Steve Filton.
View institutional ownership trends for Universal Health Services.

UHS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Pacer Advisors Inc., and Centre Asset Management LLC.
View insider buying and selling activity for Universal Health Services or view top insider-selling stocks.

UHS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd., Scout Investments Inc., Cypress Capital Group, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Birch Capital Management LLC, Dfpg Investments LLC, and Acropolis Investment Management LLC.
View insider buying and selling activity for Universal Health Services or or view top insider-buying stocks.

Shares of UHS 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.
Compare Top Brokerages Here.

One share of UHS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $137.52.

Universal Health Services has a market capitalization of $11.70 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 68,100 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]