NYSE:UHS - Universal Health Services Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 shares have decreased by 19.5% and is now trading at $88.71. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Universal Health Services in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Universal Health Services.

Universal Health Services is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Universal Health Services.

Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 26th. The health services provider reported $2.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.61 by $0.18. The health services provider earned $2.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.89 billion. Universal Health Services had a return on equity of 16.17% and a net margin of 7.16%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.37 earnings per share. View Universal Health Services' earnings history.

Universal Health Services announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 31st. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.90%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. View Universal Health Services' dividend history.

Universal Health Services declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Monday, December 17th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 4.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Universal Health Services updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $10.30-11.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $10.76. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.960-12.116 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.86 billion.

11 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Universal Health Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $104.00 to $170.00. On average, they anticipate Universal Health Services' stock price to reach $148.09 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 66.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Universal Health Services.

Media stories about UHS stock have trended very negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Universal Health Services earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the health services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutUniversal Health Services.

Universal Health Services saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 2,092,300 shares, an increase of 13.1% from the February 27th total of 1,850,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 613,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.4 days. Currently, 2.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Universal Health Services' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Universal Health Services include HCA Healthcare (HCA), Select Medical (SEM), The Ensign Group (ENSG), Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), National HealthCare (NHC), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Hanger (HNGR), Community Health Systems (CYH), 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."

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One share of UHS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $88.71.

Universal Health Services has a market capitalization of $7.69 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. View additional information about Universal Health Services.

The official website for Universal Health Services is http://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]