Universal Health Services - UHS Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Universal Health Services in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 5 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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13 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Universal Health Services' shares. Their UHS stock forecasts range from $90.00 to $169.00. On average, they anticipate Universal Health Services' share price to reach $123.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.7% from the stock's current price.
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Universal Health Services' stock was trading at $129.66 at the start of the year. Since then, UHS shares have decreased by 14.9% and is now trading at $110.35.
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Universal Health Services is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 24th 2022.
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Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 25th. The health services provider reported $2.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.10 by $0.10. The health services provider had revenue of $3.32 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.27 billion. Universal Health Services had a net margin of 5.94% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.88%. The business's revenue was up 3.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $3.76 EPS.
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Universal Health Services announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 1st will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Thursday, September 15th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.72%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 31st.
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Universal Health Services(NYSE:UHS) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.72%. The dividend payout ratio of Universal Health Services is 8.15%. 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 6.72% next year. This indicates that Universal Health Services will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Universal Health Services declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, February 24th 2022, which allows the company to buyback $1,400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 12.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Universal Health Services updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 28th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $9.60-$10.40 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.69. The company issued revenue guidance of $13.23 billion-$13.37 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $13.49 billion.

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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.13%), National Bank of Canada FI (0.68%), Bank of Nova Scotia (0.49%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.38%), Van Berkom & Associates Inc. (0.32%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.30%). Company insiders that own Universal Health Services stock include Eileen C Mcdonnell, 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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One share of UHS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $110.35.

Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS) has a market capitalization of $8.26 billion and generates $12.64 billion in revenue each year. The health services provider earns $991.59 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.82 on an earnings per share basis.

Universal Health Services employs 89,400 workers across the globe.

Universal Health Services' mailing address is 367 S GULPH RD, KING OF PRUSSIA PA, 19406. The official website for Universal Health Services is www.uhsinc.com. The health services provider can be reached via phone at (610) 768-3300, via email at karen.sterner@uhsinc.com, or via fax at 610-768-3336.