Universal Health Services Stock Forecast, Price & News

Universal Health Services' stock was trading at $110.14 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, UHS shares have decreased by 4.3% and is now trading at $105.39.
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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 1 sell rating, 3 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 earnings results on Monday, July, 27th. The health services provider reported $2.93 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $2.20. The health services provider earned $2.73 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.47 billion. Universal Health Services had a return on equity of 14.75% and a net margin of 6.53%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.76 earnings per share.
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Universal Health Services declared 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th.
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Universal Health Services declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Monday, December 17th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 4.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

12 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Universal Health Services' shares. Their forecasts range from $104.00 to $165.00. On average, they anticipate Universal Health Services' stock price to reach $132.36 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.6% from the stock's current price.
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Universal Health Services saw a drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,320,000 shares, a drop of 17.0% from the August 15th total of 1,590,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 700,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's stock are short sold.
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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 Vanguard Group Inc. (10.30%), Nordea Investment Management AB (4.95%), FMR LLC (4.56%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (3.57%), LSV Asset Management (2.15%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.68%). 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 AQR Capital Management LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., APG Asset Management N.V., PGGM Investments, FMR LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and Bank of Nova Scotia. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nordea Investment Management AB, Scout Investments Inc., Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, LSV Asset Management, and UBS Group AG.
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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 $105.39.

Universal Health Services has a market capitalization of $8.95 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]