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UHS vs. ACHC, CYH, ELV, HCA, HUM, ITGR, ALC, THC, EHC, and ENSG

Should you be buying Universal Health Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Health Services include Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Community Health Systems (CYH), Elevance Health (ELV), HCA Healthcare (HCA), Humana (HUM), Integer (ITGR), Alcon (ALC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Encompass Health (EHC), and The Ensign Group (ENSG). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Universal Health Services vs. Its Competitors

Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) and Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Universal Health Services has a net margin of 7.66% compared to Acadia Healthcare's net margin of 4.31%. Universal Health Services' return on equity of 18.25% beat Acadia Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Acadia Healthcare4.31% 8.34% 4.20%
Universal Health Services 7.66%18.25%8.52%

Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Health Services has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

86.1% of Universal Health Services shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Acadia Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Universal Health Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Universal Health Services has higher revenue and earnings than Acadia Healthcare. Universal Health Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadia Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Acadia Healthcare$3.15B0.65$255.61M$1.5114.66
Universal Health Services$15.83B0.76$1.14B$18.999.93

In the previous week, Universal Health Services had 15 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Universal Health Services and 2 mentions for Acadia Healthcare. Acadia Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Universal Health Services' score of 0.87 indicating that Acadia Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Acadia Healthcare
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Universal Health Services
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Acadia Healthcare presently has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 76.15%. Universal Health Services has a consensus price target of $214.08, suggesting a potential upside of 13.49%. Given Acadia Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than Universal Health Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Acadia Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62
Universal Health Services
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.21

Summary

Universal Health Services beats Acadia Healthcare on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UHS vs. The Competition

MetricUniversal Health ServicesMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.00B$21.51B$5.80B$21.58B
Dividend Yield0.42%0.44%5.61%3.51%
P/E Ratio9.9327.3380.3029.95
Price / Sales0.761.39558.4581.68
Price / Cash7.0810.0626.0118.30
Price / Book1.8038.7415.684.64
Net Income$1.14B$1.65B$3.30B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-0.54%2.36%3.94%0.66%
1 Month Performance1.72%2.56%5.34%2.60%
1 Year Performance-20.75%-23.94%79.75%14.58%

Universal Health Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.9305 of 5 stars
$188.63
+0.3%
$214.08
+13.5%
-20.8%$12.00B$15.83B9.9399,000High Trading Volume
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.52 of 5 stars
$21.42
-1.4%
$39.00
+82.1%
-71.0%$1.98B$3.23B14.1925,500
CYH
Community Health Systems
3.9463 of 5 stars
$2.94
-0.2%
$3.58
+21.8%
-48.5%$411.25M$12.63B-1.9760,000Positive News
ELV
Elevance Health
4.912 of 5 stars
$306.87
-1.6%
$411.06
+34.0%
-41.9%$69.10B$177.01B13.06104,200Positive News
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.6571 of 5 stars
$403.40
-0.4%
$403.17
-0.1%
-0.6%$94.39B$72.70B16.96316,000Trending News
HUM
Humana
4.7398 of 5 stars
$274.75
-0.6%
$289.24
+5.3%
-18.7%$33.04B$117.76B21.0965,680Positive News
ITGR
Integer
3.8485 of 5 stars
$100.11
-1.2%
$140.25
+40.1%
-20.2%$3.51B$1.79B44.1011,000
ALC
Alcon
3.8227 of 5 stars
$77.39
-1.1%
$96.06
+24.1%
-20.8%$38.17B$9.91B36.0025,599
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.762 of 5 stars
$186.54
-3.3%
$195.50
+4.8%
+15.1%$16.48B$20.67B11.9498,000
EHC
Encompass Health
4.8403 of 5 stars
$124.62
-1.1%
$137.71
+10.5%
+33.8%$12.55B$5.37B24.3940,000
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.6998 of 5 stars
$166.22
-1.1%
$172.67
+3.9%
+8.9%$9.59B$4.61B30.1739,300Positive News
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