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Universal Health Services (UHS) Competitors

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$181.01 -3.52 (-1.91%)
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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

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

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
Universal Health Services$15.83B0.74$1.14B$17.8210.17
Acadia Healthcare$3.15B0.68$255.61M$2.0311.43

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

Universal Health Services presently has a consensus target price of $224.77, suggesting a potential upside of 23.99%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus target price of $47.94, suggesting a potential upside of 106.66%. Given Acadia Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than Universal Health Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Universal Health Services
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Acadia Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Universal Health Services has a net margin of 7.44% compared to Acadia Healthcare's net margin of 5.94%. Universal Health Services' return on equity of 17.79% beat Acadia Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Universal Health Services7.44% 17.79% 8.27%
Acadia Healthcare 5.94%8.72%4.46%

In the previous week, Universal Health Services had 11 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Universal Health Services and 2 mentions for Acadia Healthcare. Universal Health Services' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.56 indicating that Universal Health Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Universal Health Services
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
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 has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Universal Health Services beats Acadia Healthcare on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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UHS vs. The Competition

MetricUniversal Health ServicesMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.78B$20.79B$5.45B$20.43B
Dividend Yield0.43%0.46%5.22%3.72%
P/E Ratio10.1726.2027.2727.80
Price / Sales0.741.36428.4637.78
Price / Cash6.939.7426.2118.22
Price / Book1.7336.377.924.58
Net Income$1.14B$1.65B$3.17B$982.91M
7 Day Performance-0.12%-0.64%4.33%1.73%
1 Month Performance-4.32%-2.56%2.61%4.29%
1 Year Performance0.19%-5.53%34.78%14.25%

Universal Health Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.9915 of 5 stars
$181.01
-1.9%
$224.77
+24.2%
+8.1%$11.77B$15.83B10.1699,000Positive News
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.8208 of 5 stars
$22.69
+3.6%
$47.94
+111.3%
-63.7%$2.09B$3.15B11.1825,500High Trading Volume
CYH
Community Health Systems
2.8788 of 5 stars
$3.41
+0.6%
$4.17
+22.2%
+0.2%$478.46M$12.63B-0.9360,000
ELV
Elevance Health
4.9714 of 5 stars
$389.42
+2.1%
$498.87
+28.1%
-34.2%$87.98B$183.12B15.19102,300
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.8201 of 5 stars
$383.21
+1.0%
$395.71
+3.3%
+16.4%$92.19B$70.60B17.04294,000Positive News
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HUM
Humana
4.6257 of 5 stars
$244.30
+1.0%
$280.76
+14.9%
-35.3%$29.49B$120.26B17.2867,100Analyst Revision
ITGR
Integer
3.6116 of 5 stars
$122.92
+0.3%
$145.00
+18.0%
+4.0%$4.29B$1.75B58.2611,000
ALC
Alcon
2.011 of 5 stars
$88.30
+0.6%
$106.13
+20.2%
-2.0%$43.55B$9.91B39.2425,200
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.6093 of 5 stars
$176.12
+1.4%
$183.94
+4.4%
+30.1%$16.36B$20.67B11.6598,000Positive News
EHC
Encompass Health
4.8449 of 5 stars
$122.60
+0.3%
$127.00
+3.6%
+39.6%$12.36B$5.37B25.3340,000Positive News
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.8085 of 5 stars
$154.26
+0.6%
$163.50
+6.0%
+18.6%$8.87B$4.26B29.1639,300

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This page (NYSE:UHS) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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