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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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

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
Acadia Healthcare5.94% 8.72% 4.46%
Universal Health Services 7.44%17.79%8.27%

86.1% of Universal Health Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Acadia Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Universal Health Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds 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$3.15B0.68$255.61M$2.0311.49
Universal Health Services$15.83B0.74$1.14B$17.8210.17

In the previous week, Universal Health Services had 9 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 11 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 news 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Acadia Healthcare currently has a consensus price target of $47.94, suggesting a potential upside of 105.59%. Universal Health Services has a consensus price target of $224.77, suggesting a potential upside of 24.00%. Given Acadia Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Universal Health Services
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Health Services has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more 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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding UHS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$11.99B$20.80B$5.52B$20.71B
Dividend Yield0.43%0.46%5.24%3.72%
P/E Ratio10.1726.2227.1927.80
Price / Sales0.741.36395.2247.12
Price / Cash6.939.7426.2118.22
Price / Book1.7336.517.924.59
Net Income$1.14B$1.65B$3.17B$982.91M
7 Day Performance-4.08%-2.46%1.79%0.65%
1 Month Performance-4.33%-2.47%1.28%4.26%
1 Year Performance0.35%-4.38%33.32%13.93%

Universal Health Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.9923 of 5 stars
$181.26
-1.8%
$224.77
+24.0%
+0.2%$11.99B$15.83B10.1799,000Positive News
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.808 of 5 stars
$22.69
+3.6%
$47.94
+111.3%
-64.6%$2.09B$3.15B11.1825,500High Trading Volume
CYH
Community Health Systems
2.8818 of 5 stars
$3.41
+0.6%
$4.17
+22.2%
+0.9%$478.46M$12.63B-0.9360,000
ELV
Elevance Health
4.9683 of 5 stars
$389.42
+2.1%
$498.87
+28.1%
-34.6%$87.98B$183.12B15.19102,300Trending News
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.8111 of 5 stars
$383.21
+1.0%
$395.71
+3.3%
+18.2%$92.19B$70.60B17.04294,000Positive News
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HUM
Humana
4.6201 of 5 stars
$244.30
+1.0%
$280.76
+14.9%
-35.7%$29.49B$120.26B17.2867,100
ITGR
Integer
3.627 of 5 stars
$122.92
+0.3%
$145.00
+18.0%
+0.6%$4.29B$1.75B58.2611,000
ALC
Alcon
1.7579 of 5 stars
$88.30
+0.6%
$106.13
+20.2%
-3.0%$43.55B$9.91B39.2425,200
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.601 of 5 stars
$176.12
+1.4%
$183.94
+4.4%
+31.2%$16.36B$20.67B11.6598,000
EHC
Encompass Health
4.843 of 5 stars
$122.60
+0.3%
$127.00
+3.6%
+39.8%$12.36B$5.37B25.3340,000Positive News
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.7921 of 5 stars
$154.26
+0.6%
$163.50
+6.0%
+16.6%$8.87B$4.26B29.1639,300

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This page (NYSE:UHS) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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