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Universal Health Services (UHS) Competitors

$132.13
+0.97 (+0.74%)
(As of 05/31/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$128.13
$133.14
50-Day Range
$121.80
$150.35
52-Week Range
$82.50
$154.65
Volume
807,175 shs
Average Volume
652,137 shs
Market Capitalization
$9.27 billion
P/E Ratio
14.04
Dividend Yield
0.61%
Price Target
$139.50

UHS vs. THC, SGRY, RDY, RXDX, OSH, UTHR, NBIX, RGEN, HSIC, and INSP

Should you be buying Universal Health Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Health Services include Tenet Healthcare (THC), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), Prometheus Biosciences (RXDX), Oak Street Health (OSH), United Therapeutics (UTHR), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX), Repligen (RGEN), Henry Schein (HSIC), and Inspire Medical Systems (INSP). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Universal Health Services vs.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tenet Healthcare$19.45 billion0.36$411 million$3.7518.34
Universal Health Services$13.57 billion0.66$675.61 million$9.4113.62

Tenet Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $75.76, suggesting a potential upside of 10.14%. Universal Health Services has a consensus target price of $139.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.85%. Given Tenet Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Tenet Healthcare is more favorable than Universal Health Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tenet Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Universal Health Services
3 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.06

In the previous week, Universal Health Services had 2 more articles in the media than Tenet Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Universal Health Services and 7 mentions for Tenet Healthcare. Universal Health Services' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Tenet Healthcare's score of 0.73 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
Tenet Healthcare
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Universal Health Services
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Tenet Healthcare has a beta of 2.18, suggesting that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Health Services has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Tenet Healthcare received 15 more outperform votes than Universal Health Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.74% of users gave Universal Health Services an outperform vote while only 59.18% of users gave Tenet Healthcare an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Tenet HealthcareOutperform Votes
619
59.18%
Underperform Votes
427
40.82%
Universal Health ServicesOutperform Votes
604
66.74%
Underperform Votes
301
33.26%

98.1% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of Universal Health Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Universal Health Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Universal Health Services has a net margin of 5.05% compared to Tenet Healthcare's net margin of 2.13%. Tenet Healthcare's return on equity of 28.65% beat Universal Health Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tenet Healthcare 2.13% 28.65% 2.56%
Universal Health Services 5.05% 12.33% 5.47%

Summary

Tenet Healthcare beats Universal Health Services on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.


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 ServicesGeneral medical & surgical hospitals IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.99B$13.21B$4.47B$14.21B
Dividend Yield0.63%0.77%2.41%4.08%
P/E Ratio13.626.5788.1817.38
Price / Sales0.660.663,620.338.92
Price / Cash6.8910.6693.8223.15
Price / Book1.4962.954.969.05
Net Income$675.61M$959.89M$117.32M$896.25M
7 Day Performance0.58%1.29%-1.97%-1.12%
1 Month Performance-14.76%-14.83%0.46%-3.02%
1 Year Performance2.85%0.46%18.22%-10.52%

Universal Health Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
THC
Tenet Healthcare
2.1388 of 5 stars
$70.43
+0.2%
$75.76
+7.6%
+6.1%$7.18B$19.17B18.78102,400
SGRY
Surgery Partners
1.7015 of 5 stars
$36.48
+3.1%
$43.27
+18.6%
-9.3%$4.61B$2.54B-39.6512,200Positive News
RDY
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
1.8579 of 5 stars
$54.48
0.0%
$67.00
+23.0%
-3.2%$9.08B$2.99B16.3624,795Analyst Revision
News Coverage
RXDX
Prometheus Biosciences
1.3502 of 5 stars
$198.58
0.0%
$153.36
-22.8%
+604.2%$9.49B$6.81M-56.4172
OSH
Oak Street Health
2.1308 of 5 stars
N/A$33.27
+∞
N/A$9.52B$2.16B-17.656,000News Coverage
UTHR
United Therapeutics
3.1818 of 5 stars
$205.19
-1.0%
$294.67
+43.6%
-13.0%$9.61B$1.94B13.82965Positive News
NBIX
Neurocrine Biosciences
2.6424 of 5 stars
$90.11
-1.2%
$125.21
+39.0%
-3.2%$8.79B$1.49B150.191,200Positive News
RGEN
Repligen
2.4755 of 5 stars
$173.34
+1.4%
$208.56
+20.3%
+1.9%$9.65B$801.54M58.762,025
HSIC
Henry Schein
2.3549 of 5 stars
$74.12
-1.1%
$85.67
+15.6%
-13.8%$9.71B$12.65B21.1822,000
INSP
Inspire Medical Systems
2.066 of 5 stars
$293.56
-0.2%
$312.56
+6.5%
+59.6%$8.51B$407.86M-188.18485

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This page (NYSE:UHS) was last updated on 5/31/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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