Universal Health Services (UHS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $167.83 +3.84 (+2.34%) Closing price 03/14/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$167.78 -0.05 (-0.03%) As of 03/14/2025 05:40 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends Universal Health Services Short Interest DataUniversal Health Services (UHS) has a short interest of 1.95 million shares, representing 3.58% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 10.80% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.9, indicating that it would take 2.9 days of the average trading volume of 751,704 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest1,950,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,760,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+10.80%Dollar Volume Sold Short$341.38 millionShort Interest Ratio2.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateFebruary 28, 2025Outstanding Shares65,002,000 sharesFloat Size54,470,000 sharesShort Percent of Float3.58%Today's Trading Volume757,876 sharesAverage Trading Volume751,704 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average101% Short Selling Universal Health Services? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Universal Health Services and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartUHS Short Interest Over TimeUHS Days to Cover Over TimeUHS Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Universal Health Services Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 2/28/20251,950,000 shares $341.38 million +10.8%3.6%2.9 $175.07 2/15/20251,760,000 shares $319.77 million -1.7%3.2%3 $181.69 1/31/20251,790,000 shares $337.04 million +4.1%3.2%3 $188.29 1/15/20251,720,000 shares $315.62 million -5.5%3.1%2.6 $183.50 12/31/20241,820,000 shares $326.54 million -4.7%3.3%2.5 $179.42 12/15/20241,910,000 shares $357.93 million +24.8%3.4%2.4 $187.40 11/30/20241,530,000 shares $313.65 million No Change2.8%2 $205.00 11/15/20241,530,000 shares $308.59 million +24.4%2.8%2 $201.69 10/31/20241,230,000 shares $251.19 million -19.6%2.2%1.7 $204.22 10/15/20241,530,000 shares $344.77 million +8.5%2.7%2 $225.34 Get the Latest News and Ratings for UHS and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Universal Health Services and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/30/20241,410,000 shares $322.90 million -9.0%2.5%1.9 $229.01 9/15/20241,550,000 shares $360.47 million +25.0%2.8%2.1 $232.56 8/31/20241,240,000 shares $295.08 million -3.9%2.2%1.7 $237.97 8/15/20241,290,000 shares $288.02 million -22.8%2.3%1.8 $223.27 7/31/20241,670,000 shares $356.98 million +65.4%2.9%2.2 $213.76 7/15/20241,010,000 shares $180.48 million -29.4%1.8%1.4 $178.69 6/30/20241,430,000 shares $264.45 million -6.5%2.5%2.1 $184.93 6/15/20241,530,000 shares $287.41 million -9.5%2.7%2.3 $187.85 5/31/20241,690,000 shares $320.93 million -33.2%3.0%2.5 $189.90 5/15/20242,530,000 shares $460.99 million +13.0%4.4%3.7 $182.21 4/30/20242,240,000 shares $381.76 million +13.7%3.9%3.5 $170.43 4/15/20241,970,000 shares $327.71 million +34.9%3.4%3.3 $166.35 3/31/20241,460,000 shares $266.39 million -4.0%2.5%2.7 $182.46 3/15/20241,520,000 shares $264.33 million +9.4%2.6%2.9 $173.90 2/29/20241,390,000 shares $232.19 million -8.0%2.4%2.7 $167.04 2/15/20241,510,000 shares $245.74 million -4.4%2.6%3.3 $162.74 1/31/20241,580,000 shares $250.92 million +1.9%2.7%3.4 $158.81 1/15/20241,550,000 shares $245.81 million -8.8%2.6%3 $158.59 12/31/20231,700,000 shares $259.15 million +11.1%2.9%3.2 $152.44 12/15/20231,530,000 shares $227.71 million -6.7%2.6%2.9 $148.83 11/30/20231,640,000 shares $225.49 million -1.2%2.8%3.1 $137.50 11/15/20231,660,000 shares $220.61 million +2.5%2.8%3 $132.90 10/31/20231,620,000 shares $203.94 million +0.6%2.7%2.8 $125.89 10/15/20231,610,000 shares $199.69 million -9.0%2.7%2.7 $124.03 9/30/20231,770,000 shares $222.54 million -1.1%3.0%2.9 $125.73 9/15/20231,790,000 shares $225.74 million +1.1%3.0%2.9 $126.11 8/31/20231,770,000 shares $238.42 million +2.9%3.0%2.6 $134.70 8/15/20231,720,000 shares $224.87 million No Change2.9%2.4 $130.74 7/31/20231,720,000 shares $239.01 million -9.0%2.9%2.4 $138.96 7/15/20231,890,000 shares $290.46 million -3.6%3.2%2.8 $153.68Elon Musk is helping print “new gold” (Ad)MIT scientists just developed a brand-new metal… A metal that’s shaping up to be, not only the biggest breakthrough in artificial intelligence… but in human technology. It’s so valuable that some are referring to it as the “new gold”.I reveal all of the details here. 6/30/20231,960,000 shares $309.30 million +5.4%3.3%2.9 $157.81 6/15/20231,860,000 shares $274.94 million -11.0%3.1%2.8 $147.82 5/31/20232,090,000 shares $276.15 million +22.2%3.5%3.3 $132.13 5/15/20231,710,000 shares $236.08 million +4.3%2.9%2.4 $138.06 4/30/20231,640,000 shares $246.57 million -11.4%2.7%2.5 $150.35 4/15/20231,850,000 shares $251.56 million -1.6%3.1%2.9 $135.98 3/31/20231,880,000 shares $238.95 million +4.4%3.1%3 $127.10 3/15/20231,800,000 shares $211.77 million +2.9%3.0%2.7 $117.65 2/28/20231,750,000 shares $233.75 million +18.2%2.9%2.6 $133.57 2/15/20231,480,000 shares $219.25 million -13.5%2.4%2.4 $148.14 1/31/20231,710,000 shares $253.44 million -4.5%2.8%2.5 $148.21 1/15/20231,790,000 shares $264.71 million -21.8%2.9%2.3 $147.88 12/30/20222,290,000 shares $322.64 million +11.2%3.8%2.9 $140.89 12/15/20222,060,000 shares $273.01 million -7.6%3.4%2.6 $132.53 11/30/20222,230,000 shares $291.80 million +4.7%3.6%2.9 $130.85 11/15/20222,130,000 shares $271.85 million +2.9%3.4%2.9 $127.63 10/31/20222,070,000 shares $239.85 million -39.5%3.3%2.8 $115.87 10/15/20223,420,000 shares $313.07 million -1.2%5.5%5.1 $91.54 9/30/20223,460,000 shares $305.10 million +13.8%5.5%5 $88.18 9/15/20223,040,000 shares $300.93 million +15.2%4.9%4 $98.99 8/31/20222,640,000 shares $258.30 million +4.8%4.2%3.2 $97.84 8/15/20222,520,000 shares $281.71 million -22.2%4.0%3 $111.79 7/31/20223,240,000 shares $364.40 million +16.1%5.1%3.9 $112.47 7/15/20222,790,000 shares $287.51 million -9.1%4.4%3 $103.05 6/30/20223,070,000 shares $309.18 million -17.3%4.8%3.5 $100.71 6/15/20223,710,000 shares $391.18 million +3.1%5.8%4.6 $105.44 5/31/20223,600,000 shares $448.60 million +32.8%5.6%5.1 $124.61 5/15/20222,710,000 shares $337.83 million +14.8%4.2%3.7 $124.66 4/30/20222,360,000 shares $289.17 million +2.2%3.7%3.2 $122.53 4/15/20222,310,000 shares $349.13 million +6.9%3.6%3.4 $151.14 3/31/20222,160,000 shares $313.09 million -1.8%3.3%3.2 $144.95 3/15/20222,200,000 shares $327.76 million -19.1%3.1%3.4 $148.98 2/28/20222,720,000 shares $391.49 million +8.4%3.9%4.1 $143.93 2/15/20222,510,000 shares $339.15 million -2.3%3.6%3.6 $135.12 1/31/20222,570,000 shares $334.25 million +21.2%3.7%3.8 $130.06 1/15/20222,120,000 shares $283.38 million +28.5%3.0%3 $133.67 12/31/20211,650,000 shares $213.94 million -21.4%2.4%2.4 $129.66 12/15/20212,100,000 shares $271.76 million +1.5%3.0%2.9 $129.41 11/30/20212,070,000 shares $245.77 million +21.8%3.0%2.8 $118.73 11/15/20211,700,000 shares $218.76 million +14.9%2.4%2.4 $128.68 10/29/20211,480,000 shares $183.67 million -6.9%2.0%2.2 $124.10 10/15/20211,590,000 shares $211.50 million -10.2%2.2%2.5 $133.02 9/30/20211,770,000 shares $244.91 million -7.3%2.4%2.9 $138.37 9/15/20211,910,000 shares $279.70 million +14.4%2.6%3.1 $146.44 8/31/20211,670,000 shares $260.12 million +20.1%2.3%2.8 $155.76 8/13/20211,390,000 shares $207.65 million -32.2%1.9%2.2 $149.39 7/30/20212,050,000 shares $328.84 million No Change2.7%3.1 $160.41 7/15/20212,050,000 shares $313.94 million -5.1%2.7%3.1 $153.14 6/30/20212,160,000 shares $316.29 million -6.5%2.9%3.2 $146.43 6/15/20212,310,000 shares $361.77 million +18.5%3.1%3.6 $156.61Elon Musk is helping print “new gold” (Ad)MIT scientists just developed a brand-new metal… A metal that’s shaping up to be, not only the biggest breakthrough in artificial intelligence… but in human technology. It’s so valuable that some are referring to it as the “new gold”.I reveal all of the details here. 5/28/20211,950,000 shares $311.28 million -17.7%2.6%3.2 $159.63 5/14/20212,370,000 shares $374.18 million +6.8%3.2%3.9 $157.88 4/30/20212,220,000 shares $329.87 million +32.9%3.0%3.9 $148.59 4/15/20211,670,000 shares $229.66 million +11.3%2.2%2.8 $137.52 3/31/20211,500,000 shares $204.29 million +35.1%2.0%2.6 $136.19 3/15/20211,110,000 shares $152.67 million -33.1%1.5%1.9 $137.54 2/26/20211,660,000 shares $223.97 million -5.7%2.2%2.9 $134.92 2/12/20211,760,000 shares $228.87 million +33.3%2.4%3.2 $130.04 1/29/20211,320,000 shares $168.75 million -26.7%1.8%2.3 $127.84 1/15/20211,800,000 shares $240.46 million +60.7%2.4%3 $133.59 12/31/20201,120,000 shares $152.47 million -18.8%1.5%1.9 $136.13 12/15/20201,380,000 shares $185.69 million +3.8%1.9%2.3 $134.56 11/30/20201,330,000 shares $175.71 million -1.5%1.8%2 $132.11 10/30/20201,310,000 shares $138.14 million No Change1.8%2 $105.45 10/15/20201,310,000 shares $145.48 million -3.7%1.8%2.1 $111.05 9/30/20201,360,000 shares $145.55 million -3.6%1.8%2 $107.02 9/15/20201,410,000 shares $165.96 million +6.8%1.9%2 $117.70 8/31/20201,320,000 shares $145.66 million -17.0%1.8%1.9 $110.35 8/14/20201,590,000 shares $181.51 million +15.2%2.1%2.2 $114.16 7/31/20201,380,000 shares $151.66 million -6.1%1.9%1.8 $109.90 7/15/20201,470,000 shares $136.24 million +38.7%2.0%2 $92.68 6/30/20201,060,000 shares $98.46 million -35.4%1.4%1.4 $92.89 6/15/20201,640,000 shares $164.87 million -15.5%2.2%2 $100.53 5/29/20201,940,000 shares $204.57 million -11.4%2.6%2.2 $105.45 5/15/20202,190,000 shares $200.34 million +7.4%2.9%2.3 $91.48 4/30/20202,040,000 shares $215.61 million -11.3%2.7%2.2 $105.69 4/15/20202,300,000 shares $237.11 million +40.2%3.1%2.6 $103.09 3/31/20201,640,000 shares $162.49 million -21.6%2.2%1.8 $99.08 UHS Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Universal Health Services' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Universal Health Services shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of February 28th, traders have sold 1,950,000 shares of UHS short. 3.58% of Universal Health Services' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Universal Health Services' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Universal Health Services? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. UHS shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Universal Health Services's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Universal Health Services? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Universal Health Services: GTS Securities LLC, Arrowpoint Investment Partners Singapore Pte. Ltd., Wolverine Trading LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Caption Management LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Capstone Investment Advisors LLC, Tudor Investment Corp ET AL, Susquehanna International Group LLP, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., Walleye Trading LLC, and Walleye Capital LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Universal Health Services? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 3.58% of Universal Health Services' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Universal Health Services' short interest increasing or decreasing? Universal Health Services saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 1,950,000 shares, an increase of 10.8% from the previous total of 1,760,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Universal Health Services' float size? Universal Health Services currently has issued a total of 65,002,000 shares. Some of Universal Health Services' outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Universal Health Services currently has a public float of 54,470,000 shares. How does Universal Health Services' short interest compare to its competitors? 3.58% of Universal Health Services' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Universal Health Services: Alcon Inc. (0.72%), Tenet Healthcare Co. (3.70%), Encompass Health Co. (2.13%), The Ensign Group, Inc. (4.51%), Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (5.62%), Select Medical Holdings Co. (4.06%), U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. (3.63%), Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (4.75%), Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. (20.70%), Community Health Systems, Inc. (10.92%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($23.74 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.75 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($6.56 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($5.40 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.57 billion), AppLovin Co. ($4.45 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.33 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.23 billion), Schlumberger Limited ($3.22 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($3.06 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Universal Health Services stock? Short selling UHS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Universal Health Services as its price is falling. UHS shares are trading up $3.84 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Universal Health Services? A short squeeze for Universal Health Services occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of UHS, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Universal Health Services' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including UHS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 28 2025. 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