Universal Health Services is a medical care facility company located in Pennsylvania, United States, which is part of the Healthcare sector, and is traded under the ticker UHS on the NYSE exchange.
Universal Health Services stock last closed at $123.64, up 0.82% from the previous day, and has decreased 17.22% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Medical Care Facilities industry by 0.02 percentage points. Universal Health Services stock is currently +49.87% from its 52-week low of $82.50, and -21.89% from its 52-week high of $158.28.
There are currently 70.67M shares of UHS outstanding. The market capitalization of UHS is $8.74B. In the past 24 hours, 388,617 UHS shares were traded.
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Analysts use a variety of different financial metrics, analyses, models, and charts to gauge UHS's fair value.
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Out of 11 Wall Street analysts who track UHS, the consensus analyst rating on Universal Health Services is a Hold
Please keep in mind that analyst ratings are not recommendations, nor are they financial advice.
Pito Chickering, a bottom 35% analyst from Deutsche Bank maintains UHS with a strong buy rating and lowers their UHS price target from $168.00 to $145.00, on Mar 6, 2023.
Ann Hynes, a top 18% analyst from Mizuho maintains UHS with a strong buy rating and lowers their UHS price target from $144.00 to $140.00, on Mar 6, 2023.
Stephen Baxter, a bottom 14% analyst from Wells Fargo maintains UHS with a hold rating and lowers their UHS price target from $154.00 to $138.00, on Mar 6, 2023.
Jonathan Yon, a top 36% analyst from Credit Suisse maintains UHS with a buy rating and lowers their UHS price target from $157.00 to $153.00, on Mar 3, 2023.
Scott Fidel, a top 10% analyst from Stephens & Co. maintains UHS with a hold rating and lowers their UHS price target from $155.00 to $140.00, on Mar 1, 2023.
You can dive deeper into what analysts are forecasting on the Universal Health Services stock forecast page.
Last year, UHS earnings were $675.61M. During the last 5 year, UHS's earnings have increased by 3.27% per year. This was slower than the Medical Care Facilities industry average of 16.26%.
Last year, UHS revenue was $13.40B. In the last 5 year, UHS's revenue has gone up by 5.18% per year. This was slower than the Medical Care Facilities industry average of 15.57%.
Dig into UHS's earnings and revenue performance here.
Over the past 12 months, insiders at UHS have bought more shares than they have sold.
Lawrence S. Gibbs, Director of UHS, was the latest UHS insider to sell. They sold $96,991.83 worth of UHS stock on Mar 7, 2023.
Get more info about who owns UHS shares here.
Universal Health Services pays a dividend of 0.65%, compared to the Medical Care Facilities industry's average dividend yield of 2.35%. If you owned $1,000 of UHS stock, you would have been paid $6.47 in the past year.
Universal Health Services dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
Get more info about Universal Health Services dividend yield and history here.
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