Witnessing the stock’s movement on the chart, on Thursday, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) set off with pace as it heaved 4.47% to $177.05, before settling in for the price of $169.47 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, UHS posted a 52-week range of $119.90-$183.61.
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The company of the Healthcare sector’s yearbook sales growth during the past 5- year span was recorded 5.83%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 4.26%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 26.96%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $59.93 million, simultaneously with a float of $57.42 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $11.90 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $171.47, while the 200-day Moving Average is $147.94.
Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) Ownership Facts and Figures
Nothing is more important than checking the behaviour of major investors towards the stock of the Medical Care Facilities industry. Universal Health Services, Inc.’s current insider ownership accounts for 14.58%, in contrast to 87.47% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Mar 08 ’24, this organization’s Executive Vice President & CFO sold 35,000 shares at the rate of 176.82, making the entire transaction reach 6,188,630 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 68,785. Preceding that transaction, on Mar 05 ’24, Company’s Executive Vice President, UHS sold 6,337 for 176.73, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 1,119,952. This particular insider is now the holder of 459 in total.
Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) Earnings and Revenue Records
Universal Health Services, Inc.’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 26.96% and is forecasted to reach 15.03 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 17.71% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 4.26% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 1.28. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 4.40. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $15.01, and its Beta score is 1.28. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 0.81. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 20.15.
In the same vein, UHS’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 11.79, a figure that is expected to reach 3.27 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 15.03 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS)
Going through the that latest performance of [Universal Health Services, Inc., UHS]. Its last 5-days volume of 0.66 million indicated improvement to the volume of 0.6 million it revealed a year ago. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 76.68% While, its Average True Range was 4.44.
Raw Stochastic average of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 81.92%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 98.57% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 21.55% that was lower than 23.25% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
