Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) is 9.44% away from 50-day simple Moving Average despite all headwinds

Witnessing the stock’s movement on the chart, on Wednesday, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) set off with pace as it heaved 1.81% to $229.77, before settling in for the price of $225.68 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, UHS posted a 52-week range of $119.90-$241.95.

The Healthcare sector firm’s twelve-monthly sales growth has been 5.83% for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 4.26%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 50.49%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $59.93 million, simultaneously with a float of $56.51 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $15.33 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $210.91, while the 200-day Moving Average is $177.80.

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 15.30%, in contrast to 83.49% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Aug 13 ’24, this organization’s Director sold 1,722 shares at the rate of 218.08, making the entire transaction reach 375,534 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 5,048. Preceding that transaction, on Aug 12 ’24, Company’s Director sold 3,444 for 217.64, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 749,552. This particular insider is now the holder of 3,971 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 50.49% and is forecasted to reach 17.86 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 24.54% 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 1.17. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 5.32. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $16.85, and its Beta score is 1.29. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 1.02. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 18.39.

In the same vein, UHS’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 13.63, a figure that is expected to reach 3.73 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 17.86 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 0.79 million indicated improvement to the volume of 0.65 million it revealed a year ago. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 19.66% While, its Average True Range was 5.61.

Raw Stochastic average of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 86.20%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 33.11% 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 23.42% that was lower than 27.78% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.