Universal Health Services, Inc (NYSE: UHS) kicked off on Friday, down -0.69% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $182.81. Over the past 52 weeks, UHS has traded in a range of $152.68-$243.25.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Healthcare Sector giant was 5.88%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 50.87%. With a float of $55.31 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $58.71 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 96700 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 30.67%, operating margin of 9.99%, and the pretax margin is 8.7%.
Universal Health Services, Inc (UHS) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Medical Care Facilities Industry. The insider ownership of Universal Health Services, Inc is 15.89%, while institutional ownership is 81.86%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 11 ’24, was worth 308,516. In this transaction Director of this company sold 1,614 shares at a rate of $191.15, taking the stock ownership to the 5,879 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 11 ’24, when Company’s Director proposed sale 1,614 for $191.15, making the entire transaction worth $308,516.
Universal Health Services, Inc (UHS) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 4.21 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 50.87% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 23.36% during the next five years compared to 4.26% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Universal Health Services, Inc (NYSE: UHS) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Universal Health Services, Inc’s (UHS) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 1.28. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.78. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 12.52.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 15.03, a number that is poised to hit 4.14 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 18.02 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Universal Health Services, Inc (UHS)
Looking closely at Universal Health Services, Inc (NYSE: UHS), its last 5-days average volume was 0.63 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 0.5 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 23.64%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 5.17.
During the past 100 days, Universal Health Services, Inc’s (UHS) raw stochastic average was set at 10.76%, which indicates a significant decrease from 27.55% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 23.40% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 30.89% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $186.08, while its 200-day Moving Average is $200.26. However, in the short run, Universal Health Services, Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $183.87. Second resistance stands at $186.21. The third major resistance level sits at $187.49. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $180.26, it is likely to go to the next support level at $178.98. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $176.64.
Universal Health Services, Inc (NYSE: UHS) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 11.98 billion has total of 65,966K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 14,282 M in contrast with the sum of 717,800 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 3,963 M and last quarter income was 258,710 K.
