Universal Health Services, Inc (NYSE: UHS) kicked off on Thursday, up 0.03% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $184.47. Over the past 52 weeks, UHS has traded in a range of $153.99-$243.25.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Healthcare sector saw sales topped by 13.00%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 18.04%. With a float of $53.87 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $57.19 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 99000 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 58.43%, operating margin of 10.87%, and the pretax margin is 9.84%.
Universal Health Services, Inc (UHS) Insider Updates
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 16.40%, while institutional ownership is 85.22%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 14 ’25, was worth 210,053. In this transaction Director of this company sold 1,097 shares at a rate of $191.48, taking the stock ownership to the 7,884 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 10 ’25, when Company’s Director sold 1,000 for $179.16, making the entire transaction worth $179,161. This insider now owns 7,916 shares in total.
Universal Health Services, Inc (UHS) Performance Highlights and Predictions
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 4.38 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 18.04% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 12.82% during the next five years compared to 13.00% 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 1.23. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.74. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 11.25.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 17.81, a number that is poised to hit 4.91 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 21.47 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Universal Health Services, Inc (UHS)
The latest stats from [Universal Health Services, Inc, UHS] show that its last 5-days average volume of 1.06 million was superior to 0.83 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 83.02%.
During the past 100 days, Universal Health Services, Inc’s (UHS) raw stochastic average was set at 67.81%, which indicates a significant decrease from 81.44% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 23.17% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 40.77% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $182.04, while its 200-day Moving Average is $191.61. Now, the first resistance to watch is $187.15. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $189.78. The third major resistance level sits at $192.13. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $182.17, it is likely to go to the next support level at $179.82. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $177.19.
Universal Health Services, Inc (NYSE: UHS) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 11.89 billion has total of 65,002K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 15,828 M in contrast with the sum of 1,142 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 4,100 M and last quarter income was 316,680 K.
