Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) is 55.41% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $119.90 and a high of $243.25 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The UHS stock was last observed hovering at around $225.34 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 11.56%.
Currently trading at $236.90, the stock is 4.70% and 3.94% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.94 million and changing 5.13% at the moment leaves the stock 25.87% off its SMA200. UHS registered 87.87% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 48.03%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $227.4336 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $187.79205.
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The stock witnessed a 1.99% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 30.54%, and is 11.25% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.06% over the week and 3.01% over the month.
Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has around 96700 employees, a market worth around $15.80B and $15.02B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 17.38 and Fwd P/E is 13.25. Profit margin for the company is 6.22%. Distance from 52-week low is 97.58% and -2.61% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.28%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 50.38% this year
801.0 institutions hold shares in Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), with institutional investors hold 98.18% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 59.93M, and float is at 56.39M with Short Float at 2.50%. Institutions hold 94.06% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 7.11 million shares valued at $1.32 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 10.5835 of the UHS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is FIRST EAGLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC with 4.63 million shares valued at $855.68 million to account for 6.8851 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 4.45 million shares representing 6.616 and valued at over $822.24 million, while FMR LLC holds 4.4085 of the shares totaling 2.96 million with a market value of $547.89 million.
Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by SUSSMAN ELLIOT J MD MBA, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that SUSSMAN ELLIOT J MD MBA sold 1,722 shares of the company’s common stock on Aug 13 ’24 at a price of $218.08 per share for a total of $0.38 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 5048.0 shares.
Universal Health Services, Inc. disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Aug 12 ’24 that Nimetz Warren J. (Director) sold a total of 3,444 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Aug 12 ’24 and was made at $217.64 per share for $0.75 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 3971.0 shares of the UHS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 13 ’24, ELLIOT SUSSMAN (Director) Proposed Sale 1,722 shares at an average price of $218.08 for $0.38 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS).
