Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS)
Healthcare · NYQ
Price as at 1 Oct 2026, 21:35 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Universal Health Services, Inc. trades at $175.07, which is 81% below the $317.31 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On that measure alone it screens as undervalued, though a valuation model is an argument rather than a measurement, and the market is frequently right about why something is cheap.
Our moat model scores it 60 out of 100, which is a moat, but not a deep one. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 6.4 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
UHS dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $0.600 | 3 |
| 2025 | $0.800 | 4 |
| 2024 | $0.800 | 4 |
| 2023 | $0.800 | 4 |
| 2022 | $0.800 | 4 |
| 2021 | $0.800 | 4 |
| 2020 | $0.200 | 1 |
| 2019 | $0.600 | 4 |
| 2018 | $0.400 | 4 |
| 2017 | $0.400 | 4 |
| 2016 | $0.400 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
UHS earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 20 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Universal Health Services, Inc.
Universal Health Services, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates acute care hospitals, and outpatient and behavioral health care facilities in the United States. It operates through Acute Care Hospital Services and Behavioral Health Care Services segments. The company's hospitals offer general and specialty surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, diagnostic and coronary care, pediatric, pharmacy, and/or behavioral health services. It also provides commercial health insurance services; capital resources; and various management services, including central purchasing, information services, finance and control systems, facilities planning, physician recruitment, administrative personnel management, marketing, and public relations services. Universal Health Services, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
UHS passes 5 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
13 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- First Eagle, First Eagle Investment Management, LLC$677.23M · 1.1% of book
- Richard Pzena, PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC$292.82M · 0.9% of book
- Arrowstreet Capital, ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$210.52M · 0.1% of book
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$76.89M · 0.0% of book
- Israel Englander, MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC$62.06M · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Politician trades in UHS
We hold 6 disclosed trades in UHS by members of Congress and executive-branch officials. The latest 5:
- Donald J Trump · Executive branchSell · $50,001 - $100,000 · traded 20 Jul 2026 · disclosed 22 Sept 2026
- Donald J Trump · Executive branchBuy · $50,001 - $100,000 · traded 18 May 2026 · disclosed 1 Jul 2026
- Alan Armstrong · SenateBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 27 Mar 2026 · disclosed 21 Jul 2026
- Gilbert Cisneros · HouseBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 18 Mar 2020 · disclosed 16 Apr 2020
- Elizabeth Fletcher · HouseSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 26 Feb 2019 · disclosed 23 Apr 2019
A disclosure reports a value band, not an amount, and is due up to 45 days after the trade; some arrive later. Every filer we track, each with their own page, is on the Congress trading tracker.
UHS peers
The largest companies in the same industry (Medical Care Facilities), then in the same sector.
- FSNUY Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
- THC Tenet Healthcare Corporation
- FMS Fresenius Medical Care AG
- ENSG The Ensign Group, Inc.
- RHC.AX Ramsay Health Care Limited
- CHE Chemed Corporation
- CON Concentra Group Holdings Parent, Inc.
- OPCH Option Care Health, Inc.
Every healthcare company we cover is on the Healthcare hub.
Common questions
Is Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $317.31, UHS at $175.07 is 81% below fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own UHS?
13 of the institutions we track reported a position in UHS in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is UHS's P/E ratio?
UHS trades at 6.4 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) pay a dividend?
Yes. Universal Health Services, Inc. yields 0.52% at the current share price. It has paid $0.800 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 23 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its UHS data?
Fundamentals for UHS come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NYQ; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 1 Oct 2026, 21:35 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 100/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.