Universal Health…
USUSDUniversal Health Services Inc (US:UHS) — Hospital/Nursing Management. Number of exchanges where the company shares trade: 2. On this page — price and chart, dividends, top holders and share count history.
About the company
- Website
- uhsinc.com
- Sector
- Health Care · Hospital/Nursing Management
- Headquarters
- King of Prussia, United States
- Management
- Employees
- 102 000
- Founded
- 1978
- IPO
- 1981-07-10
- Shares outstanding
- 51.69 M
- Free float
- 48.74 M
- Market cap
- 10.41 B USD
- Insiders
- 4.98%
- Institutions
- 103.36%
- Industry (SIC)
- Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, NEC
- ISIN
- US9139031002
- LEI
- 549300YGMGQDO0NMJD09
- P/EP/E (Price / Earnings) — how many years of the company's profit you pay for a share. Calculated: current price ÷ net earnings per share over the last 12 months. Lower means cheaper relative to profit. Not calculated when the company has a loss (—).
- 8.3
- EPSEPS (Earnings Per Share) — the company's net profit over the last 12 months divided by the number of its shares, in the currency of this listing. A negative value (red) means a loss. P/E is the share price divided by EPS.
- 23.89 USD
- |P/B (price to book) — share price ÷ shareholders' equity per share from the latest balance sheet. Graham — as Benjamin Graham counted it: equity without goodwill, other intangible assets and preferred stock, that is tangible book value. He considered up to 1.5 acceptable for a defensive investor (green), or a product P/E × P/B up to 22.5. With negative tangible equity, Graham's P/B is not calculated.
- 1.352.88
- Graham numberGraham number — the highest price Benjamin Graham considered reasonable for a defensive investor: √(22.5 × EPS × tangible book value per share), where 22.5 = P/E 15 × P/B 1.5. A price below it (green) passes both of his limits at once. Not calculated with a loss or negative tangible equity.
- 193 USD price 3.1% above
- Payout ratioPayout ratio — what share of net income the company pays out as dividends. Calculated: dividends paid over the last 12 months ÷ net income for the same 12 months × 100%. Up to 60% — safe margin, 60–90% — borderline, over 90% — dividend at risk of a cut. «Loss» — the company pays without a profit.
- 3.2%
- FCFFCF (Free Cash Flow) — money left to the company after operating costs and investment in equipment; dividends are safest when paid from it. Calculated: operating cash flow − capital expenditure, over the last 12 months, in the reporting currency.
- 845 M USD
- Payout / FCFShare of free cash flow (FCF) the company paid out as dividends: dividends paid over 12 months ÷ FCF × 100%. Up to 60% — room to spare, 60–90% — borderline, over 90% — risky. Over 100% — paid more than it earned in free cash: the gap was covered by cash reserves, new borrowing or new shares, which cannot last long.
- 6%
- DebtDebt — all loans and bonds of the company per the latest report (short- and long-term), in the reporting currency. Below — how many years the company would need to repay net debt (debt minus cash) from its free cash flow: net debt ÷ FCF. Up to 3 years — good, 3–6 — moderate, over 6 — high. «Net cash» — net debt is negative.
- 4.90 B USD5.6 y of FCF
- Dividend streakDividend streak — how many years in a row the company has paid dividends without a break longer than 18 months. Counted from the earliest payment of the unbroken chain until today. «+» — data history starts in 1970, so the real streak may be longer. The longer the streak, the likelier the company keeps paying through crises.
- 23 y
- Earnings, FCF and dividends paid — for the 12 months to 30.06.2026 (the company's latest report).
- Net income
- NAVNAV — net asset value by the balance sheet: the company's assets minus its liabilities, the share of the company's shareholders (without other owners' stakes in its subsidiaries). Shown per share, with P/NAV — how many times the share price exceeds NAV per share (below 1 — the share costs less than its net assets on the balance sheet). Click to see what NAV is made of and its history.
Description
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.
Dividends
Universal Health Services Inc (UHS) pays dividends quarterly. Per year (12 months up to and including the latest announced payment): 0.8 USD per share (payments: 4). That is about 0.40% of the current share price. Based on payment history, the next ex-dividend date is expected around 01.12.2026. Uninterrupted dividend history: 23 years.
| Ex-date | Payment | Amount | % | Type | Ticker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 2026-09-15 | 0.2000 USD | 0.1/0.5 % | quarterly | US:UHS |
| 2026-06-08 | 2026-06-18 | 0.2000 USD | 0.1/0.6 % | quarterly | US:UHS |
| 2026-03-02 | 2026-03-16 | 0.2000 USD | 0.1/0.4 % | quarterly | US:UHS |
| 2025-12-01 | 2025-12-15 | 0.2000 USD | 0.1/0.3 % | quarterly | US:UHS |
| 2025-09-02 | 2025-09-16 | 0.2000 USD | 0.1/0.4 % | quarterly | US:UHS |
| 2025-06-02 | 2025-06-16 | 0.2000 USD | 0.1/0.4 % | quarterly | US:UHS |
| 2025-03-03 | 2025-03-17 | 0.2000 USD | 0.1/0.5 % | quarterly | US:UHS |
| 2024-12-03 | 2024-12-17 | 0.2000 USD | 0.1/0.4 % | quarterly | US:UHS |
| 2024-09-03 | 2024-09-17 | 0.2000 USD | 0.1/0.4 % | quarterly | US:UHS |
| 2024-06-03 | 2024-06-17 | 0.2000 USD | 0.1/≈0.4 % | quarterly | US:UHS |
| 2024-02-29 | 2024-03-15 | 0.2000 USD | 0.1/≈0.4 % | quarterly | US:UHS |
| 2023-11-30 | 2023-12-15 | 0.2000 USD | 0.1/≈0.4 % | quarterly | US:UHS |
News this week
Press releases from the company's investor website, updated daily. Links lead to the company's website. Headlines are in the original language, as on the company website.
Top holders
| Holder | Stake | Shares | Report date |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Eagle Investment M… | 8.81% | 4.55 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Blackrock Inc. | 7.85% | 4.06 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Vanguard Capital Managem… | 6.56% | 3.39 M | 2026-06-30 |
| First Eagle Funds-First… | 6.01% | 3.11 M | 2026-07-31 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Manag… | 4.74% | 2.45 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Dimensional Fund Advisor… | 4.28% | 2.21 M | 2026-06-30 |
| State Street Corporation | 4.07% | 2.1 M | 2026-06-30 |
| MILLER ALAN B (Officer,… | ≈4.03% | 2.08 M | 2026-03-26 |
| Geode Capital Management… | 3.82% | 1.97 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Pzena Investment Managem… | 3.81% | 1.97 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Invesco Ltd. | 3.77% | 1.95 M | 2026-06-30 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Van… | 3.11% | 1.61 M | 2026-06-30 |
| FMR, LLC | 2.74% | 1.42 M | 2026-06-30 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Van… | 2.67% | 1.38 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Invesco Exchange-Traded… | 2.53% | 1.31 M | 2026-08-31 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Van… | 2.25% | 1.16 M | 2026-06-30 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Van… | 1.42% | 735 441 | 2026-06-30 |
| MILLER MARC D (Chief Exe… | ≈1.38% | 716 055 | 2026-03-26 |
| iShares Trust-iShares Co… | 1.37% | 709 623 | 2026-08-31 |
| Fidelity Concord Street… | 1.33% | 689 070 | 2026-07-31 |
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST-S… | 1.26% | 652 832 | 2026-08-31 |
| MFS SERIES TRUST XI-MFS… | 1.02% | 525 085 | 2026-06-30 |
| FILTON STEVEN G. (Chief… | ≈0.59% | 305 715 | 2026-03-26 |
| PETERSON MATTHEW JAY (Of… | ≈0.06% | 31 984 | 2026-03-26 |
| SIM EDWARD H. (Officer) | ≈0.05% | 24 790 | 2026-03-26 |
| SINGER MARIA RUDERMAN (D… | ≈0.02% | 9 792 | 2026-05-20 |
| NIMETZ WARREN J. (Direct… | ≈0.02% | 9 698 | 2026-05-20 |
| MCDONNELL EILEEN C. (Dir… | ≈0.02% | 9 406 | 2026-05-20 |
| SUSSMAN ELLIOT M.D. (Dir… | ≈0.01% | 7 330 | 2026-05-20 |
| CHEN-LANGENMAYR NINA (Di… | ≈0.01% | 4 267 | 2026-05-20 |
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