UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC · General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, NEC

UHS

Low riskNext report: Around Feb 25, 2027 (est.)

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The short version

A profitable company with steady sales.

Going well

Profitable every year for 10 years
Brings in more cash than it spends
Buying back shares: share count down 13% in 3 years

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 11% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (279 bought, 358 sold)
Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$185.88-0.7% that day

Company value: $11.1B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 7.6x; You pay about $8 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 0.61x; Company value is 0.61 times a year of sales
Dividend yield: 0.4%; Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Cash vs value: 1%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 43%; Debt as a share of company value

From UHS's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$4.6B+8.3% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $18.1B, up 10% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 8.5% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of UHS. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+10% a yearRecently: +10% a yearProfit margin8%Last 12 months: 8.4%P/E at the end8xToday: 7.6x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-4% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$29.2B

Profit in 5 years$2.3B

Price these guesses point to$382.22+106% vs $185.88 todayAbout +16% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 8% margin and a 8x P/E, sales could shrink about 4.8% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

4/6Mixed

PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.21.4%
MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.66x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.8.6%
PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$849.2M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-12.7% in 3 years

Revenue: $17.4B; +9.7% vs prior year
5-year growth: +8.5%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $4.8B; 0.66x equity
Current ratio: 1.05x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.

Latest quarter

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026

Reported Oct 27

Revenue: $4.6B; +8.3% YoY
EPS: $5.98; vs $5.43
Op. margin: 11.1%; -0.6 pts
Free cash flow: $215.7M
Share count: -7.8%; vs a year ago

Insider rating

Last 90 days

No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.

Weekly insider trend

No trades to chart yet.

Filing buzz

Last 7 days vs normal

0/ 100

This week: 1
Normal week: 1.0
vs normal: 1.0x

SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.

Institutional ownership

Steady+10.6%

Institutions added 10.6% to their holdings. 279 bought, 358 sold. 2 quarters of net buying in a row.

Shares held by institutions56.8M

Sep '24Jun '26

Safety check

From SEC filings

Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years

-5.4%

Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn

Cash flow positive

Debt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have

0.7x · $4.9B debt

Shares outstandingLatest reported

60M

Earnings reports

Last 12

Next reportAround Feb 25, 2027 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year

Results filedOct 27
Results filedJul 28
Results filedApr 28
Results filedFeb 26
Results filedOct 28, 2025

Flags and big holders

Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days

New 5%+ holder (passive)Oct 19 · View filing ↗Big holder New 5%+ holder (passive)Oct 8 · View filing ↗Big holder Offering prospectusAug 13 · View filing ↗Offering Offering prospectusAug 10 · View filing ↗Offering 5%+ holder update (passive)Aug 6 · View filing ↗Big holder

Insider trades

Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days

No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.

"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.

Latest filings

Straight from SEC EDGAR

Earnings resultsOct 27 · Form 8-K ↗New 5%+ holder (passive)Oct 19 · Form SCHEDULE 13G ↗New 5%+ holder (passive)Oct 8 · Form SCHEDULE 13G ↗Major agreementAug 21 · Form 8-K ↗Employee stock plan registrationAug 18 · Form S-8 ↗New debtAug 17 · Form 8-K ↗Offering prospectusAug 13 · Form 424B5 ↗Major agreementAug 13 · Form 8-K ↗FWPAug 12 · Form FWP ↗Offering prospectusAug 10 · Form 424B5 ↗Quarterly reportAug 7 · Form 10-Q ↗POSASRAug 7 · Form POSASR ↗5%+ holder update (passive)Aug 6 · Form SCHEDULE 13G/A ↗Earnings resultsJul 28 · Form 8-K ↗Major agreementJul 21 · Form 8-K ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR filings. For informational purposes. Not investment advice.

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