At the time of writing, Universal Health Services, Inc [UHS] stock is trading at $205.71, up 1.00%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The UHS shares have gain 3.26% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -9.56%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Universal Health Services, Inc [NYSE: UHS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 07, 2026, when Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to a Equal Weight but kept the price target unchanged to $235 for it. Previously, Raymond James upgraded its rating to Outperform on November 03, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $270. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to an Underperform but stick to its price target of $185 on July 16, 2025. Robert W. Baird downgraded its rating to a Neutral but $224 remained the price target by the analyst firm on April 15, 2025. Morgan Stanley started tracking with a Equal-Weight rating for this stock on March 26, 2025, and assigned it a price target of $200. In a note dated February 03, 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Universal Health Services, Inc fluctuated between $152.33 and $246.32. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $241.4 within the next 12 months. Universal Health Services, Inc [NYSE: UHS] shares were valued at $205.71 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 17.35% based on the average UHS price forecast.
Analyzing the UHS fundamentals
According to Universal Health Services, Inc [NYSE:UHS], the company’s sales were 16.99B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 13.43% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.9% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.11%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.08%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.09, Equity is 0.2 and Total Capital is 0.16. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.71.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Universal Health Services, Inc [NYSE:UHS] has a current ratio of 1.03. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.96, while the Cash Ratio is 0.04. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.76, the price to book ratio is 1.79 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 9.78.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved WARREN NIMETZ, Director, that happened on Nov 11 ’25 when 3817.0 shares were purchased. Director, Nimetz Warren J. completed a deal on Nov 11 ’25 to sell 3817.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director SUSSMAN ELLIOT J MD MBA sold 965.0 shares on Oct 29 ’25.
