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.
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5 years, 6 months ago
Universal Health Services, Inc is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 10.0% above its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 99.9% cheaper than other stocks from the Healthcare sector with a price to sales ratio of 1.0.
Universal Health Services, Inc's total revenue rose by 6.6% to $3B since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has increased by 29.5% to $318M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow fell by 118.8% to $-43M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Universal Health Services, Inc gets an overall score of 4/5.