Universal Health Services (UHS)

Healthcare · Medical Care Facilities · S&P 500
$177.08 +0.59% on the day Market cap $10.4B 52-week range $140.08 to $246.33 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
-1% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $10.4B, Universal Health Services's free cash flow of $849M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about -1% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is close to what the company has delivered over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Universal Health Services's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price-1.4% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years0.5% a year
Revenue, same period6.6% a year
Price to free cash flow12.3x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from UHS's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation8
Profitability6
Growth5
Financial health3
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)7.20x
P/E (forward)7.42x
Price / free cash flow12.3x
EV / EBITDA5.51x
Price / sales0.58x
Price / book1.42x
Revenue growth+8.3%
Operating margin11.4%
Net margin8.4%
Return on equity20.3%
Dividend yield0.45%
Debt / equity1.11x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Universal Health Services's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$12.6B$13.4B$14.3B$15.8B$17.4B
Net income$992M$676M$718M$1.1B$1.5B
Free cash flow$28M$262M$525M$1.1B$849M
EPS (diluted)$11.82$9.14$10.23$16.82$23.10
Operating margin10.8%7.5%8.2%10.6%11.5%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Acute Care Hospital Services$9.9B57%
Behavioral Health Services$7.4B43%
Other$13M0%

Superinvestors who own UHS

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 6 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Jean-Marie Eveillard
First Eagle Investment Management
Added $677M1.1%Q2 2026
Richard Pzena
Pzena Investment Management
Added $293M0.86%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $77M0.03%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $15M0.04%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Held $821,2150.00%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Trimmed $391,6490.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Universal Health Services's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Feb 24, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$230.34—
Feb 24, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$230.34—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$200.11—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$200.11—

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Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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Questions

What growth does Universal Health Services's stock price imply?

At a market value of $10.4B, Universal Health Services would need its free cash flow to grow about -1% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 0% a year.

Are Universal Health Services insiders buying the stock?

4 open-market insider purchases of UHS in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Universal Health Services?

6 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold UHS in their latest 13F, including Jean-Marie Eveillard, Richard Pzena, Cliff Asness.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.