Ratios

		vs industry	vs history
P/E(ttm)	15.10	UHS's P/E(ttm) is ranked higher than 80% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 16.20 vs. UHS: 15.10 )	UHS' s 10-Year P/E(ttm) Range Min: 8.02   Max: 37 Current: 15.1 8.02 37
P/B	2.40	UHS's P/B is ranked lower than 54% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 1.99 vs. UHS: 2.40 )	UHS' s 10-Year P/B Range Min: 1.01   Max: 5.24 Current: 2.4 1.01 5.24
P/S	0.90	UHS's P/S is ranked higher than 53% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 0.81 vs. UHS: 0.90 )	UHS' s 10-Year P/S Range Min: 0.33   Max: 1.61 Current: 0.9 0.33 1.61
PFCF	15.00	UHS's PFCF is ranked lower than 51% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 14.34 vs. UHS: 15.00 )	UHS' s 10-Year PFCF Range Min: 8.13   Max: 333.88 Current: 15 8.13 333.88
EV-to-EBIT	11.2	UHS's EV-to-EBIT is ranked higher than 95% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 13.20 vs. UHS: 11.2 )	UHS' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range Min: 6.1   Max: 21.7 Current: 11.2 6.1 21.7
PEG	0.7	UHS's PEG is ranked higher than 97% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 1.30 vs. UHS: 0.7 )	UHS' s 10-Year PEG Range Min: 0.41   Max: 3.44 Current: 0.7 0.41 3.44
Shiller P/E	21.4	UHS's Shiller P/E is ranked higher than 78% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 11.50 vs. UHS: 21.4 )	UHS' s 10-Year Shiller P/E Range Min: 8.28   Max: 26.74 Current: 21.4 8.28 26.74

Dividend & Buy Back

		vs industry	vs history
Dividend Yield	0.30	UHS's Dividend Yield is ranked higher than 60% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 1.85 vs. UHS: 0.30 )	UHS' s 10-Year Dividend Yield Range Min: 0.14   Max: 0.99 Current: 0.3 0.14 0.99
Dividend Payout	0.1	UHS's Dividend Payout is ranked higher than 99% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 0.75 vs. UHS: 0.1 )	UHS' s 10-Year Dividend Payout Range Min: 0.03   Max: 0.12 Current: 0.1 0.03 0.12
Dividend growth (3y)	8.4	UHS's Dividend growth (3y) is ranked higher than 93% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: -6.00 vs. UHS: 8.4 )	UHS' s 10-Year Dividend growth (3y) Range Min: 0   Max: 41.4 Current: 8.4 0 41.4
Yield on cost (5-Year)	0.44	UHS's Yield on cost (5-Year) is ranked higher than 59% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 2.00 vs. UHS: 0.44 )	UHS' s 10-Year Yield on cost (5-Year) Range Min: 0.21   Max: 1.45 Current: 0.44 0.21 1.45
Share Buyback Rate	0.1	UHS's Share Buyback Rate is ranked higher than 88% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: -0.60 vs. UHS: 0.1 )	UHS' s 10-Year Share Buyback Rate Range Min: 5.1   Max: -1.2 Current: 0.1

Valuation & Return

		vs industry	vs history
Price/Net Current Asset Value	8.2	UHS's Price/Net Current Asset Value is ranked higher than 63% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 6.55 vs. UHS: 8.2 )	UHS' s 10-Year Price/Net Current Asset Value Range Min: 3.9   Max: 12.2 Current: 8.2 3.9 12.2
Price/DCF (Projected)	1.2	UHS's Price/DCF (Projected) is ranked higher than 89% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 0.80 vs. UHS: 1.2 )	UHS' s 10-Year Price/DCF (Projected) Range Min: 0.8   Max: 1.5 Current: 1.2 0.8 1.5
Price/Median PS Value	1.2	UHS's Price/Median PS Value is ranked higher than 57% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 0.90 vs. UHS: 1.2 )	UHS' s 10-Year Price/Median PS Value Range Min: 0.5   Max: 2.1 Current: 1.2 0.5 2.1
Price/Peter Lynch Fair Value	0.7	UHS's Price/Peter Lynch Fair Value is ranked higher than 89% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 1.10 vs. UHS: 0.7 )	UHS' s 10-Year Price/Peter Lynch Fair Value Range Min: 0.5   Max: 2.9 Current: 0.7 0.5 2.9
Earnings Yield (Greenblatt)	8.90	UHS's Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) is ranked lower than 78% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 8.50 vs. UHS: 8.90 )	UHS' s 10-Year Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) Range Min: 4.6   Max: 16.5 Current: 8.9 4.6 16.5
Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman)	24.39	UHS's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) is ranked higher than 84% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 11.99 vs. UHS: 24.39 )	UHS' s 10-Year Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) Range Min: 7.6   Max: 26.1 Current: 24.39 7.6 26.1

Business Description

Universal Health Services, Inc, is a Delaware corporation organized in 1979. The Company through its subsidiaries is engaged in the business of owning and operating, acute care hospitals, behavioral health centers, surgical hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and radiation oncology centers. Services provided by hospitals include general and specialty surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, diagnostic care, coronary care, pediatric services, pharmacy services and behavioral health services. The Company provides capital resources as well as management services to facilities, including central purchasing, information services, finance and control systems, facilities planning, physician recruitment services, administrative personnel management, marketing and public relations. The Company's reportable operating segments consist of acute care hospital services and behavioral health care services. The 'Other' segment includes centralized services including information services, purchasing, reimbursement, accounting, taxation, legal, advertising, design and construction and patient accounting as well as the operating results for its other operating entities including outpatient surgery and radiation centers. All of the Company's acute care hospitals and most of its behavioral health centers are certified as providers of Medicare and Medicaid services by the appropriate governmental authorities. Medicare is a federal program that provides certain hospital and medical insurance benefits to persons aged 65 and over, some disabled persons and persons with end-stage renal disease. Medicaid is a joint federal-state funded health care benefit program that is administered by the states to provide benefits to qualifying individuals who are unable to afford care. Most state Medicaid payments are made under a PPS-like system, or under programs that negotiate payment levels with individual hospitals. The Company's hospitals also provide services to individuals covered by private health care insurance. Private insurance carriers typically make direct payments to hospitals or, in some cases, reimburse their policy holders, based upon the particular hospital's established charges and the particular coverage provided in the insurance policy. Its hospitals provide services to individuals that do not have any form of health care coverage. Such patients are evaluated, at the time of service or shortly thereafter, for their ability to pay based upon federal and state poverty guidelines, qualifications for Medicaid or other state assistance programs, as well as its local hospital's indigent and charity care policy. The Company owned and/or operated 25 acute care hospitals and 198 behavioral health centers located in 36 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Company's competitors include hospitals that are owned by tax-supported governmental agencies or by nonprofit corporations and m
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