After Hours
It may be riskier to trade before market opening and after market closing than during regular market hours. Since issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities due to lower liquidity and higher volatility. Earlier, Yahoo Finance discussed this stock as it revealed UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC. ANNOUNCES 2023 FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR FINANCIAL RESULTS AND 2024 OPERATING RESULTS FORECAST.
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Universal Health Services, Inc. is listed on the NYSE in the Healthcare sector while operating in the Medical Care Facilities industry. The current market capitalization of Universal Health Services, Inc. is $12.12B. A total of 0.77 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 507.53K shares.
In the most recent transaction, FILTON STEVE sold 35,000 shares of UHS for 176.82 per share on Mar 08 ’24. After the transaction, the Executive Vice President & CFO now owns 68,785 company shares. In a previous transaction on Mar 05 ’24, Peterson Matthew Jay sold 6,337 shares at 176.73 per share. UHS shares that Executive Vice President, UHS owns now total 459.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Peterson Matthew Jay disposed of 7,935 shares on Mar 04 ’24 at a per-share price of $174.41. This resulted in the Executive Vice President, UHS holding 459 shares of UHS after the transaction. In another insider transaction, SUSSMAN ELLIOT J MD MBA sold 3,492 shares at $170.99 per share on Mar 01 ’24. Company shares held by the Director now total 3,951.
Dividend
The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. Universal Health Services, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.80, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.44%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 17.58. UHS’s most recent ex-dividend date was 2/29/2024 when it declared a $0.20 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 3/15/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 12/15/2023 with an ex-dividend date of 11/30/2023. The UHS stock dividend was $0.20 per share in cash.
Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, UHS has a high of $179.40 and a low of $119.80.
As of this writing, UHS has an earnings estimate of $3.13 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 14 estimates, with a high estimate of $3.45 per share and a lower estimate of $2.89. The company reported an EPS of $2.55 in the last quarter, which was 8.10% higher than expectations of $2.36.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. UHS’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $115.30M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $4.56B in debt and $1.98B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $91.53, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $6.20B.
Analysts Opinion
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for UHS is Buy with a score of 3.75.
