With 0.77 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.95 million shares. The 52-week range on UHS shows that it touched its highest point at $243.25 and its lowest point at $153.99 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $225.12. With its current market cap of 12.16 billion, UHS has annualized dividend of $0.80 while the current yield stands at 0.43%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.31.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of UHS was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 5.38%, but this was up by 8.69% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -3.46% while six-month performance fell -9.10%. The stock gained 11.26% in the past year, while it has gained 4.00% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for UHS yields 17.81 with Next year EPS estimates of 21.49. For the next quarter, that number is 5.00. This implies an EPS growth rate of 17.73% for this year and 9.90% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 12.89% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 13.00%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 65.20 million UHS shares are outstanding with a float of 54.32 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for UHS since 13 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 8 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $16.25744 being high and $15.71752 being low. For UHS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $15.91749.
