Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS)

4 members of Congress have disclosed trading UHS — 4 purchases and 2 sales worth an estimated $97,000. Most recent disclosure: Mar 18, 2020.

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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• P/E ratio (6.1) — how many dollars you pay for each $1 of UHS's yearly profit. That's on the low side, which can mean it's cheap — or that the market is worried.
• ROE (21.37%) — how efficiently the company turns shareholders' money into profit. Above ~20% is considered strong.
• Profit margin (8.56%) — of every $1 in sales, this is what's left as profit after all costs.
• Dividend yield (0.55%) — the cash payout you'd earn per year as a % of the share price, on top of any price gains.