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Universal Health Services, Inc.

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Universal Health Services, Inc.

UHS·NYSE·Industrial Applications And Services·CIK 0000352915

UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC primarily owns and operates acute care hospitals, outpatient facilities, and behavioral health care facilities through its subsidiaries. As of February 25, 2026, the company owned and/or operated 375 inpatient facilities and 168 outpatient and other facilities across 40 states, Washington, D.C., the United Kingdom, and Puerto Rico. The count of outpatient behavioral health care facilities changed in the third quarter of 2025, accounting for most of the increase from prior periods. In the U.S., the company operates 29 inpatient acute care hospitals, 35 free-standing emergency departments, and 13 outpatient centers & 1 surgical hospital. Its behavioral health care facilities include 346 inpatient facilities and 119 outpatient facilities. Specifically, in the U.S., there are 182 inpatient behavioral health care facilities and 110 outpatient behavioral health care facilities. In the U.K., the company operates 161 inpatient behavioral health care facilities and 2 outpatient behavioral health care facilities. In Puerto Rico, there are 3 inpatient behavioral health care facilities and 7 outpatient behavioral health care facilities. Net revenues from acute care hospitals, outpatient facilities, and commercial health insurers represented approximately 57% of consolidated net revenues in both 2025 and 2024. Behavioral health care facilities and commercial health insurers accounted for approximately 43% of consolidated net revenues in both 2025 and 2024. U.K. behavioral health care facilities generated net revenues of approximately $1.001 billion in 2025 and $880 million in 2024. Total assets at these U.K. facilities were approximately $1.531 billion as of December 31, 2025, and $1.358 billion as of December 31, 2024. Services offered by the hospitals include general and specialty surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, diagnostic care, coronary care, pediatric services, pharmacy services, and/or behavioral health services.

Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) is a publicly traded company in the Industrial Applications And Services sector. Wiseek has independently scored 22 items for UHS at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-17, rated 8/10. Across its 20 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 11 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for UHS spans 8-K, 424B5, FWP, 10-Q.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • UHS Closes Talkspace Acquisition, Taps $400M Term Loan
  • UHS Finalizes $1.1B Senior Secured Notes Offering to Refinance 2026 Maturity
  • UHS Finalizes $1.1B Senior Secured Notes Offering to Refinance Debt and Fund Talkspace
  • UHS Prices $1.1B Senior Secured Notes Offering, Upsized from $700M
  • UHS Launches Senior Secured Notes Offering to Refinance $700M Maturity and Fund Talkspace Deal

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$17.36B
Net Income
$1.49B
Diluted EPS
$23.10
Op. Cash Flow
$1.86B
Free Cash Flow
$849.25M
Operating Income
$1.99B
Cash & Equivalents
$137.8M
Total Debt
$4.75B
Debt / Equity
0.65×
Net Margin
8.6%
Shares Outstanding
63.58M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-25 · accession 0001193125-26-071676

Short Interest & Short Volume

4.16 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 2,720,468 shares in UHS as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 5.7% increase from the prior period — about 4.2 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 79.9% of UHS volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)2,720,468 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 5.7%
Days to cover4.16 at avg daily volume of 654,209
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)79.9% of 187,617 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume81.6%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

Dilution Risk

Low risk

Filing-implied dilution signals for UHS, detected from its recent SEC filings · based on capital-structure filings through 2026-08-13.

1 recent capital raise

Notes Offering Priced · Proceeds and Use

⚠ A more recent filing has been published for this ticker since this signal was computed; it may not yet be reflected — see the filings below.

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$175.72
52-week range · as of 2026-08-17 $140.08 – $246.32
Market cap
$10.35B
Volume
598K (0.8× avg)
3-mo avg 728.1K
Live data · 2026-10-05 04:24 UTC · Market overnight

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UHS
Aug 17, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $170.53
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: +$5.19 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
Aug 13, 2026, 9:23 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $172.45
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: +$3.27 (+2%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
Aug 13, 2026, 9:21 AM EDT
Filing Type: 424B5
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $171.21
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: +$4.51 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
Aug 11, 2026, 7:54 PM EDT
Filing Type: FWP
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $169.00
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: +$6.72 (+4%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
Aug 10, 2026, 9:15 AM EDT
Filing Type: 424B5
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $173.54
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: +$2.18 (+1%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
Aug 07, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $173.54
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: +$2.18 (+1%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
Jul 28, 2026, 8:19 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $152.96
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: +$22.76 (+15%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
Jul 27, 2026, 4:25 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $144.75
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: +$30.97 (+21%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
Jul 21, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $149.91
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: +$25.81 (+17%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
May 21, 2026, 7:30 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $164.46
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: +$11.26 (+7%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
May 07, 2026, 4:17 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $170.56
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: +$5.16 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
Apr 28, 2026, 8:15 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $182.65
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: -$6.93 (-4%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
Apr 27, 2026, 4:26 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $186.00
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: -$10.28 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
Apr 24, 2026, 8:23 AM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $175.00
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: +$0.720 (+0.41%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
Apr 24, 2026, 8:15 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $175.00
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: +$0.720 (+0.41%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
Apr 09, 2026, 6:45 AM EDT
Filing Type: DEFA14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $186.76
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: -$11.04 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
Apr 09, 2026, 6:30 AM EDT
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $186.76
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: -$11.04 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
Mar 30, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $182.10
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: -$6.38 (-4%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
Mar 09, 2026, 8:46 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $188.81
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: -$13.09 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
UHS
Mar 09, 2026, 7:40 AM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $192.65
Real-time Price: $175.72 info
Change: -$16.93 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $10.354B info
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