With 2.09 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.56 million shares. The 52-week range on UHS shows that it touched its highest point at $243.25 and its lowest point at $152.68 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $231.93. With its current market cap of 12.27 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 1.03%, but this was down by -1.40% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -6.00% while six-month performance fell -20.16%. The stock gained 13.22% in the past year, while it has gained 3.70% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for UHS yields 16.84 with Next year EPS estimates of 20.41. For the next quarter, that number is 4.36. This implies an EPS growth rate of 13.50% for this year and 8.27% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 11.57% 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, 57.73 million UHS shares are outstanding with a float of 55.38 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 $16.24132 being high and $15.70194 being low. For UHS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $15.90171. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $5.1 and the low estimate is $4.5. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $4.87.
