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Universal Health Services Inc (UHS) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Universal Health Services Inc

UHS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Universal Health Services owns and runs acute care hospitals and behavioral health facilities across the United States. Its hospitals cover general and specialty surgery, emergency care, obstetrics, oncology and diagnostic services, alongside psychiatric and substance-use treatment. The company also offers commercial health insurance and management services such as purchasing, facilities planning and physician recruitment to its own sites. It is based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
Where it sits in the stack
UHS sits outside our AI build-out index; it belongs to the healthcare sleeve of our wider universe, grouped with hospital operators and behavioral-health providers rather than technology suppliers.
Who it is priced against
No formal peer group is set for it in our system; the comparison the market draws is with HCA Healthcare, another large hospital operator.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Closelook score yet, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.
What the diary watches
Whether occupancy and patient volumes across its acute and behavioral segments shift enough to change how the diary reads the stock against the broader hospital group.

Universal Health Services Inc (UHS) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for UHS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Medical Care Facilities · United States · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Medical Care Facilities · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against UHS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.45%, quarterly · last 0.20 USD on 2026-09-01

Dividends and capital return

What UHS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.80 USD per share · a 0.45% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.80 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.20 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-01
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.20 USD (partial) · 2024: 0.80 USD · 2025: 0.80 USD · 2026: 0.60 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-30

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Universal Health Services Inc (UHS)?

Universal Health Services Inc trades as UHS on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is UHS in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Universal Health Services Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does UHS trade against its moving averages?

Recovery attempt under the 200-day: Trades +5.6% vs the 50-day and -3.6% vs the 200-day average, 28.1% below the 52-week high and +26.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Universal Health Services Inc do?

Universal Health Services owns and runs acute care hospitals and behavioral health facilities across the United States. Its hospitals cover general and specialty surgery, emergency care, obstetrics, oncology and diagnostic services, alongside psychiatric and substance-use treatment. The company also offers commercial health insurance and management services such as purchasing, facilities planning and physician recruitment to its own sites. No formal peer group is set for it in our system; the comparison the market draws is with HCA Healthcare, another large hospital operator.

Where does Universal Health Services Inc sit in the AI build-out?

UHS sits outside our AI build-out index; it belongs to the healthcare sleeve of our wider universe, grouped with hospital operators and behavioral-health providers rather than technology suppliers. It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Closelook score yet, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.

Does Universal Health Services Inc pay a dividend?

Universal Health Services Inc has paid 0.80 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.45% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.20 USD on 2026-09-01. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for UHS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Medical Care Facilities, then Healthcare. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.