Mizuho raised their price target on shares of Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS)
A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on UHS. Analysts at Susquehanna upgraded shares of Universal Health Services from a ?neutral? rating to a ?positive? rating in a research note to investors on Monday, January 7th. They now have a $66.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $43.00. Separately, analysts at Barclays Capital raised their price target on shares of Universal Health Services from $51.00 to $57.00 in a research note to investors on Friday, January 4th. They now have an ?equal weight? rating on the stock. Finally, analysts at Zacks upgraded shares of Universal Health Services from an ?underperform? rating to a ?neutral? rating in a research note to investors on Thursday, January 3rd. They now have a $50.70 price target on the stock.
Sixteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, three have assigned an overweight rating, and one has given a hold rating to the company. The stock currently has a consensus rating of ?buy? and an average target price of $54.56.
Universal Health Services traded down 0.30% on Friday, hitting $54.615. Universal Health Services has a 52-week low of $36.90 and a 52-week high of $55.21. The stock?s 50-day moving average is currently $48.37. The company has a market cap of $5.309 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.26. Universal Health Services last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October 30th. The company reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.09. The company?s revenue for the quarter was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. Universal Health Services has set its FY12 guidance at $4.00-4.10 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Universal Health Services will post $4.06 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which is scheduled for Friday, March 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.37%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 27th.
Universal Health Services, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates acute care hospitals, behavioral health centers, surgical hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and radiation oncology centers.