UHS

Universal Health Services
Health Care Facilities · Health Care · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$172.33
-0.4% on the session
1-year return
-2.6%
-26.6% over six months
Volatility
32.0%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-42.0%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Universal Health Services is a health care facilities name in the health care sector. Over the past year it returned -2.6%, against +3.7% over three months and +15.0% over one. It trades 8.8% below its 200-day average, so recent moves have not repaired the longer downtrend. Annualized volatility of 32.0% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -42.0%, and it has traded a median $132M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.09 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Health Care#55 of 59
Stronger than 7% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#430 of 500

How UHS scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 1 others in Health Care Facilities.

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Full metrics
1 day-0.4%
1 week-0.1%
1 month+15.0%
3 months+3.7%
6 months-26.6%
1 year-2.6%
12-1 momentum-15.2%
Volatility (1y, annualized)32.0%
Max drawdown (1y)-42.0%
Distance vs 200-day average-8.8%
Return per unit of risk-0.08
Median daily dollar volume$132M
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