UHSUniversal Health Services

$187.09-8.1% 1Y

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: rangebound and moderately shorted.

2 neutral, 1 without data
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 23, 2026

Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +5% vs its 200-day average.

Short interest4.1% of sharesFINRA · Sep 30, 2026

Moderately shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, a few days of normal trading to cover. Down 6.0% since the previous count, down from 4.9% of shares outstanding three months ago.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

1-year returnbehind 72% of the market
vs 200-day avgmiddle of the market

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How UHS is trading

Universal Health Services is −8.1% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 24 points behind the market.

−8.1%

1-year return · S&P 500 +16%

vs 200-day average
+4.8%

vs 200-day average · close to trend

RSI (14)
66

RSI (14) · neutral

Below its 52-week high
23%

Below its 52-week high

Oct 15, 2024$141.17 – $243.41 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 23, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-23
$187.09
1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
+5.7%
1 yearS&P 500 +16%
−8.1%
5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
+47%
vs 50-day average$176.69
+5.9%
52-week high
$243.41
52-week low
$141.17
Annualised volatility
34%
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)−14%
2025+22%
2024+18%
2023+8.8%
2022+9.4%
2021−5.2%
2020−4.0%
2019+24%
2018+3.2%
2017+6.9%
Average return by calendar month, 2016–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan107 of 10+2.0%
Feb106 of 10+0.32%
Mar105 of 10−1.5%
Apr103 of 10−0.93%
May105 of 10−0.78%
Jun104 of 10−1.2%
Jul117 of 11+5.4%
Aug115 of 11−0.16%
Sep115 of 11−1.2%
Oct115 of 11+0.39%
Nov109 of 10+7.3%
Dec106 of 10−1.1%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.

Where the price stands

Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.

What it has returned

With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.