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Valued at $12.4 billion by market cap, Pennsylvania-based Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) is among the nation's leading providers of hospital and healthcare services. Universal Health serves communities across 39 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom. The company is anticipated to announce its Q2 earnings results on Tuesday, July 23.
Ahead of this event, analysts are expecting UHS to report a profit of $3.29 per share, up 30% from $2.53 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company holds an impressive track record of surpassing Wall Street's bottom-line estimates each of the last four quarters. The company's adjusted EPS for the last reported quarter jumped a notable 58.1% year over year to $3.70, outpacing the consensus EPS estimate by a solid 17.8% margin.