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Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, is a prominent healthcare management company with a market cap of $11.3 billion. The company oversees an extensive network of acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient centers, and surgical hospitals across the country. It is expected to announce its fiscal Q1 earnings results on Wednesday, Apr. 23.
Ahead of this event, analysts predict the healthcare management giant will report a profit of $4.36 per share, up 17.8% from $3.70 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has surpassed Wall Street's earnings estimates in three of the last four quarters while missing on another occasion. In the previous quarter, Universal Health exceeded the consensus EPS estimate by 17.4%, driven by solid performance across both its acute care and behavioral health segments.