Universal Health Services PE ratio UHS

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 7.6×
10-year median: 13.6×
Against its 10-year history: 5th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 5.9× to 18.3×
Peer median: 26.5×

Universal Health Services' PE ratio is 7.6× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $186.89 against $24.55 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 13.6×, lower than on 95% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 5.9× in Jun 2026 to 18.3× in Jan 2020.

The median for 10 hospital and care facility stocks of a similar size is 26.5×.

PE ratio over time

median 13.6×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	7.6×	5.9×	11.2×
2025	10.8×	8.7×	12.5×
2024	12.0×	12.0×	18.1×
2023	16.0×	12.8×	16.8×
2022	14.5×	9.0×	14.5×
2021	10.4×	9.8×	14.1×
2020	13.5×	8.3×	18.3×
2019	17.9×	13.3×	18.0×
2018	13.1×	12.9×	16.7×
2017	15.6×	13.4×	17.7×
2016	15.0×	15.0×	19.9×
2015	17.8×	17.1×	25.2×
2014	22.7×	14.5×	22.7×
2013	15.2×	12.1×	16.6×
2012	11.5×	8.9×	12.8×
2011	11.3×	10.7×	19.8×

Against its peers

Companies in Medical - Care Facilities nearest Universal Health Services' size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
UHSUniversal Health Services	7.6×
DVADavita	15.0×
ENSGEnsign	27.5×
BTSGBrightSpring Health Services	36.4×
EHCEncompass Health	20.2×
PACSPACS	27.2×
CHEChemed	25.8×
THCTenet Healthcare	10.4×
SHCSotera Health	31.8×
CONConcentra Group Holdings Parent	25.5×
LFSTLifeStance Health	99.5×
Peer median	26.5×

Where Universal Health Services ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.