Universal Health Services (UHS) Beats Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

Group 1 - Universal Health Services (UHS) reported quarterly earnings of $4.92 per share, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate of$4.19 per share, and up from $3.13 per share a year ago, representing an earnings surprise of 17.42$4.11 billion for the quarter ended December 2024, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2.99%, compared to year-ago revenues of 3.7 billion [2] - UHS has outperformed the S&P 500 with a 5.3% increase in shares since the beginning of the year, while the S&P 500 gained 1.3% [3] Group 2 - The current consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming quarter is 4.11 on revenues of $4.08 billion, and for the current fiscal year, it is$17.69 on revenues of $16.64 billion [7] - The Zacks Industry Rank for Medical - Hospital is currently in the bottom 33% of over 250 Zacks industries, indicating potential underperformance compared to higher-ranked industries [8]