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Universal Health Services key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Universal Health Services had return on equity of 21.4% and a net margin of 8.6%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin4.7%5.9%6.4%6.9%6.6%7.5%7.2%7.2%7.2%7.2%8.2%7.8%5.0%5.0%7.2%8.6%8.4%
Return on equity11.6%18.6%17.7%17.1%15.6%17.0%16.0%15.8%15.0%15.0%16.0%16.0%11.3%11.9%17.8%21.4%20.6%
Return on assets3.1%5.2%5.6%6.2%6.3%7.3%7.0%7.1%7.1%7.1%7.5%7.5%5.1%5.2%8.0%9.9%9.7%
Effective tax rate35.6%35.5%36.0%36.3%34.9%34.5%35.4%32.0%22.9%22.4%23.9%23.6%24.2%23.5%22.4%23.4%23.5%
Dividends ÷ net income8.4%4.9%13.2%3.8%5.4%5.8%5.5%5.1%4.8%6.5%1.8%6.6%8.7%7.7%4.7%3.4%3.2%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

4 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $15.9bn
Short-term assets $3.7bnLonger-term assets $12.3bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $10.8bn
Short-term liabilities $3.3bnShareholders' equity $7.5bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $3.7bn of assets due within a year against $3.3bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $139m of cash against $4.9bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 65% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 68% to 65% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $1.8bn of operating cash flow against $4.9bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $2.1bn against $158m of interest.

From Universal Health Services's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

68 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Universal Health Services's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 10 / 20

    Net income has been a median 6.8% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 12 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 10.9%; its worst year was 7.9%.

  • Cash conversion 13 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 5.2% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 27.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.6% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Universal Health Services's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Universal Health Services.