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Universal Health Services (UHS) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026)

Universal Health Services posted quarterly Debt to Equity of $0.63 for Q1 2026, down 7.59% year-on-year from $0.68 in Q1 2025, and down 4.29% on a QoQ basis from $0.65 in Q4 2025.

Universal Health Services (UHS) has 18 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at $0.63 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt to Equity fell 7.59% year-over-year to $0.63; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $0.63 (down 7.59% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $0.65, down 2.13% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity for Q1 2026 stood at $0.63, down from $0.65 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt to Equity topped out at $0.81 in Q3 2023 and bottomed at $0.63 in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.72 (2022), against an average of $0.73.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt to Equity soared 44.52%; it then slipped 15.81% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $0.81 in 2022, then slipped by 1.64% to $0.79 in 2023, then decreased by 15.81% to $0.67 in 2024, then dropped by 2.13% to $0.65 in 2025, then dropped by 4.29% to $0.63 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt to Equity figures came in at $0.63 (Q1 2026), $0.65 (Q4 2025), and $0.65 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 84.64 Bn 87.02 Bn 16.26 Bn -16.13
2 Tenet Healthcare 15.22 Bn 14.39 Bn 4.41 Bn 2.74
3 Davita 13.10 Bn 13.96 Bn 1.07 Bn -22.31
4 Encompass Health 10.50 Bn 11.12 Bn 1.34 Bn 0.78
5 Ensign 9.69 Bn 9.09 Bn 293.37 Mn 0.06
6 Universal Health Services 8.92 Bn 8.88 Bn 3.21 Bn 0.63
7 Fresenius Medical Care AG 7.31 Bn 4.93 Bn 22,843.10 Bn 0.55
8 Chemed 5.83 Bn 5.81 Bn 215.76 Mn 0.11
9 Pacs 5.76 Bn 5.51 Bn 345.96 Mn 0.05
10 Option Care Health 3.27 Bn 3.09 Bn 262.01 Mn 0.86

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.63
Dec 31, 2025 0.65
Sep 30, 2025 0.65
Jun 30, 2025 0.65
Mar 31, 2025 0.68
Dec 31, 2024 0.67
Sep 30, 2024 0.70
Jun 30, 2024 0.69
Mar 31, 2024 0.77
Dec 31, 2023 0.79
Sep 30, 2023 0.81
Jun 30, 2023 0.77
Mar 31, 2023 0.79
Dec 31, 2022 0.81
Sep 30, 2022 0.80
Jun 30, 2022 0.79
Mar 31, 2022 0.72
Dec 31, 2021 0.68
Sep 30, 2021 0.59
Jun 30, 2021 0.55
Mar 31, 2021 0.55
Dec 31, 2020 0.60
Sep 30, 2020 0.60
Mar 31, 2020 0.69
Dec 31, 2019 0.71
Sep 30, 2019 0.72
Jun 30, 2019 0.76
Mar 31, 2019 0.70
Dec 31, 2018 0.73
Sep 30, 2018 0.74
Jun 30, 2018 0.74
Mar 31, 2018 0.74
Dec 31, 2017 0.80
Sep 30, 2017 0.82
Jun 30, 2017 0.84
Mar 31, 2017 0.82
Dec 31, 2016 0.90
Sep 30, 2016 0.81
Jun 30, 2016 0.82
Mar 31, 2016 0.76
Dec 31, 2015 0.80
Sep 30, 2015 0.02
Jun 30, 2015 0.75
Mar 31, 2015 0.80
Dec 31, 2014 0.02
Sep 30, 2014 0.94
Jun 30, 2014 0.02
Mar 31, 2014 0.95
Dec 31, 2013 0.03
Sep 30, 2013 0.03
Jun 30, 2013 1.17
Mar 31, 2013 0.00
Dec 31, 2012 0.00
Sep 30, 2012 1.29
Jun 30, 2012 1.34
Mar 31, 2012 1.45
Dec 31, 2011 0.00
Sep 30, 2011 1.63
Jun 30, 2011 1.68
Mar 31, 2011 1.80
Dec 31, 2010 1.93
Sep 30, 2010 0.52
Jun 30, 2010 0.47
Dec 31, 2009 0.54