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Universal Health Services (UHS) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Universal Health Services posted quarterly FCF Margin of 4.1% for Q1 2026, up 115.0% year-on-year from 1.91% in Q1 2025, and down 37.27% on a QoQ basis from 6.54% in Q4 2025.

Universal Health Services (UHS) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 4.1% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 115.0% year-over-year to 4.1%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 5.14% (down 143.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 4.89%, down 221.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 4.1%, down from 6.54% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 11.21% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 5.28% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 4.1% (2026), against an average of 4.37%.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Margin reached 1328 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 642 bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 3.85% in 2022, then soared by 72 bps to 6.64% in 2023, then jumped by 51 bps to 10.03% in 2024, then sank by 35 bps to 6.54% in 2025, then slumped by 37 bps to 4.1% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 4.1% (Q1 2026), 6.54% (Q4 2025), and 3.38% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 84.64 Bn 87.02 Bn 16.26 Bn 4.68%
2 Tenet Healthcare 15.22 Bn 14.39 Bn 4.41 Bn 27.22%
3 Davita 13.10 Bn 13.96 Bn 1.07 Bn 6.41%
4 Encompass Health 10.50 Bn 11.12 Bn 1.34 Bn 9.50%
5 Ensign 9.69 Bn 9.09 Bn 293.37 Mn 6.49%
6 Universal Health Services 8.92 Bn 8.88 Bn 3.21 Bn 4.10%
7 Fresenius Medical Care AG 7.31 Bn 4.93 Bn 22,843.10 Bn 0.01%
8 Chemed 5.83 Bn 5.81 Bn 215.76 Mn 10.81%
9 Pacs 5.76 Bn 5.51 Bn 345.96 Mn 10.55%
10 Option Care Health 3.27 Bn 3.09 Bn 262.01 Mn -1.57%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 4.10%
Dec 31, 2025 6.54%
Sep 30, 2025 3.38%
Jun 30, 2025 6.61%
Mar 31, 2025 2.95%
Dec 31, 2024 10.03%
Sep 30, 2024 2.15%
Jun 30, 2024 11.21%
Mar 31, 2024 4.89%
Dec 31, 2023 6.64%
Sep 30, 2023 -1.08%
Jun 30, 2023 5.50%
Mar 31, 2023 3.52%
Dec 31, 2022 3.85%
Sep 30, 2022 1.77%
Jun 30, 2022 -5.28%
Mar 31, 2022 7.45%
Dec 31, 2021 4.04%
Sep 30, 2021 8.19%
Jun 30, 2021 -5.85%
Mar 31, 2021 -5.83%
Dec 31, 2020 -1.38%
Sep 30, 2020 22,989.68%
Jun 30, 2020 28.53%
Mar 31, 2020 11.24%
Dec 31, 2019 6.20%
Sep 30, 2019 11.50%
Jun 30, 2019 1.34%
Mar 31, 2019 9.34%
Dec 31, 2018 6.60%
Sep 30, 2018 7.22%
Jun 30, 2018 0.59%
Mar 31, 2018 8.22%
Dec 31, 2017 -6.14%
Sep 30, 2017 13.30%
Jun 30, 2017 6.72%
Mar 31, 2017 12.97%
Dec 31, 2016 -13.03%
Sep 30, 2016 12.45%
Jun 30, 2016 20.09%
Mar 31, 2016 14.21%
Dec 31, 2015 7.00%
Sep 30, 2015 7.45%
Jun 30, 2015 7.87%
Mar 31, 2015 8.18%
Dec 31, 2014 29.51%
Sep 30, 2014 -3.42%
Jun 30, 2014 16.95%
Mar 31, 2014 5.28%
Dec 31, 2013 12.75%
Sep 30, 2013 4.47%
Jun 30, 2013 2.88%
Mar 31, 2013 8.85%
Dec 31, 2012 27.88%
Sep 30, 2012 3.71%
Jun 30, 2012 9.04%
Mar 31, 2012 1.93%
Dec 31, 2011 -6.59%
Sep 30, 2011 17.75%
Jun 30, 2011 6.60%
Mar 31, 2011 7.35%
Dec 31, 2010 -189.81%
Sep 30, 2010 9.75%
Jun 30, 2010 2.18%
Mar 31, 2010 5.71%
Dec 31, 2009 -24.30%
Sep 30, 2009 14.16%