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Universal Health Services (UHS) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Universal Health Services posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.04 for Q1 2026, down 60.84% year-on-year from 0.11 in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 0.04 in Q4 2025.

Universal Health Services (UHS) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.04 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 60.84% year-over-year to 0.04; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.05 (changed 0.4% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.06, up 26.95% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.04, roughly flat from 0.04 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.25 in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.36 in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.06 (2022), against an average of 0.05.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio surged 287.95%; it then slumped 245.6% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.11 in 2022, then slumped by 48.35% to 0.05 in 2023, then slumped by 40.37% to 0.03 in 2024, then surged by 30.9% to 0.04 in 2025, then climbed by 0.02% to 0.04 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.04 (Q1 2026), 0.04 (Q4 2025), and 0.08 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 84.64 Bn 87.02 Bn 16.26 Bn 0.21
2 Tenet Healthcare 15.22 Bn 14.39 Bn 4.41 Bn 0.13
3 Davita 13.10 Bn 13.96 Bn 1.07 Bn 0.39
4 Encompass Health 10.50 Bn 11.12 Bn 1.34 Bn 0.38
5 Ensign 9.69 Bn 9.09 Bn 293.37 Mn 0.04
6 Universal Health Services 8.92 Bn 8.88 Bn 3.21 Bn 0.04
7 Fresenius Medical Care AG 7.31 Bn 4.93 Bn 22,843.10 Bn 0.60
8 Chemed 5.83 Bn 5.81 Bn 215.76 Mn 0.11
9 Pacs 5.76 Bn 5.51 Bn 345.96 Mn 0.00
10 Option Care Health 3.27 Bn 3.09 Bn 262.01 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.04
Dec 31, 2025 0.04
Sep 30, 2025 0.08
Jun 30, 2025 0.05
Mar 31, 2025 0.11
Dec 31, 2024 0.03
Sep 30, 2024 0.16
Jun 30, 2024 0.03
Mar 31, 2024 0.07
Dec 31, 2023 0.05
Sep 30, 2023 -0.36
Jun 30, 2023 0.07
Mar 31, 2023 0.12
Dec 31, 2022 0.11
Sep 30, 2022 0.25
Jun 30, 2022 -0.08
Mar 31, 2022 0.06
Dec 31, 2021 0.45
Sep 30, 2021 0.06
Jun 30, 2021 -0.09
Mar 31, 2021 -0.10
Sep 30, 2020 0.01
Jun 30, 2020 0.00
Mar 31, 2020 0.02
Dec 31, 2019 0.10
Sep 30, 2019 0.05
Jun 30, 2019 0.23
Mar 31, 2019 0.04
Dec 31, 2018 -0.07
Sep 30, 2018 0.05
Jun 30, 2018 0.59
Mar 31, 2018 0.04
Dec 31, 2017 -0.06
Sep 30, 2017 0.03
Jun 30, 2017 0.09
Mar 31, 2017 0.01
Dec 31, 2016 -0.13
Sep 30, 2016 0.03
Jun 30, 2016 0.03
Mar 31, 2016 0.01
Dec 31, 2015 0.02
Sep 30, 2015 0.08
Jun 30, 2015 0.12
Mar 31, 2015 0.01
Dec 31, 2014 0.01
Sep 30, 2014 -0.22
Jun 30, 2014 0.01
Mar 31, 2014 0.05
Dec 31, 2013 -0.14
Sep 30, 2013 0.51
Jun 30, 2013 0.09
Mar 31, 2013 0.03
Dec 31, 2012 0.09
Sep 30, 2012 0.00
Jun 30, 2012 0.07
Mar 31, 2012 0.07
Dec 31, 2011 -0.04
Sep 30, 2011 0.02
Jun 30, 2011 0.04
Mar 31, 2011 0.04
Dec 31, 2010 -0.01
Sep 30, 2010 0.11
Jun 30, 2010 0.17
Mar 31, 2010 0.06
Dec 31, 2009 0.01
Sep 30, 2009 0.08