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Universal Health Services (UHS) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Universal Health Services posted quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio of 13.54 for Q1 2026, up 19.26% year-on-year from 11.35 in Q1 2025, and up 10.53% on a QoQ basis from 12.25 in Q4 2025.

Universal Health Services (UHS) has 18 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on file, last reported at 13.54 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Interest Coverage Ratio rose 19.26% year-over-year to 13.54; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 13.33 (up 32.24% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 12.78, up 41.39% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 13.54, up from 12.25 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Coverage Ratio topped out at 14.15 in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 5.35 in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 8.92 (2024), against an average of 9.29.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Interest Coverage Ratio slumped 63.51%; it then surged 92.46% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 5.96 in 2022, then climbed by 3.77% to 6.18 in 2023, then soared by 92.46% to 11.89 in 2024, then climbed by 3.01% to 12.25 in 2025, then gained by 10.53% to 13.54 in 2026.
  • The last three Interest Coverage Ratio figures came in at 13.54 (Q1 2026), 12.25 (Q4 2025), and 13.57 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 84.64 Bn 87.02 Bn 16.26 Bn -0.97
2 Tenet Healthcare 15.22 Bn 14.39 Bn 4.41 Bn 6.32
3 Davita 13.10 Bn 13.96 Bn 1.07 Bn 3.32
4 Encompass Health 10.50 Bn 11.12 Bn 1.34 Bn 1.88
5 Ensign 9.69 Bn 9.09 Bn 293.37 Mn 64.62
6 Universal Health Services 8.92 Bn 8.88 Bn 3.21 Bn 13.54
7 Fresenius Medical Care AG 7.31 Bn 4.93 Bn 22,843.10 Bn 18.34
8 Chemed 5.83 Bn 5.81 Bn 215.76 Mn 165.19
9 Pacs 5.76 Bn 5.51 Bn 345.96 Mn 18.69
10 Option Care Health 3.27 Bn 3.09 Bn 262.01 Mn 5.45

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 13.54
Dec 31, 2025 12.25
Sep 30, 2025 13.57
Jun 30, 2025 14.15
Mar 31, 2025 11.35
Dec 31, 2024 11.89
Sep 30, 2024 8.60
Jun 30, 2024 8.92
Mar 31, 2024 7.36
Dec 31, 2023 6.18
Sep 30, 2023 5.35
Jun 30, 2023 5.74
Mar 31, 2023 5.48
Dec 31, 2022 5.96
Sep 30, 2022 7.74
Jun 30, 2022 9.09
Mar 31, 2022 10.74
Dec 31, 2021 16.32
Sep 30, 2021 14.85
Jun 30, 2021 20.61
Mar 31, 2021 13.47
Dec 31, 2020 20.82
Sep 30, 2020 14.23
Jun 30, 2020 14.06
Mar 31, 2020 6.51
Dec 31, 2019 8.71
Sep 30, 2019 4.56
Jun 30, 2019 8.13
Mar 31, 2019 8.59
Dec 31, 2018 6.52
Sep 30, 2018 6.51
Jun 30, 2018 8.54
Mar 31, 2018 8.88
Dec 31, 2017 9.21
Sep 30, 2017 6.96
Jun 30, 2017 9.19
Mar 31, 2017 9.97
Dec 31, 2016 9.56
Sep 30, 2016 8.64
Jun 30, 2016 10.95
Mar 31, 2016 12.04
Dec 31, 2015 11.23
Sep 30, 2015 10.14
Jun 30, 2015 12.12
Mar 31, 2015 10.89
Dec 31, 2014 10.32
Sep 30, 2014 5.50
Jun 30, 2014 8.36
Mar 31, 2014 7.70
Dec 31, 2013 6.81
Sep 30, 2013 6.96
Jun 30, 2013 7.95
Mar 31, 2013 6.11
Dec 31, 2012 6.68
Sep 30, 2012 3.73
Jun 30, 2012 5.02
Mar 31, 2012 5.76
Dec 31, 2011 4.53
Sep 30, 2011 4.04
Jun 30, 2011 4.66
Mar 31, 2011 4.62
Dec 31, 2010 3.15
Sep 30, 2010 9.12
Jun 30, 2010 10.57
Mar 31, 2010 11.36
Dec 31, 2009 11.31
Sep 30, 2009 9.45
Jun 30, 2009 13.73