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

Universal Health Services posted quarterly Net Margin of 7.76% for Q1 2026, up 3.0% year-on-year from 7.53% in Q1 2025, and down 21.97% on a QoQ basis from 9.94% in Q4 2025.

Universal Health Services (UHS) has 18 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 7.76% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Net Margin rose 3.0% year-over-year to 7.76%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 8.56% (up 112.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 8.57%, up 136.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 7.76%, down from 9.94% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 9.94% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 4.59% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 6.53% (2024), against an average of 6.51%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Net Margin slumped 539 bps; it then surged 257 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 5.07% in 2022, then rose by 15 bps to 5.84% in 2023, then soared by 38 bps to 8.08% in 2024, then rose by 23 bps to 9.94% in 2025, then retreated by 22 bps to 7.76% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 7.76% (Q1 2026), 9.94% (Q4 2025), and 8.3% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 84.64 Bn 87.02 Bn 16.26 Bn 9.72%
2 Tenet Healthcare 15.22 Bn 14.39 Bn 4.41 Bn 13.08%
3 Davita 13.10 Bn 13.96 Bn 1.07 Bn 8.05%
4 Encompass Health 10.50 Bn 11.12 Bn 1.34 Bn 1.00%
5 Ensign 9.69 Bn 9.09 Bn 293.37 Mn 6.93%
6 Universal Health Services 8.92 Bn 8.88 Bn 3.21 Bn 7.76%
7 Fresenius Medical Care AG 7.31 Bn 4.93 Bn 22,843.10 Bn 0.00%
8 Chemed 5.83 Bn 5.81 Bn 215.76 Mn 10.08%
9 Pacs 5.76 Bn 5.51 Bn 345.96 Mn 5.68%
10 Option Care Health 3.27 Bn 3.09 Bn 262.01 Mn 3.35%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 7.76%
Dec 31, 2025 9.94%
Sep 30, 2025 8.30%
Jun 30, 2025 8.25%
Mar 31, 2025 7.72%
Dec 31, 2024 8.08%
Sep 30, 2024 6.53%
Jun 30, 2024 7.40%
Mar 31, 2024 6.81%
Dec 31, 2023 5.84%
Sep 30, 2023 4.69%
Jun 30, 2023 4.83%
Mar 31, 2023 4.70%
Dec 31, 2022 5.07%
Sep 30, 2022 5.47%
Jun 30, 2022 4.78%
Mar 31, 2022 4.59%
Dec 31, 2021 6.24%
Sep 30, 2021 6.95%
Jun 30, 2021 10.17%
Mar 31, 2021 6.94%
Dec 31, 2020 9.09%
Sep 30, 2020 9,763.68%
Jun 30, 2020 9.40%
Mar 31, 2020 5.11%
Dec 31, 2019 8.56%
Sep 30, 2019 3.57%
Jun 30, 2019 8.45%
Mar 31, 2019 8.47%
Dec 31, 2018 5.94%
Sep 30, 2018 6.60%
Jun 30, 2018 8.60%
Mar 31, 2018 8.51%
Dec 31, 2017 7.12%
Sep 30, 2017 5.72%
Jun 30, 2017 7.29%
Mar 31, 2017 8.06%
Dec 31, 2016 6.80%
Sep 30, 2016 6.53%
Jun 30, 2016 8.04%
Mar 31, 2016 8.81%
Dec 31, 2015 8.26%
Sep 30, 2015 7.35%
Jun 30, 2015 8.85%
Mar 31, 2015 8.73%
Dec 31, 2014 8.75%
Sep 30, 2014 4.71%
Jun 30, 2014 8.12%
Mar 31, 2014 7.83%
Dec 31, 2013 8.98%
Sep 30, 2013 6.78%
Jun 30, 2013 9.14%
Mar 31, 2013 7.09%
Dec 31, 2012 6.80%
Sep 30, 2012 4.84%
Jun 30, 2012 6.82%
Mar 31, 2012 7.95%
Dec 31, 2011 10.03%
Sep 30, 2011 5.70%
Jun 30, 2011 6.78%
Mar 31, 2011 7.54%
Dec 31, 2010 5.70%
Sep 30, 2010 4.97%
Jun 30, 2010 5.71%
Mar 31, 2010 6.14%
Dec 31, 2009 5.36%
Sep 30, 2009 4.56%
Jun 30, 2009 7.21%