Universal Health Services (UHS) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Universal Health Services (UHS) posted Return on Capital Employed of 16.52% for Q1 2026, up 1.05% quarter-over-quarter from 16.35% in Q4 2025, and up 236.0% year-on-year from 4.92% in Q1 2025.

Universal Health Services (UHS) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Universal Health Services (UHS) has reported Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 16.52% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 16.52%, up 236.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 16.52% (up 236.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 16.96%, up 295.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 16.52% for Q1 2026 at Universal Health Services, up from 16.35% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 16.52% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 8.71% in Q4 2022.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 12.01%, with a median of 11.85% recorded in 2022.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed plunged 421 bps in 2022 and surged 391 bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 8.71% in 2022, then climbed by 13 bps to 9.87% in 2023, then jumped by 40 bps to 13.78% in 2024, then grew by 19 bps to 16.35% in 2025, then climbed by 1 bps to 16.52% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 16.52% in Q1 2026, 16.35% in Q4 2025, and 16.24% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 87.94 Bn 90.32 Bn 16.26 Bn -18.08%
2 Chemed 18.08 Bn 18.07 Bn 215.76 Mn 26.99%
3 Tenet Healthcare 16.59 Bn 15.76 Bn 4.41 Bn 15.90%
4 Davita 15.37 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.07 Bn 14.27%
5 Encompass Health 10.07 Bn 10.70 Bn 1.34 Bn -2.33%
6 Ensign 9.52 Bn 8.93 Bn 293.37 Mn 9.57%
7 Universal Health Services 9.19 Bn 9.15 Bn 3.21 Bn 16.52%
8 Pacs 6.96 Bn 6.72 Bn 345.96 Mn 8.38%
9 Ww International 6.14 Bn 5.98 Bn -149.29 Mn -0.28%
10 Brookdale Senior Living 3.76 Bn 3.50 Bn 727.83 Mn 0.66%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 16.52%
Dec 31, 2025 16.35%
Sep 30, 2025 16.24%
Jun 30, 2025 14.36%
Mar 31, 2025 14.16%
Dec 31, 2024 13.78%
Sep 30, 2024 12.63%
Jun 30, 2024 12.11%
Mar 31, 2024 10.77%
Dec 31, 2023 9.87%
Sep 30, 2023 9.36%
Jun 30, 2023 9.44%
Mar 31, 2023 9.00%
Dec 31, 2022 8.71%
Sep 30, 2022 9.26%
Jun 30, 2022 9.75%
Mar 31, 2022 11.85%
Dec 31, 2021 12.41%
Sep 30, 2021 13.47%
Jun 30, 2021 13.64%