What is Universal Health Services's acquisitions?

Universal Health Services (UHS) reported acquisitions of $4.86M in Q1 2026.

How has Universal Health Services's acquisitions changed year-over-year?

Universal Health Services's acquisitions decreased by 41.6% year-over-year, from $8.31M to $4.86M.

What does acquisitions mean?

Cash spent on buying other businesses.

How do you interpret acquisitions?

High spending indicates an aggressive growth-by-acquisition strategy, which carries integration risks and potential for long-term value creation.

How does acquisitions compare across companies?

Standard metric for evaluating M&A activity across all sectors.

Universal Health Services UHS Acquisitions

Acquisitions at other companies

Tenet HealthcareTHC

$121M+348%

BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.BTSG

$42.2M+525%

UnitedHealth GroupUNH

$0-100%

CencoraCOR

$4.71B+19.6%

HumanaHUM

$911M—

CVS HealthCVS

$5M-75.0%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$4.5B+9.6%

Operating income$502.9M+10.6%

Net income$348.7M+10.1%

EPS (diluted)$5.65+17.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$119.0M-6.1%

Total debt$5.1B+0.6%

Total equity$7.5B+10.0%

Total assets$15.7B+5.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$401.6M+11.5%

CapEx$217.2M-9.1%

Free cash flow$184.5M+52.4%

Valuation

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Market cap$8.55B-10.5%

Enterprise value$13.55B-7.2%

P/E5.6×-2.4×

P/S0.5×-0.1×

Profitability

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Operating margin11.5%+0.6pp

Net margin8.6%+1.1pp

FCF margin5.1%-1.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity21.3%+3.0pp

Debt / equity0.7×-0.1×

Current ratio1.1×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Universal Health Services in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired.

The official record: Universal Health Services’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Universal Health Services's acquisitions?: Universal Health Services (UHS) reported acquisitions of $4.86M in Q1 2026.
How has Universal Health Services's acquisitions changed year-over-year?: Universal Health Services's acquisitions decreased by 41.6% year-over-year, from $8.31M to $4.86M.
What does acquisitions mean?: Cash spent on buying other businesses.
How do you interpret acquisitions?: High spending indicates an aggressive growth-by-acquisition strategy, which carries integration risks and potential for long-term value creation.
How does acquisitions compare across companies?: Standard metric for evaluating M&A activity across all sectors.