Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for December 13, 2012

By NASDAQ.com News,  December 11, 2012, 09:00:05 AM EDT

Universal Health Services, Inc. ( UHS ) has announced an ex-dividend date of December 13, 2012 and a cash dividend payment of $0.4 per share scheduled for December 28, 2012. Shareholders who purchased UHS stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 700% increase over the prior month. At the current stock price of $46.03, the dividend yield is 10.43%.

The previous trading day's last sale of UHS was $46.03, representing a -1.92% decrease from the 52 week high of $46.93 and a 28.9% increase over the 52 week low of $35.71.

UHS is a part of the Health Care sector, which includes companies such as HCA Holdings, Inc. ( HCA ) and Fresenius Medical Care Corporation ( FMS ). UHS's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $4.12. Zacks Investment Research reports UHS's forecasted earnings growth in 2012 as 2.87%, compared to an industry average of 4.7%.

For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the UHS Dividend History page.




The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.


This article appears in: News Headlines, Stocks

Referenced Stocks: FMS, HCA, UHS



Latest News Video



Sign-in
Existing NASDAQ.com member? Log in here.

By signing into to the site using any of the third-party services above, you agree to NASDAQ.com's Terms of Use.

From Our Trusted News Source





Most Active by Volume:

Company Last Sale Change Net / %
BAC $ 13.43 0.07  0.52%
CSCO $ 24.24 0.35  1.48%
MSFT $ 34.87 0.79  2.32%
F $ 15.08 0.44  3.01%
ARUN $ 13.10 4.51  25.61%
SIRI $ 3.50 0.05  1.45%
GE $ 23.46 0.19  0.82%
S $ 7.32 0.04  0.55%