Leerink Partners Sticks to Its Buy Rating for Universal Health (UHS)
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Mayo covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Humana, Pediatrix Medical Group, and Tenet Healthcare. According to TipRanks, Mayo has an average return of 2.9% and a 49.75% success rate on recommended stocks.
In addition to Leerink Partners, Universal Health also received a Buy from Wells Fargo's Stephen Baxter in a report issued on May 29. However, yesterday, Morgan Stanley maintained a Hold rating on Universal Health (NYSE: UHS).
Based on Universal Health's latest earnings release for the quarter ending March 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $4.1 billion and a net profit of $316.68 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $3.84 billion and had a net profit of $261.83 million
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 51 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of UHS in relation to earlier this year. Last month, Maria Singer Ruderman, a Director at UHS sold 1,097.00 shares for a total of $210,042.59.
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