Are You a Value Investor? This 1 Stock Could Be the Perfect Pick
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Achieving those goals is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores, a unique set of guidelines that rates stocks based on popular investing methodologies, namely value, growth, and momentum. The Style Scores can help you narrow down which stocks are better for your portfolio and which ones can beat the market over the long-term.
Why Investors Should Pay Attention to This Value Stock
Value investors love finding good stocks at good prices, especially before the broader market catches on to a stock's true value. Utilizing ratios like P/E, PEG, Price/Sales, and Price/Cash Flow, the Value Style Score identifies the most attractive and most discounted stocks.
Universal Health Services (UHS)
King of Prussia, PA-based Universal Health Services Inc. owns and operates (through its subsidiaries) acute care hospitals, behavioral health centers, surgical hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and radiation oncology centers.
UHS is a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stock, with a Value Style Score of A and VGM Score of A. Shares are currently trading at a forward P/E of 13.8X for the current fiscal year compared to the Medical - Hospital industry's P/E of 15.6X. Additionally, UHS has a PEG Ratio of 1 and a Price/Cash Flow ratio of 8.9X. Value investors should also note UHS' Price/Sales ratio of 0.8X.
Many value investors pay close attention to a company's earnings as well. For UHS, six analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.68 to $12.42 per share for 2024. Per share UHS boasts an average earnings surprise of 5.9%.
UHS should be on investors' short lists because of its impressive earnings and valuation fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and strong Value and VGM Style Scores.
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