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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Excellent Stock Value (NYSE: UHS)

Shares of UHS fell by 3.18% or $-1.24/share to $37.80. Universal Health Services Inc. is trading at a price to book ratio of 1.7. The PEG is 0.76 suggesting that the shares are trading at an excellent value relative to firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.52. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 997146 shares of UHS exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 407300. These financial metrics combined make this company seem undervalued. Value investors may have an eye on this one, especially if the stock gets cheaper.

Universal Health Services, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates acute care hospitals, behavioral health centers, surgical hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and radiation oncology centers.