---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-021193"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UHS"
cik: "0000352915"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T13:26:34.370239+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UHS Q4 revenue $3.704B, adj EPS $3.13; FY 2024 guidance adj EPS $13-14

## Summary
- Q4 2023 net revenues $3.704B (+7.4% YoY); adjusted EPS $3.13 vs $3.02 in Q4 2022.
- Full year 2023 net revenues $14.282B (+6.6%); adjusted EPS $10.54 vs $9.88 in 2022.
- Same-facility acute care revenue +9.7% in Q4; behavioral health revenue +7.2%.
- 2024 guidance: net revenues $15.41B-$15.71B; adj EPS $13.00-$14.00; capEx $850M-$1B.
- Repurchased 3.86M shares for $524.5M in 2023; remaining authorization $423M as of Dec 31.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-021193
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UHS
- cik: 0000352915
- company_name: UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/000095017024021193/0000950170-24-021193-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/000095017024021193/uhs-20240227.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-021193.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC reported the fourth quarter of 2023 results: net income reported net income attributable to UHS was $216.4 million, or $3.16 per diluted share, EPS $3.16 per diluted share.
  - Period: the fourth quarter of 2023
  - Net income: reported net income attributable to UHS was $216.4 million, or $3.16 per diluted share
  - EPS: $3.16 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) announced today that its reported net income attributable to UHS was $216.4 million, or $3.16 per diluted share, during the fourth quarter of 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/000095017024021193/0000950170-24-021193-index.htm

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