Universal Health Services (UHS) PT Bumped Higher at FBR Capital Post Q1

FBR Capital reiterated an Outperform rating on Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS) and bumped his price target to $96.00 (from $94.00) following recent Q1 results.

Analyst Colleen Lang states, EBITDA for 1Q came in $22 million higher than our model, with the beat entirely driven by better-than-expected acute care results. The acute care upside was driven largely by (1) an improved payor mix and (2) increased surgical volumes. While one quarter does not make a trend and it is arguably a bit early to discern the exact impact reform had in the quarter, we believe that 1Q results were encouraging both with respect to the impact of reform and also potentially an improvement in the underlying economic backdrop (at least in UHS' markets)."

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Shares of Universal Health Services closed at $82.92 yesterday.

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