Seasonality
UHS seasonality — Universal Health Services
Over the last 11 years, UHS's strongest month on average has been November (+7.8%) and its weakest September (-1.6%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +2.01% | +4.64% | 70% | +13.7% | -9.3% | 10 |
| Feb | +0.24% | +1.46% | 60% | +11.5% | -9.9% | 10 |
| Mar | -1.52% | -0.10% | 50% | +9.2% | -19.9% | 10 |
| Apr | -0.93% | -4.36% | 30% | +18.3% | -15.5% | 10 |
| May | -0.84% | +0.23% | 50% | +11.4% | -13.2% | 10 |
| Jun | -1.22% | -2.82% | 40% | +19.4% | -19.2% | 10 |
| Jul | +6.44% | +10.62% | 70% | +18.3% | -11.9% | 10 |
| Aug | +0.30% | -1.01% | 50% | +11.3% | -13.0% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.59% | -2.40% | 40% | +12.6% | -11.2% | 10 |
| Oct | +0.00% | -2.39% | 50% | +31.4% | -10.8% | 10 |
| Nov | +7.79% | +9.21% | 89% | +19.2% | -4.3% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.15% | +3.73% | 60% | +10.9% | -15.5% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — UHS
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -7.7 | 2.4 | -13.2 | -6.0 | -13.2 | 1.8 | 13.3 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 11.1 | -10.3% | |
| 2025 | 5.1 | -7.1 | 7.2 | -5.8 | 7.5 | -4.8 | -8.1 | 9.1 | 12.6 | 6.2 | 12.3 | -10.5 | +21.5% |
| 2024 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 9.2 | -6.6 | 11.4 | -2.6 | 15.6 | 11.3 | -3.8 | -10.8 | 0.3 | -12.5 | +17.7% |
| 2023 | 5.2 | -9.9 | -4.8 | 18.3 | -12.1 | 19.4 | -11.9 | -3.1 | -6.7 | 0.1 | 9.2 | 10.9 | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 0.3 | 10.7 | 0.7 | -15.5 | 1.7 | -19.2 | 11.7 | -13.0 | -9.9 | 31.4 | 12.9 | 7.7 | +8.7% |
| 2021 | -9.3 | 0.5 | 6.4 | 11.3 | 7.6 | -8.3 | 9.6 | -2.9 | -11.2 | -10.3 | -4.3 | 9.2 | -5.7% |
| 2020 | -4.4 | -9.8 | -19.9 | 6.7 | -0.2 | -11.9 | 18.3 | 0.4 | -3.0 | 2.4 | 19.2 | 5.3 | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 13.7 | 4.8 | -3.6 | -5.2 | -5.8 | 9.1 | 15.7 | -4.2 | 2.9 | -7.6 | 1.5 | 2.9 | +23.1% |
| 2018 | 7.2 | -6.0 | 3.7 | -3.6 | 0.7 | -3.1 | 9.6 | 6.6 | -1.8 | -4.9 | 13.5 | -15.5 | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 5.9 | 11.5 | -0.9 | -3.0 | -5.9 | 7.4 | -9.2 | -2.4 | 2.6 | -7.4 | 5.5 | 4.6 | +6.5% |
| 2016 | -13.5 |