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Universal Health Services, Inc. yields 0.46%, below the 2.89% median across US dividend payers. The income from UHS is a smaller part of the story than it would be on a high-yield holding, and the figures below deliberately capture only that part.

UHS paid $0.80 per share over the last twelve months on a quarterly schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.

Your investment

UHS

Universal Health Services, Inc.

0.46%

yield

$174.74 per shareQuarterlyStock
$
10 years
11530

Dividend income

$10,000 in UHS pays you

$45.78

per year

Paid each quarter
$11.45
Monthly average
$3.82
Shares bought
57.23
Payments a year
4

Total over 10 years, taken as cash

$457.82

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Based on the trailing twelve-month dividend, assuming it stays flat. Payments are not guaranteed and can be cut or suspended at any time. Figures are before tax and exclude any change in the share price.

UHS dividend income by investment amount

Based on the current yield of 0.46%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.

Dividend income from UHS at a range of investment amounts.
InvestedPer yearPer paymentMonthly average
$1,000$4.58$1.14$0.38
$5,000$22.89$5.72$1.91
$10,000$45.78$11.45$3.82
$25,000$114.46$28.61$9.54
$50,000$228.91$57.23$19.08
$100,000$457.82$114.46$38.15

UHS with dividends reinvested

$10,000 in UHS, every dividend reinvested, holding the payment and share price flat. Deliberately conservative — most calculators assume years of uninterrupted growth, and that assumption drives most of the result.

After 10 years
$10,468

$10,458 taking the income as cash

After 20 years
$10,958

$10,916 taking the income as cash

After 30 years
$11,471

$11,373 taking the income as cash

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What makes up UHS's 0.46% yield

UHS paid $0.80 per share over the last twelve months against a share price of $174.74, which is where the 0.46% comes from. Special and one-off distributions are excluded from that figure — they do not recur, and including them would overstate every projection below.

A below-median yield is not the same as a weak dividend. It commonly means earnings are being retained and reinvested, or that the share price has risen faster than the payment — in the second case the holder's income did not fall, the yield did. Income is one component of the return on UHS and the smaller one; the figures below are not a total-return estimate.

Healthcare dividends compete for the same cash as research spending, which is why yields in the sector are typically modest even at large companies. The sector-specific risk to the payment is patent expiry: revenue concentrated in one or two products can step down sharply rather than decline gradually.

When UHS pays, and what that changes

UHS pays quarterly, the standard schedule for US-listed payers, so the "per payment" column is one quarter of the annual figure and the "monthly average" column is a smoothed figure rather than a description of when cash arrives — nothing is paid in eight months of the year.

Each payment has an ex-dividend date, and it is the date that governs entitlement: shares bought on or after it do not carry that payment. UHS's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.

Is UHS's dividend covered by earnings?

UHS's payout ratio of 0.03 means roughly 3% of earnings go to the dividend, leaving the rest retained. A margin that size is what allows a payment to be maintained through a weaker year without being funded from borrowing.

Demand in this kind of business holds up across a cycle, so the earnings behind the ratio move less than the market's average and the figure is reasonably representative rather than a snapshot of a good year.

The figures hold the dividend flat. No multi-year record of consecutive increases is on file for UHS, so treat the projection as arithmetic on today's payment rather than as an expectation about future ones.

UHS dividend calculator FAQ

How much does $10,000 in UHS pay in dividends?
At UHS's current yield of 0.46%, $10,000 pays about $45.78 a year — roughly $11.45 per payment, paid quarterly, or $3.82 a month averaged out.
What would UHS be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?
Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in UHS would grow to about $10,468 after 10 years, against $10,458 if the income were taken as cash. That deliberately assumes no dividend growth — a real holding may do better or considerably worse.
How often does UHS pay dividends?
UHS pays quarterly — 4 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
Is UHS's dividend guaranteed?
No. Dividends are discretionary and can be reduced or suspended at any time, and every figure here is a projection from the current yield rather than a forecast. Check UHS's full payment history before relying on any of it.

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Universal Health Services, Inc. is a common stock trading at $174.74 per share, paying quarterly. — All figures before tax. Not financial advice.