- Entry
- $141.17
- Now
- $174.62 +23.7%
- Target
- $282.00
- Score
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**TL;DR:** UHS is the cheapest large US hospital operator (7.6x forward) because the market is treating one 2028 Medicaid change as a permanent hit. I think it's partial, and on peer multiples the behavioural segment alone is worth close to the whole company, so you are paying almost nothing for the hospitals. Fair value \~$282 vs $172 (Buy, high uncertainty). The real risk is that estimates are still falling, which I have put on the record as a kill criterion. …
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UHS: the market is pricing a 2028 Medicaid cut as permanent, and you're getting the hospital business for almost free
· r/ValueInvesting
· Aug 31, 2026