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| Reminder - Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) Goes Ex-Dividend 8/30/11By Dividend Channel Staff, Friday, August 26, 11:45 AM ET
On 8/30/11, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.05, payable on 9/15/11. As a percentage of UHS's recent stock price of $37.24, this dividend works out to approximately 0.13%. Below is a dividend history chart for UHS, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent $0.05 declared by Universal Health Services, Inc.:
In general, dividends are not always predictable; but looking at the history above can help in judging whether the most recent dividend from UHS is likely to continue, and whether the current estimated yield of 0.54% on annualized basis is a reasonable expectation of annual yield going forward.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, UHS makes up 1.71% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Healthcare Providers Index Fund ETF (AMEX:IHF) which is trading up by about 0.6% on the day Friday. See what other ETFs contain UHS » UHS operates in the Hospital & Medical Practitioners sector, among companies like Select Medical Holdings Corp (NYSE:SEM) which is down about 0.5% today, and Vanguard Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE:VHS) trading lower by about 3.6%. Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of UHS, versus SEM and VHS.
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