UHS Technical Analysis - UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES-B

Technical Rating and Analysis

Overall UHS gets a technical rating of 8 out of 10. This is due to a decent performance in both the short and medium term time frames. Compared to the overall market, UHS is only an average performer.

The long and short term trends are both positive. This is looking good!

When comparing the performance of all stocks over the past year, UHS turns out to be only a medium performer in the overall market: it outperformed 54% of all stocks.

UHS is part of the Health Care Providers & Services industry. There are 100 other stocks in this industry, UHS did better than 55% of them.

UHS is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near new highs, so UHS is lagging the market.

In the last month UHS has a been trading in the 186.44 - 212.87 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.

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Technical Analysis

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Setup Rating and Analysis

Although UHS has an excellent technical rating, the quality of the presented setup is not ideal at the moment. Price movement has been a little bit too volatile to find a nice entry and exit point. It is probably a good idea to wait for a consolidation first.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

155.48

211.81

3 important support areas can be observed.

A support zone ranging from 196.10 to 200.58. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
A support zone ranging from 189.34 to 191.24. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
A support zone ranging from 157.05 to 157.47. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

We found 1 important resistance area.

A resistance zone ranging from 207.25 to 209.71. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

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Technical Indicator Signal Analysis

The Technical Rating and Setup analysis above combine different indicators and trends in different timeframes. Individual signals from indicators may give more contradictive signals and should always be interpreted in the more global context.

Indicator	Value	Signal	Comment
ChartMill Long Term Trend Indicator	UP	POSITIVE	The long term trend for UHS is up.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	UP	POSITIVE	The short term trend for UHS is up.
ChartMill Relative Strength	54.31	NEUTRAL	UHS is not amongst the best or worst performers on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of UHS is above the rising SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of UHS is above the rising SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of UHS is above the rising SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	60.83	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for UHS is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	-0.8	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests UHS has a negative trend, although the MACD value is rising.
Stochastics (14,3)	41.93	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for UHS is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	2.29	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for UHS suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	37.46	POSITIVE	The high ADX value value for UHS suggests a strong trend.