UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC (UHS) Options Risk Score

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Is it risky to sell options on UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC (UHS) right now?

For a 4-week expiry, UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC (UHS) carries an options catalyst-risk score of 77 out of 100 (HIGH). What pushes it there: an upcoming earnings report, 16 recent news items and 58 clinical-trial catalysts, all landing inside the 4-week window. On TickerRisk's scale 70 and above is HIGH, so a known event is scheduled inside this window — selling premium on UHS here is a bet on that event rather than on time decay. The score measures scheduled event exposure, not which way the stock will move.

UHS shows an IV Rank of 55, putting implied volatility in the middle of its one-year range — options are moderately priced, with a current implied volatility of about 35%. IV Rank answers how UHS options are priced against their own history, which is the starting point for choosing between selling and buying premium.

UHS reports on 2026-10-26. Any expiry beyond that date carries the gap, and the implied volatility priced in beforehand typically collapses the morning after.

UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC (UHS) current implied volatility and IV Rank

UHS is trading at an IV Rank of 55 with implied volatility around 35%, alongside a TickerRisk options-risk score of 77/100. That's moderate — options are fairly priced versus the past year, so there's no strong volatility edge in either direction right now; trade the direction, not the vol.

For what this number does and does not tell you about UHS's options, see IV Rank explained.

UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC (UHS) next earnings date — 2026-10-26

The next UHS report lands on 2026-10-26 — about 50 days away — inside the window a typical monthly option would span. UHS's IV Rank is currently 55. That matters more than any other single date on the calendar: the stock can gap overnight on the print, and any premium you collect now is partly payment for carrying that gap. Sellers who want the volatility crush without the gap generally choose an expiry that ends before the report.

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