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# UHS beats revenue estimate, stock falls 7.3% on guidance cut
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- Published: 2026-07-27T21:38:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-27T21:38:17.000Z
- Description: Plus: American Industrial Partners closes $1.272B take-private of Avanos Medical. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
- Author: American Health Intel

Plus: American Industrial Partners closes $1.272B take-private of Avanos Medical. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.

| American Health Intel Rules · Money · Medicine · Decoded daily The Ledger Monday, July 27, 2026 UHS beats revenue estimate, stock falls 7.3% on guidance cut Plus: American Industrial Partners closes $1.272B take-private of Avanos Medical. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below. ![](https://americanhealthintel.com/email/pulse-divider.png) Earnings Confidence: High Universal Health Services, the hospital and behavioral health system operator, beat Wall Street's second quarter revenue estimate today, and investors sent the stock down 7.3 percent anyway. Net revenue rose 8.3% to $4.638B, but UHS cut its full year adjusted profit guidance and free cash flow margin fell to 4.7% from 6.6%, citing a $72 million Florida Medicaid and reserve hit. Why it matters This is a snapshot of hospital industry health: a big operator's revenue beat masks weaker profit expectations and cash generation, a signal investors read as a warning about margins ahead. Sources: [Prnewswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/universal-health-services-inc-announces-financial-results-for-the-three-and-six-month-periods-ended-june-30-2026-and-revises-2026-full-year-operating-results-forecast-302835623.html?ref=members.americanhealthintel.com) · [Financialcontent](https://markets.financialcontent.com/stocks/article/stockstory-2026-7-27-universal-health-services-nyseuhs-surprises-with-q2-cy2026-sales-but-stock-drops?ref=members.americanhealthintel.com) Deal Confidence: High Avanos Medical, the maker of pain management, respiratory and feeding tube devices used from hospital to home, is off the New York Stock Exchange today after a private equity buyout closed. American Industrial Partners paid $25.00 a share, about $1.272 billion all cash, closing the deal after 99.75% of votes cast backed it. Avanos had traded publicly for more than a decade. Why it matters A well known medical device maker used in hospitals and homes is now privately held, which can mean less public financial disclosure and different investment priorities going forward. Sources: [Prnewswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/american-industrial-partners-completes-acquisition-of-avanos-medical-inc-302835264.html?ref=members.americanhealthintel.com) Also today UHealth and UnitedHealthcare still without a deal, 4 days to deadline [Read](https://americanhealthintel.com/editions/2026-07-27-ledger/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=edition#uhealth-unitedhealthcare-contract-standoff) First Choice Healthcare Solutions to go public via SPAC at $650M valuation [Read](https://americanhealthintel.com/editions/2026-07-27-ledger/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=edition#first-choice-westin-wellgevity-360-spac) Dentalcorp makes first US acquisition, buying Northstar Dental Partners [Read](https://americanhealthintel.com/editions/2026-07-27-ledger/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=edition#dentalcorp-northstar-dental-partners-us-entry-frontier-scan) 282Records$19.0BEnforcement11Deadlines87Rules [Read this issue + the trackers](https://americanhealthintel.com/editions/2026-07-27-ledger/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=edition) Pick your field on the site and every story tells you what it means for you. Reply to this email and tell us what you want covered. We read everything. We show our work. We score our own calls. [Track record](https://americanhealthintel.com/ledger/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=edition) · [Calendar](https://americanhealthintel.com/calendar/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=edition) · [Enforcement](https://americanhealthintel.com/enforcement/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=edition) · [X](https://x.com/amhealthintel?ref=members.americanhealthintel.com) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-health-intel?ref=members.americanhealthintel.com) News and analysis, not legal, medical, coding, or investment advice.You subscribed at americanhealthintel.com · [Unsubscribe](%%{unsubscribe%5Furl}%%) |
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