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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
HCA Healthcare, Inc. stock logo
HCA
HCA Healthcare
$355.16
+3.1%
$371.51
$289.98
$417.14
$82.88B1.471.48 million shs2.39 million shs
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$266.43
+2.1%
$298.96
$248.88
$630.73
$236.83B0.4513.89 million shs22.30 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
HCA Healthcare, Inc. stock logo
HCA
HCA Healthcare
+1.24%-1.78%-9.10%-0.25%-3.96%
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
-7.54%-8.54%-15.54%-36.62%-53.97%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
HCA Healthcare, Inc. stock logo
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.9665 of 5 stars
3.35.02.54.53.22.52.5
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
4.997 of 5 stars
4.35.04.24.03.13.32.5
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
HCA Healthcare, Inc. stock logo
HCA
HCA Healthcare
2.56
Moderate Buy$396.4611.63% Upside
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
2.58
Moderate Buy$378.9542.23% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest HCA and UNH Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
7/30/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
Royal Bank Of Canada
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Lower Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$355.00 ➝ $286.00
7/30/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
Piper Sandler
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$353.00 ➝ $317.00
7/30/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
KeyCorp
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$400.00 ➝ $350.00
7/30/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
Oppenheimer
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Lower Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$400.00 ➝ $325.00
7/29/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
Bank of America
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$350.00 ➝ $300.00
7/28/2025
HCA Healthcare, Inc. stock logo
HCA
HCA Healthcare
Wolfe Research
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DowngradeOutperform ➝ Peer Perform
7/28/2025
HCA Healthcare, Inc. stock logo
HCA
HCA Healthcare
Royal Bank Of Canada
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Set Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$404.00 ➝ $401.00
7/28/2025
HCA Healthcare, Inc. stock logo
HCA
HCA Healthcare
Barclays
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$416.00 ➝ $390.00
7/28/2025
HCA Healthcare, Inc. stock logo
HCA
HCA Healthcare
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$410.00 ➝ $400.00
7/25/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
Wells Fargo & Company
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$351.00 ➝ $306.00
7/17/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
Barclays
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Reiterated RatingOverweight ➝ Overweight
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CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
HCA Healthcare, Inc. stock logo
HCA
HCA Healthcare
$70.60B1.21$37.03 per share9.59($5.15) per share-68.96
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$400.28B0.60$33.06 per share8.06$110.75 per share2.41
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
HCA Healthcare, Inc. stock logo
HCA
HCA Healthcare
$5.76B$23.7914.9312.671.088.21%-7,363.11%10.35%N/A
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$14.41B$23.8811.548.021.375.04%23.32%7.66%N/A

Latest HCA and UNH Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
7/29/2025Q2 2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$5.16$4.08-$1.08$3.74$111.75 billion$111.62 billion
7/25/2025Q2 2025
HCA Healthcare, Inc. stock logo
HCA
HCA Healthcare
$6.20$6.84+$0.64$6.83$18.49 billion$18.61 billion
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
HCA Healthcare, Inc. stock logo
HCA
HCA Healthcare
$2.880.81%N/A12.11%6 Years
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$8.843.32%N/A37.02%15 Years

Latest HCA and UNH Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
7/25/2025
HCA Healthcare, Inc. stock logo
HCA
HCA Healthcare
quarterly$0.720.85%9/16/20259/16/20259/30/2025
6/5/2025
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
quarterly$2.213%6/16/20256/16/20256/24/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
HCA Healthcare, Inc. stock logo
HCA
HCA Healthcare
69.07
0.98
0.86
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
0.73
0.85
0.85

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
HCA Healthcare, Inc. stock logo
HCA
HCA Healthcare
62.73%
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
87.86%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
HCA Healthcare, Inc. stock logo
HCA
HCA Healthcare
1.30%
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
0.28%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
HCA Healthcare, Inc. stock logo
HCA
HCA Healthcare
316,000240.57 million237.45 millionOptionable
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
400,000907.14 million904.60 millionOptionable

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HCA Healthcare stock logo

HCA Healthcare NYSE:HCA

$355.16 +10.66 (+3.09%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$351.78 -3.38 (-0.95%)
As of 08:00 PM Eastern
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HCA Healthcare, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates hospitals and related healthcare entities in the United States. It operates general and acute care hospitals that offers medical and surgical services, including inpatient care, intensive care, cardiac care, diagnostic, and emergency services; and outpatient services, such as outpatient surgery, laboratory, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology, and physical therapy. The company also operates outpatient health care facilities consisting of freestanding ambulatory surgery centers, freestanding emergency care facilities, urgent care facilities, walk-in clinics, diagnostic and imaging centers, rehabilitation and physical therapy centers, radiation and oncology therapy centers, physician practices, and various other facilities. In addition, it operates behavioral hospitals, which provide therapeutic programs comprising child, adolescent and adult psychiatric care, adolescent and adult alcohol, drug abuse treatment, and counseling services. The company was formerly known as HCA Holdings, Inc. HCA Healthcare, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

UnitedHealth Group stock logo

UnitedHealth Group NYSE:UNH

$266.43 +5.36 (+2.05%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$265.10 -1.33 (-0.50%)
As of 08:00 PM Eastern
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UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older addressing their needs; Medicaid plans, children's health insurance and health care programs; and health and dental benefits, and hospital and clinical services, as well as health care benefits products and services to state programs caring for the economically disadvantaged, medically underserved, and those without the benefit of employer-funded health care coverage. The Optum Health segment provides care delivery, care management, wellness and consumer engagement, and health financial services patients, consumers, care delivery systems, providers, employers, payers, and public-sector entities. The Optum Insight segment offers software and information products, advisory consulting arrangements, and managed services outsourcing contracts to hospital systems, physicians, health plans, governments, life sciences companies, and other organizations. The Optum Rx segment provides pharmacy care services and programs, including retail network contracting, home delivery, specialty and community health pharmacy services, infusion, and purchasing and clinical capabilities, as well as develops programs in the areas of step therapy, formulary management, drug adherence, and disease/drug therapy management. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated was founded in 1974 and is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.