NYSE:HCA - HCA Healthcare Stock Price, News & Analysis

HCA Healthcare trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HCA."

HCA Healthcare announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 29th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Monday, September 30th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 30th. View HCA Healthcare's Dividend History.

HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE:HCA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company reported $2.21 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.49 by $0.28. The business earned $12.60 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.61 billion. HCA Healthcare had a negative return on equity of 135.90% and a net margin of 7.46%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 9.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $2.29 earnings per share. View HCA Healthcare's Earnings History.

HCA Healthcare is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for HCA Healthcare.

HCA Healthcare issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $10.25-10.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $10.42. The company issued revenue guidance of $50.50-51.50 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $50.97 billion.

19 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for HCA Healthcare's shares. Their predictions range from $124.00 to $181.00. On average, they expect HCA Healthcare's stock price to reach $154.5789 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for HCA Healthcare.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for HCA Healthcare in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for HCA Healthcare.

Headlines about HCA stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. HCA Healthcare earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for HCA Healthcare.

HCA Healthcare saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,502,500 shares, a drop of 6.2% from the June 30th total of 3,732,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,610,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View HCA Healthcare's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to HCA Healthcare include Universal Health Services (UHS), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Community Health Systems (CYH) and Quorum Health (QHC).

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HCA Healthcare's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (6.12%), BlackRock Inc. (5.72%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (4.66%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (4.58%), Longview Partners Guernsey LTD (2.78%) and LSV Asset Management (1.34%). Company insiders that own HCA Healthcare stock include Bill B Rutherford, Charles J Hall, Deborah M Reiner, J William Morrow, Jane D Englebright, Jon M Foster, Jonathan B Perlin, Joseph A Sowell III, Kathleen M Whalen, Kathryn A Torres, Michael S Cuffe, Patricia F Elcan, Ravi S Chari, Robert A Waterman, Samuel N Hazen, Sandra L Morgan, Thomas F Frist Jr and Victor L Campbell. View Institutional Ownership Trends for HCA Healthcare.

HCA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, BlackRock Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Natixis, Renaissance Technologies LLC and Janus Henderson Group PLC. Company insiders that have sold HCA Healthcare company stock in the last year include Bill B Rutherford, Deborah M Reiner, J William Morrow, Jane D Englebright, Jon M Foster, Kathleen M Whalen, Kathryn A Torres, Michael S Cuffe, Robert A Waterman and Victor L Campbell. View Insider Buying and Selling for HCA Healthcare.

HCA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Schroder Investment Management Group, Longview Partners Guernsey LTD, Camber Capital Management LP and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have bought HCA Healthcare stock in the last two years include Patricia F Elcan and Thomas F Frist Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for HCA Healthcare.

Shares of HCA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HCA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $124.61.

HCA Healthcare has a market capitalization of $42.49 billion and generates $46.68 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $3.79 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.77 on an earnings per share basis. HCA Healthcare employs 262,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About HCA Healthcare.

The official website for HCA Healthcare is http://www.hcahealthcare.com/.

HCA Healthcare's mailing address is ONE PARK PLAZA, NASHVILLE TN, 37203. The company can be reached via phone at 615-344-9551 or via email at [email protected]