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

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

HCA Healthcare announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 28th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This is a boost from HCA Healthcare's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. View HCA Healthcare's Dividend History.

HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE:HCA) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The company reported $3.09 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $3.09. The business earned $13.52 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.37 billion. HCA Healthcare had a net margin of 6.83% and a negative return on equity of 242.04%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 10.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $3.01 EPS. View HCA Healthcare's Earnings History.

HCA Healthcare is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for HCA Healthcare.

HCA Healthcare updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 28th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 11.30-12.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $11.62. The company issued revenue guidance of $53.5-55.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $53.95 billion.

15 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for HCA Healthcare's shares. Their forecasts range from $135.00 to $186.00. On average, they expect HCA Healthcare's share price to reach $166.07 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for HCA Healthcare.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for HCA Healthcare in the last year. There are currently 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for HCA Healthcare.

Media headlines about HCA stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog 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 news sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for HCA Healthcare.

HCA Healthcare saw a drop in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 3,490,000 shares, a drop of 6.9% from the January 30th total of 3,750,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,440,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View HCA Healthcare's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to HCA Healthcare include Universal Health Services (UHS), Select Medical (SEM), Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), The Ensign Group (ENSG), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), National HealthCare (NHC), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Hanger (HNGR), Community Health Systems (CYH), Capital Senior Living (CSU), Five Star Senior Living (FVE) and Encompass Health (EHC).

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HCA Healthcare's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.45%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (3.00%), Longview Partners Guernsey LTD (2.79%), FMR LLC (1.71%), LSV Asset Management (1.22%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.07%). Company insiders that own HCA Healthcare stock include A Bruce Moore Jr, Bill B Rutherford, Charles J Hall, Christopher F Wyatt, 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, P Martin Paslick, Patricia F Elcan, Robert A Waterman, Sandra L Morgan 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 Magellan Asset Management Ltd, FMR LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Bank of Montreal Can, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Hexavest Inc. and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA. Company insiders that have sold HCA Healthcare company stock in the last year include A Bruce Moore Jr, Christopher F Wyatt, Deborah M Reiner, Jane D Englebright, Jon M Foster, Joseph A Sowell III, Kathleen M Whalen, Michael S Cuffe, P Martin Paslick and Robert A Waterman. View Insider Buying and Selling for HCA Healthcare.

HCA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marshall Wace North America L.P., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Banco Santander S.A., Bridger Management LLC and Man Group plc. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HCA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $127.36.

HCA Healthcare has a market capitalization of $43.10 billion and generates $51.34 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $3.51 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.50 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]