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, October 29th. Investors of record on Monday, December 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Friday, December 27th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. View HCA Healthcare's Dividend History.

HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE:HCA) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The company reported $2.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.13 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $12.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $12.48 billion. HCA Healthcare had a negative return on equity of 173.49% and a net margin of 6.98%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.16 EPS. View HCA Healthcare's Earnings History.

HCA Healthcare is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for HCA Healthcare.

HCA Healthcare will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

HCA Healthcare issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $10.30-10.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $10.37. The company issued revenue guidance of $50.5-51.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $50.93 billion.

13 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for HCA Healthcare's stock. Their forecasts range from $135.00 to $186.00. On average, they anticipate HCA Healthcare's stock price to reach $158.08 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for HCA Healthcare.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for HCA Healthcare in the last year. There are currently 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for HCA Healthcare.

Media coverage about HCA stock has trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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 impact score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media 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 increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,260,000 shares, an increase of 7.0% from the December 15th total of 3,980,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,320,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.2 days. Currently, 1.6% 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), Select Medical (SEM), Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), 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 a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.21%), Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.16%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), Strs Ohio (0.12%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%) and Community Trust & Investment Co. (0.03%). 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, 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 Hexavest Inc., Centre Asset Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Arizona State Retirement System, DNB Asset Management AS, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank. Company insiders that have sold HCA Healthcare company stock in the last year include A Bruce Moore Jr, Bill B Rutherford, Christopher F Wyatt, Deborah M Reiner, J William Morrow, Jane D Englebright, Jon M Foster, Kathleen M Whalen, Michael S Cuffe, Robert A Waterman and Victor L Campbell. View Insider Buying and Selling for HCA Healthcare.

HCA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Strs Ohio, Metropolis Capital Ltd, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Transform Wealth LLC, Sciencast Management LP, IFP Advisors Inc and CWM Advisors LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HCA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $141.52.

HCA Healthcare has a market capitalization of $48.00 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]