HCA Healthcare Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:HCA)

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

HCA Healthcare declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 29th. Shareholders 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 1.29%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 30th. View HCA Healthcare's Dividend History.

HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE:HCA) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company reported $2.21 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.49 by $0.28. The firm earned $12.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 revenue for the quarter was up 9.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm 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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 29th 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 updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $10.25-10.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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.

14 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for HCA Healthcare's shares. Their forecasts range from $135.00 to $181.00. On average, they expect HCA Healthcare's stock price to reach $157.43 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for HCA Healthcare.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for HCA Healthcare in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for HCA Healthcare.

News coverage about HCA stock has trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. HCA Healthcare earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for HCA Healthcare.

HCA Healthcare saw a drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,940,000 shares, a drop of 14.3% from the August 30th total of 3,430,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,610,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.1% 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), Community Health Systems (CYH), Surgery Partners (SGRY) and Quorum Health (QHC).

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HCA Healthcare's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.15%), Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.14%), PGGM Investments (0.07%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.04%) and Community Trust & Investment Co. (0.03%). 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 PGGM Investments, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Denali Advisors LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Metropolis Capital Ltd, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Oakbrook Investments LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc. and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . 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 $123.64.

HCA Healthcare has a market capitalization of $42.16 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]