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. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 30th. View HCA Healthcare's Dividend History.

HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE:HCA) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company reported $2.21 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.49 by $0.28. The business earned $12.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $12.61 billion. HCA Healthcare had a net margin of 7.46% and a negative return on equity of 135.90%. HCA Healthcare's quarterly revenue was up 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.29 EPS. 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 earnings per share 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for HCA Healthcare's stock. Their forecasts range from $124.00 to $181.00. On average, they anticipate HCA Healthcare's share price to reach $154.5789 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.1% 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.

Media coverage about HCA stock has trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. HCA Healthcare earned a daily sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for HCA Healthcare.

HCA Healthcare saw a decline in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,502,500 shares, a decline of 6.2% from the June 30th total of 3,732,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,610,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's shares 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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (6.12%), BlackRock Inc. (5.72%), BlackRock Inc. (5.72%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (4.66%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (4.58%) and Longview Partners Guernsey LTD (2.78%). 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., BlackRock Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Natixis and Natixis. 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 bought 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 $119.78.

HCA Healthcare has a market capitalization of $40.84 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]