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 declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 28th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This is an increase from HCA Healthcare's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. View HCA Healthcare's Dividend History.

HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE:HCA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The company reported $3.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $3.09. The company had revenue of $13.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.37 billion. HCA Healthcare had a negative return on equity of 242.04% and a net margin of 6.83%. HCA Healthcare's quarterly revenue was up 10.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $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 earnings per share 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for HCA Healthcare's shares. Their forecasts range from $135.00 to $186.00. On average, they anticipate HCA Healthcare's stock price to reach $166.07 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.0% 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.

News headlines about HCA stock have been trending somewhat negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for HCA Healthcare.

HCA Healthcare saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,750,000 shares, a drop of 12.0% from the January 15th total of 4,260,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,380,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.4% of the company's shares are sold short. 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), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), National HealthCare (NHC), 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 institutional and retail 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 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.97%). 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, Robert A Waterman, 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 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 and Robert A Waterman. View Insider Buying and Selling for HCA Healthcare.

HCA stock was bought 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. 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 $148.23.

HCA Healthcare has a market capitalization of $50.28 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]