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 announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 29th. Investors 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 yield of 1.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 30th. View HCA Healthcare's Dividend History.

HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE:HCA) announced its quarterly earnings results 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 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business 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 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 issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $10.25-10.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for HCA Healthcare's stock. Their forecasts range from $135.00 to $181.00. On average, they expect HCA Healthcare's share price to reach $157.43 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.4% 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.

Press coverage about HCA stock has been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. HCA Healthcare earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact 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 currently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View HCA Healthcare's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to HCA Healthcare include Universal Health Services (UHS), Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Select Medical (SEM), 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), Chindex International (CHDX), Emeritus (ESC) and Encompass Health (EHC).

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HCA Healthcare's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.15%), Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.14%), Strs Ohio (0.09%), PGGM Investments (0.07%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%) and CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.04%). 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 acquired 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, Centre Asset Management LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC and Pacer Advisors 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HCA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $123.61.

HCA Healthcare has a market capitalization of $42.15 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]