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HCA Healthcare, Inc.

HCA

NYSE·Healthcare·Medical - Care Facilities·Mkt cap $87.2B

$410.50

+4.39%

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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.

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52-Week Range

$330.00 - $556.52

P/E

14.12

Fwd P/E

12.37

Beta

1.13

Div Yield

0.76%

Avg Vol

1.4M

Shares Out

221.8M

Mkt Cap

$87.2B

Price action

Price chart

Up 4.0% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Extensive Hospital Network
  • Operational Efficiency
  • Geographic Diversification
  • Integrated Healthcare Services

Bear Case

1 risk

  • Average volatility.

Growth

Stable outlook

Rising Healthcare Demand

Value

Undervalued - trading well below Healthcare Facilities peers

Momentum

Weak

-16.7% over 3m

Quality

Stable

Excellent business quality

Dividend

Modest

0.76% yield

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Apr 23, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

APR 24, 2026

Reported EPS of $7.15 vs $7.12 consensus (+0.4% surprise). Revenue of $19.1B vs $19.1B expected (+0.1%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +0.4%
Rev beat +0.1%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+0.4%

Next: Apr 23, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

+6%

+6%

+6%

+10%

+7%

+4%

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Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$17.5B

$17.5B

$18.3B

$18.3B

$18.6B

$19.2B

$19.5B

$19.1B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

15.0%

Operating

15.0%

Profit

8.5%

Wall Street consensus

15 analysts · 87% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

13

87%

Hold

2

13%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

$522.50

+27.3% vs $410.50

Low $436.00
Median $522.50
High $535.00

Latest: Cantor Fitzgerald · Jul 1, 2026

8 analysts covering

vs Industry

How HCA stacks vs Medical - Care Facilities

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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