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HCA

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

HCA

NYSE·Healthcare·Medical - Care Facilities·Mkt cap $90.5B

$417.82

-0.36%

P/E

13.99

Mkt Cap

$90.5B

52-Wk Range

$353.99–$556.52

52-Week Range

$353.99 - $556.52

P/E

13.99

Fwd P/E

14.16

Beta

1.11

Div Yield

0.72%

Avg Vol

1.6M

Shares Out

221.8M

Mkt Cap

$90.5B

Price action

Price chart

Up 2.9% over the trailing year

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

Attractively priced below Healthcare Facilities peer average

Momentum

Strong

+10.4% over 3m

Quality

Stable

Strong fundamentals

Dividend

Modest

0.72% yield

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

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

Next: Oct 23, 2026

Q3 26 RECAP

JUL 24, 2026

Reported EPS of $7.59 vs $7.56 consensus (+0.4% surprise). Revenue of $20.2B vs $19.8B expected (+2.4%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +0.4%
Rev beat +2.4%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Estimate

Actual

Q3 26

+0.4%

Revenue trend · last 8Q

+6%

+6%

+6%

+10%

+7%

+4%

+9%

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

Q2 26

$17.5B

$18.3B

$18.3B

$18.6B

$19.2B

$19.5B

$19.1B

$20.2B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

15.2%

Operating

15.2%

Profit

8.4%

Wall Street consensus

9 analysts · 78% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

7

78%

Hold

1

11%

Sell

1

11%

Median Price Target

Latest: Barclays · Jul 8, 2026

vs Industry

How HCA stacks vs Medical - Care Facilities

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

Industry comparison data unavailable for this stock.