HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE: HCA) is 21.49% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $215.96 and a high of $331.39 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The HCA stock was last observed hovering at around $328.86 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.01%.
Currently trading at $328.85, the stock is 2.86% and 7.58% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.04 million and changing -0.00% at the moment leaves the stock 19.78% off its SMA200. HCA registered 27.12% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 29.36%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $1.97 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $10.05.
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The stock witnessed a 5.53% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 22.17%, and is 1.25% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.39% over the week and 1.63% over the month.
HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA) has around 310000 employees, a market worth around $86.98B and $64.97B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 17.32 and Fwd P/E is 14.31. Profit margin for the company is 8.07%. Distance from 52-week low is 52.27% and -0.77% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (14.05%).
HCA Healthcare Inc quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at $4.95 with sales reaching $16.75B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 7.97% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 6.30% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 9.70% in year-over-year returns.
1,460 institutions hold shares in HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA), with institutional investors hold 88.73% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 265.54M, and float is at 191.47M with Short Float at 1.39%. Institutions hold 64.58% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is Vanguard Group Inc with over 17.48 million shares valued at $5.31 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 6.43% of the HCA Shares outstanding. As of Jun 29, 2023, the second largest holder is Blackrock Inc. with 14.9 million shares valued at $4.52 billion to account for 5.48% of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are Wellington Management Group, LLP which holds 10.96 million shares representing 4.03% and valued at over $3.33 billion, while Sanders Capital, LLC holds 4.02% of the shares totaling 10.94 million with a market value of $3.32 billion.
HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Wasserman Chad J, the company’s SVP and CIO. SEC filings show that Wasserman Chad J sold 876 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 20 ’24 at a price of $330.25 per share for a total of $0.29 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 1576.0 shares.
HCA Healthcare Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 18 ’24 that Wasserman Chad J (SVP and CIO) sold a total of 344 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 18 ’24 and was made at $321.97 per share for $0.11 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 2452.0 shares of the HCA stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 09 ’24, Whalen Kathleen M (SVP & Chief Ethics Officer) disposed off 4,262 shares at an average price of $306.21 for $1.31 million. The insider now directly holds 10,250 shares of HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA).
