HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE: HCA) is 6.93% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $289.98 and a high of $417.14 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 $319.91 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.03%.
Currently trading at $320.94, the stock is -0.92% and 1.95% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.77 million and changing 0.32% at the moment leaves the stock -7.19% off its SMA200. HCA registered 2.47% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -17.39%.
The stock witnessed a -2.36% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -1.23%, and is -0.17% down 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 3.34% over the week and 2.96% over the month.
HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA) has around 316000 employees, a market worth around $79.70B and $70.60B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.60 and Fwd P/E is 11.48. Profit margin for the company is 8.16%. Distance from 52-week low is 10.68% and -23.06% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (15.28%).
with sales reaching $18.26B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 13.22% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 5.74% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 5.32% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 249.98M, and float is at 177.44M with Short Float at 3.40%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 16.84 million shares valued at $5.41 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 6.3976 of the HCA Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 14.85 million shares valued at $4.77 billion to account for 5.6425 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are SANDERS CAPITAL, LLC which holds 11.52 million shares representing 4.3769 and valued at over $3.7 billion, while WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP holds 4.0955 of the shares totaling 10.78 million with a market value of $3.46 billion.
HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Berres Jennifer, the company’s SVP & Chief Human Res. Officer. SEC filings show that Berres Jennifer sold 9,533 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 14 ’25 at a price of $322.59 per share for a total of $3.08 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 15412.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 11 ’25, Reiner Deborah M (Former Officer) Proposed Sale 3,510 shares at an average price of $322.39 for $1.13 million. The insider now directly holds shares of HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA).
