HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE: HCA) is 24.27% 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 $384.34 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -11.33%.
Currently trading at $373.01, the stock is -1.62% and 4.86% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.01 million and changing -2.95% at the moment leaves the stock 6.84% off its SMA200. HCA registered 10.72% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 15.09%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $355.719 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $349.129.
The stock witnessed a 5.39% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 10.96%, and is -2.39% 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 1.62% over the week and 1.53% over the month.
HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA) has around 316000 employees, a market worth around $89.74B and $71.58B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 16.57 and Fwd P/E is 13.31. Profit margin for the company is 8.07%. Distance from 52-week low is 28.63% and -10.58% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (14.67%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 15.34% this year.
HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA) Top Institutional Holders
1712.0 institutions hold shares in HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA), with institutional investors hold 90.41% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 242.96M, and float is at 170.53M with Short Float at 2.95%. Institutions hold 63.91% of the Float.
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 Foster Jon M, the company’s EVP and COO. SEC filings show that Foster Jon M sold 15,698 shares of the company’s common stock on May 13 ’25 at a price of $369.32 per share for a total of $5.8 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 12646.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 14 ’25, Berres Jennifer (SVP & Chief Human Res. Officer) disposed off 9,533 shares at an average price of $322.59 for $3.08 million. The insider now directly holds 15,412 shares of HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA).
