HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE: HCA) is -0.99% lower 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 make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The HCA stock was last observed hovering at around $334.32 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 6.22%.
Currently trading at $340.54, the stock is -7.21% and -8.87% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.87 million and changing 1.86% at the moment leaves the stock -1.27% off its SMA200. HCA registered 13.46% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 8.77%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $373.6802 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $344.921.
The stock witnessed a -9.83% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 3.85%, and is -6.59% 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 4.23% over the week and 2.66% over the month.
HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA) has around 316000 employees, a market worth around $81.93B and $72.70B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.30 and Fwd P/E is 12.07. Profit margin for the company is 8.21%. Distance from 52-week low is 17.44% and -18.36% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (16.20%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 18.88% this year.
HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA) Top Institutional Holders
1707.0 institutions hold shares in HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA), with institutional investors hold 94.20% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 240.57M, and float is at 170.51M with Short Float at 2.28%. Institutions hold 65.94% 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 sold 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 sold, 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).
