HCA

NYSE HCA Healthcare Inc
Oct 14, 2026 · 7:44 AM ET LAST TRADE Market Closed

$463.00 ↑ +2.25 (+0.49%) Trading Up from the previous close of $460.75

YTD change
-0.83%
vs 20-day SMA
+6.32%
vs 200-day SMA
+4.03%

Price ranges

Previous day
$455.81 $462.44
open $459.54 close $460.75
+$1.21 (+0.26%)
Today
$0.00 $0.00
$463.00
Past week
$427.59 $462.44
from $432.20 now $463.00
+$30.80 (+7.13%)
Past month
$420.00 $462.44
from $423.82 now $463.00
+$39.18 (+9.24%)
This year
$353.99 $556.52
from $466.86 now $463.00
-$3.86 (-0.83%)

Price & Performance

-37.91 (-7.60%) / 6M

$350.33$403.44$456.54$509.65Apr 14Jul 15Oct 13

Signals & Sentiment

Momentum, market sentiment, and recent alerts

Very Good
  • The stock is 16.8% away from all-time highs of $556.52
  • HCA is down 1% since the beginning of the year
  • HCA is up 11% over the past 12 months
  • HCA is up 9% over the past 1 month
  • 3% of all HCA investors are betting against HCA
  • Number of investors short HCA has gone down 20% versus last month

HCA reads very good: price sits above both the 20- and 200-day averages, short interest is falling month over month, the 12-month move is +10.1%.

Financial Strength

Earnings, valuation, and balance sheet

Earnings

Profitable Yes
EPS $7.59
Earnings momentum -14.0% Quarterly EPS growth
Quarterly change -14.0%

Valuation

P/E ratio 15.37
Enterprise value $156.5B
Beta 0.34

Balance sheet & scale

Income$6.8M
Revenue$78.0B
Cash$1.1B
Debt$51.6M
Income / Debt 0.13×

Company & Peers

Company profile and competitor comparison

Company profile

ExchangeNYSE
Sector Health Care and Social Assistance
Sub Sector Hospitals
Market cap $100.2B

HCA Healthcare, Inc. is a health care services company, which engages in operating hospitals, freestanding surgery centers and emergency care facilities, urgent care facilities, walk-in clinics, diagnostic and imaging centers, radiation and oncology therapy centers, comprehensive rehabilitation and physical therapy centers, physician practices, home health, hospice, outpatient physical therapy home and community-based services providers, and various other facilities. The firm operates general and acute care hospitals that offer medical and surgical services, including inpatient care, intensive care, cardiac care, diagnostic, and emergency services, and outpatient services, such as outpatient surgery, laboratory, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology, and physical therapy. The company was founded by Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Jr in 1968 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Competitor comparison

TickerCompany PriceChange
THC Tenet Healthcare Corporation $266.91 -0.69%
UHS Universal Health Services, Inc. Class B $179.01 +0.10%
IRTC iRhythm Holdings, Inc. $107.71 +0.97%
MD Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. $26.61 -1.15%
SGRY Surgery Partners, Inc. $14.55 +2.18%

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