HCA

NYSE HCA Healthcare Inc
Oct 4, 2026 · 8:55 PM ET EOD Market Closed

$426.69 ↑ +0.00 (+0.00%) Trading Up from the previous close of $426.69, $3.53 below the day’s high of $430.22

YTD change
-8.60%
vs 20-day SMA
+0.44%
vs 200-day SMA
-4.37%

Price ranges

Previous day
$424.23 $430.22
open $425.78 close $426.69
+$0.91 (+0.21%)
Today
$424.23 $430.22
$426.69
Past week
$420.00 $443.15
from $423.48 now $426.69
+$3.21 (+0.76%)
Past month
$396.00 $446.36
from $402.06 now $426.69
+$24.63 (+6.13%)
This year
$353.99 $556.52
from $466.86 now $426.69
-$40.17 (-8.60%)

Price & Performance

-57.23 (-11.83%) / 6M

$349.65$406.05$462.46$518.86Apr 6Jul 6Oct 2

Signals & Sentiment

Momentum, market sentiment, and recent alerts

Neutral
  • The stock is 23.3% away from all-time highs of $556.52
  • HCA is down 9% since the beginning of the year
  • HCA is up 0% over the past 12 months
  • HCA is up 6% over the past 1 month
  • 4% of all HCA investors are betting against HCA
  • Number of investors short HCA has gone up 6% versus last month

HCA reads neutral: price sits above one of the two key moving averages, short interest is rising month over month, the 12-month move is -1.6%.

Financial Strength

Earnings, valuation, and balance sheet

Earnings

Profitable Yes
EPS $7.59
Earnings momentum -13.7% Quarterly EPS growth
Quarterly change -13.7%

Valuation

P/E ratio 14.31
Enterprise value $148.2B
Beta 0.49

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 $92.4B

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 $258.62 +1.83%
UHS Universal Health Services, Inc. Class B $175.72 +0.37%
IRTC iRhythm Holdings, Inc. $110.37 -0.61%
MD Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. $25.97 +0.82%
SGRY Surgery Partners, Inc. $13.32 +0.68%

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