HCA Healthcare, Inc.
General ticker "HCA" information:
- Sector: Health Care
- Industry: Medical - Care Facilities
- Capitalization: $89.5B (TTM average)
HCA Healthcare, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 51.4%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.3%: low 471.15$, high 483.56$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-01-27 bmo
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-12-15, amount 0.72$ (Y0.61%)
- Total employees count: 316000 as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Liquidity and credit risks, Cash flow risks, Regulatory and compliance, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Reimbursement risks
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [288.58$, 405.02$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [307.32$, 431.48$]
Financial Metrics affecting the HCA estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 13.3 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 13.49 > 12.91
- Positive: 7.54 < Operating profit margin, % of 14.94
- Positive: -9.48 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -2.81
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 10.06 > 6.04
- Positive: -0.04 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 3.20
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0 <= 0
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -6.33 <= -4.41
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $60,233.00MM | $64,968.00MM | $70,603.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $51,180.00MM | $55,341.00MM | $60,056.00MM |
| Operating Income | $9,053.00MM | $9,627.00MM | $10,547.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-473.00MM | $-1,921.00MM | $-2,024.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $1,739.00MM | $1,938.00MM | $2,061.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $8,580.00MM | $7,706.00MM | $8,523.00MM |
| Taxes | $1,746.00MM | $1,615.00MM | $1,866.00MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $5,643.00MM | $5,242.00MM | $5,760.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $-2,767.00MM | $-1,774.00MM | $-2,499.00MM |
| Inventory | $2,068.00MM | $2,021.00MM | $1,738.00MM |
| Assets | $52,438.00MM | $56,211.00MM | $59,513.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $8,522.00MM | $9,431.00MM | $10,514.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $4,395.00MM | $4,744.00MM | $4,875.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-3,389.00MM | $-5,317.00MM | $-4,933.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-5,656.00MM | $-4,094.00MM | $-4,582.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $19.44 | $19.24 | $22.27 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.