HCA Healthcare, Inc.
General ticker "HCA" information:
- Sector: Health Care
- Industry: Medical - Care Facilities
- Capitalization: $101.8B (TTM average)
HCA Healthcare, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 26.6%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.6%: low 363.09$, high 374.70$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-03-17, amount 0.78$ (Y0.86%)
- Total employees count: 320000 as of 2025
- Top business risk factors: Liquidity and credit risks, Staffing shortages, Regulatory and compliance, Cybersecurity threats, Pandemic risks
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 are close to 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 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [379.54$, 537.99$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [428.83$, 597.21$]
Financial Metrics affecting the HCA estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 16.7 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 7.54 < Operating profit margin, % of 15.83
- Positive: 6.59 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 11.60
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 11.36 > 6.06
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -0.26 <= 0
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0 <= 0
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 2.06 <= 3.31
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $64,968.00MM | $70,603.00MM | $75,600.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $55,341.00MM | $60,056.00MM | $63,635.00MM |
| Operating Income | $9,627.00MM | $10,547.00MM | $11,965.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-1,921.00MM | $-2,024.00MM | $-2,133.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $1,938.00MM | $2,061.00MM | $2,248.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $7,706.00MM | $8,523.00MM | $9,832.00MM |
| Taxes | $1,615.00MM | $1,866.00MM | $2,050.00MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $5,242.00MM | $5,760.00MM | $6,784.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $-1,774.00MM | $-2,499.00MM | $-6,027.00MM |
| Inventory | $2,021.00MM | $1,738.00MM | $1,652.00MM |
| Assets | $56,211.00MM | $59,513.00MM | $60,720.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $9,431.00MM | $10,514.00MM | $12,636.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $4,744.00MM | $4,875.00MM | $4,944.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-5,317.00MM | $-4,933.00MM | $-4,988.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-4,094.00MM | $-4,582.00MM | $-8,550.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $19.24 | $22.27 | $29.40 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.