HCA Healthcare
About: HCA Healthcare is a Nashville-based healthcare provider organization operating the largest collection of acute-care hospitals in the United States. As of December 2024, the firm owned and operated 190 hospitals, 124 freestanding outpatient surgery centers, and a broad network of physician offices, urgent-care clinics, and freestanding emergency rooms across 20 states and a small foothold in England.
Employees: 316,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
2.58% more ownership
Funds ownership: 59.95% [Q3] → 62.53% (+2.58%) [Q4]
8% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $673M | Put options by funds: $624M
5% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 141 | Existing positions closed: 149
3% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,186 [Q3] → 1,154 (-32) [Q4]
14% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 393 | Existing positions reduced: 459
24% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $62.8B [Q3] → $47.6B (-$15.2B) [Q4]
30% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 40 [Q3] → 28 (-12) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
2 analyst ratings
RBC Capital Ben Hendrix 36% 1-year accuracy 26 / 73 met price target | 3%downside $376 | Outperform Maintained | 28 Apr 2025 |
Baird Michael Ha 42% 1-year accuracy 10 / 24 met price target | 13%downside $336 | Neutral Downgraded | 15 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 23 articles about HCA published over the past 30 days
