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
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Funds holding %
of 7,296 funds
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Analysts bullish %
of 5 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
57% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 162 | Existing positions closed: 103
34% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $815M | Put options by funds: $607M
25% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 28 [Q4 2024] → 35 (+7) [Q1 2025]
10% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $47.6B [Q4 2024] → $52.3B (+$4.63B) [Q1 2025]
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,160 [Q4 2024] → 1,196 (+36) [Q1 2025]
5% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 424 | Existing positions reduced: 444
1.13% less ownership
Funds ownership: 62.59% [Q4 2024] → 61.46% (-1.13%) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$336
9%
downside
Avg. target
$385
4%
upside
High target
$416
12%
upside
5 analyst ratings
2 positive
40%
3 neutral
60%
0 negative
0%
Morgan Stanley Craig Hettenbach | 10%upside $410 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 9 Jun 2025 |
Barclays Andrew Mok | 12%upside $416 | Overweight Maintained | 2 Jun 2025 |
Wells Fargo Stephen Baxter | 4%upside $385 | Equal-Weight Upgraded | 29 May 2025 |
RBC Capital Ben Hendrix | 1%upside $376 | Outperform Maintained | 28 Apr 2025 |
Baird Michael Ha | 9%downside $336 | Neutral Downgraded | 15 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 11 articles about HCA published over the past 30 days
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 week ago
Three New Members Join Southern Nevada's Largest Regional Development Authority Board: HCA Healthcare, MLB Athletics, and UNLV Leadership
Las Vegas, NV, June 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : The Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance (LVGEA) is proud to announce the addition of three distinguished leaders to the LVGEA Board of Directors—Jackie Van Blaricum of HCA Healthcare, Marc Badain of MLB Athletics, and Dr. Chris Heavey of UNLV Leadership. Representing vital sectors of the community, these new members strengthen the board's ability to shape and support Southern Nevada's long-term economic growth.
Neutral
The Motley Fool
1 week ago
2 Recession-Proof Stocks to Buy and Hold
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Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 week ago
Why HCA Healthcare (HCA) is a Top Momentum Stock for the Long-Term
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Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
Top 50 High-Quality Dividend Stocks For June 2025
I track 50 high-quality dividend growth stocks to identify opportune investments, updating valuation ratings daily to focus on attractive opportunities. In this turbulent year, my investable universe outperformed SPY and SCHD year-to-date, with a gain of 2.08% compared to 0.56% and -3.36%. This month, 12 stocks had valuation rating changes; 5 were upgrades, including Ferrari, Pool Corporation and Accenture PLC, all with strong expected returns.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 week ago
Here's Why HCA Healthcare (HCA) is a Strong Growth Stock
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Positive
Market Watch
1 week ago
20 stocks primed for rapid growth while trading at half of Nvidia's valuation
When selecting investments, it is easy to get hung up on a particular metric, such as a dividend yield or a price ratio, but investors need to look deeper or they might miss opportunities.
Negative
Finbold
3 weeks ago
3 stocks to hold through any market crash
J.P. Morgan research suggests the probability of a U.S. recession in 2025 is dropping below 50% from its 60% peak, now that the Trump administration is pulling punches on some of its more aggressive tariff policies, allowing the S&P 500 to rebound after dipping into correction territory back in March. However, the risk is still high.
Neutral
Business Wire
3 weeks ago
HCA Healthcare Commits $5 Million to Belmont University's Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA), one of the nation's leading healthcare providers, today announced a $5 million gift to the Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University to support the Belmont Collaborative for Health Systems Innovation. Half of the gift will create the HCA Healthcare Health Systems Science Endowed Chair, and the other $2.5 million will be used for programmatic support in the Health Systems Science department. HCA Healthcare's.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
4 weeks ago
HCA (HCA) Upgraded to Buy: Here's Why
HCA (HCA) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
4 weeks ago
Here's Why HCA Healthcare (HCA) is a Strong Growth Stock
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