1HCA Stock Overview

Through its subsidiaries, owns and operates hospitals and related healthcare entities in the United States. More details

1HCA fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	5/6
Future Growth	3/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	4/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Trading at 45.7% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 6.41% per year

Earnings have grown 9.3% per year over the past 5 years

Trading at good value compared to peers and industry

Risk Analysis

Has a high level of debt

Significant insider selling over the past 3 months

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for HCA Healthcare
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$303.80
52 Week High	US$379.50
52 Week Low	US$285.90
Beta	1.69
1 Month Change	-0.69%
3 Month Change	5.08%
1 Year Change	0.066%
3 Year Change	27.22%
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	199.90%

Recent News & Updates

No updates

Recent updates

No updates

Shareholder Returns

	1HCA	IT Healthcare	IT Market
7D	1.7%	-2.4%	0.2%
1Y	0.07%	21.6%	11.6%

Return vs Industry: 1HCA underperformed the Italian Healthcare industry which returned 21% over the past year.

Return vs Market: 1HCA underperformed the Italian Market which returned 12.2% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is 1HCA's price volatile compared to industry and market?
1HCA volatility
1HCA Average Weekly Movement	4.8%
Healthcare Industry Average Movement	5.1%
Market Average Movement	4.6%
10% most volatile stocks in IT Market	8.2%
10% least volatile stocks in IT Market	2.7%

Stable Share Price: 1HCA has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the Italian market.

Volatility Over Time: 1HCA's weekly volatility (5%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1968	271,000	Sam Hazen	hcahealthcare.com

HCA Healthcare, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates hospitals and related healthcare entities in the United States. It operates general and acute care hospitals that offers 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 also operates outpatient health care facilities consisting of freestanding ambulatory surgery centers, freestanding emergency care facilities, urgent care facilities, walk-in clinics, diagnostic and imaging centers, rehabilitation and physical therapy centers, radiation and oncology therapy centers, physician practices, and various other facilities.

HCA Healthcare, Inc. Fundamentals Summary

How do HCA Healthcare's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
1HCA fundamental statistics
Market cap	€74.82b
Earnings (TTM)	€5.32b
Revenue (TTM)	€65.26b

14.1x

P/E Ratio

1.1x

P/S Ratio

Is 1HCA overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
1HCA income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$70.60b
Cost of Revenue	US$41.93b
Gross Profit	US$28.68b
Other Expenses	US$22.92b
Earnings	US$5.76b

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	23.40
Gross Margin	40.62%
Net Profit Margin	8.16%
Debt/Equity Ratio	7,611.7%

How did 1HCA perform over the long term?

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Dividends

0.9%

Current Dividend Yield

12%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/03/24 07:33
End of Day Share Price	2025/03/21 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

HCA Healthcare, Inc. is covered by 47 analysts. 22 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Jasper Hellweg	Argus Research Company
Hua Ha	Baird
Ishan Majumdar	Baptista Research