HCA · Healthcare
What a holder would want to know before buying HCA: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 25% above the lowest point of the past year and 17% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 51% of days and more expensive on 49%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 95% of days.
1% above its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more 5 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 55%; the longest took 13 months to get back to its peak. Every one recovered.
Now 17% below the Mar 2026 peak.
HCA Healthcare, Inc. · Healthcare · Medical Care Facilities · a large company worth $97.66B
HCA Healthcare, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides health care services in the United States. The company owns, manages, and operates hospitals, ASCs, freestanding emergency care facilities, urgent care…
revenue profit
Sales of $75.60B in 2025, with $6.78B of profit. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 9 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Would need about 14 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.
You pay $15 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $14 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 0.70% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Sep 16.
26 analysts: 15 say buy, 10 hold, 1 sell. Their average 12-month target is $459.27 (range $380.00–$579.00).
Insiders made 0 purchases and 0 sales in the last 6 months.
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