HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA) posted a 5.99% change over the last five days signaling a new trend

On Tuesday, HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE: HCA) was 1.38% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $395.78. A 52-week range for HCA has been $215.96 – $409.42.

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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Healthcare sector was 6.95%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 18.28%. With a float of $185.65 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $265.54 million.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 310000 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 49.46%, operating margin of 14.93%, and the pretax margin is 12.38%.

HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward HCA Healthcare Inc stocks. The insider ownership of HCA Healthcare Inc is 28.06%, while institutional ownership is 65.27%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 12 ’24, was worth 3,221,340. In this transaction EVP and Chief Clinical Officer of this company sold 8,358 shares at a rate of $385.42, taking the stock ownership to the 29,678 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 12 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 8,358 for $385.42, making the entire transaction worth $3,221,340.

HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA) Recent Fiscal highlights

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 18.28% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 12.00% during the next five years compared to 12.21% growth over the previous five years of trading.

HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE: HCA) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.94. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.52. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 21.19.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 21.31, a number that is poised to hit 4.96 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 24.95 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 1.14 million, its volume of 1.12 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 68.84%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 8.56.

During the past 100 days, HCA Healthcare Inc’s (HCA) raw stochastic average was set at 89.31%, which indicates a significant increase from 74.38% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 22.76% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 22.69% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $388.18, while its 200-day Moving Average is $335.67. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $409.66 in the near term. At $418.06, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $424.25. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $395.07, it is likely to go to the next support level at $388.88. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $380.48.

HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE: HCA) Key Stats

There are 261,914K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 103.55 billion. As of now, sales total 64,968 M while income totals 5,242 M. Its latest quarter income was 17,492 M while its last quarter net income were 1,461 M.