On Tuesday, HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE: HCA) opened lower -0.22% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $335.85. Price fluctuations for HCA have ranged from $245.03 to $417.14 over the past 52 weeks.
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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%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 15.85% at the time writing. With a float of $182.35 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 50.04%, operating margin of 15.08%, and the pretax margin is 12.55%.
HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA) Insider Activity
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Medical Care Facilities industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of HCA Healthcare Inc is 28.01%, while institutional ownership is 64.11%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 14 ’24, was worth 527,677. In this transaction SVP & Chief Ethics Officer of this company sold 1,474 shares at a rate of $357.99, taking the stock ownership to the 9,454 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 14 ’24, when Company’s SVP-Internal Audit Services sold 3,897 for $350.00, making the entire transaction worth $1,363,950. This insider now owns 52,702 shares in total.
HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA) Earnings and Forecasts
If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 9/30/2024, the company posted 5.9 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, besting the agreed prediction (set at 5.05) by 0.85. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 5.84 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 15.85% 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
Check out the current performance indicators for HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.00. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.22. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 14.44.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 22.28, a number that is poised to hit 6.18 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 24.68 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 1.19 million, its volume of 1.56 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 16.68%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 9.55.
During the past 100 days, HCA Healthcare Inc’s (HCA) raw stochastic average was set at 21.50%, which indicates a significant increase from 11.85% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 27.23% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 26.89% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $383.10, while its 200-day Moving Average is $346.01. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $337.86 in the near term. At $340.61, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $344.23. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $331.50, it is likely to go to the next support level at $327.88. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $325.13.
HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE: HCA) Key Stats
There are currently 253,297K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 84.88 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 64,968 M according to its annual income of 5,242 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 17,487 M and its income totaled 1,270 M.
