HCA · HCA Healthcare Inc
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $92.60B |
| P/E | 13.54 |
| Float | 143.7M |
| Beta | 1.14 |
| Volatility | 28.4% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Health Care |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 78 |
| Price | 429.00 |
| Change | +0.30% |
| Prev Close | 427.71 |
| Open | 429.17 |
| Day Low | 425.37 |
| Day High | 436.14 |
| Avg Vol | 2 |
| Avg $ Vol | $777.5M |
| 52W High | 556.52 |
| 52W Low | 353.99 |
| 52W Pos | 37.0% |
| From High | −22.91% |
| From Low | +21.19% |
| Max DD 1Y | −33.72% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Deep |
| SMA 20 | +2.09% |
| SMA 50 | +5.59% |
| SMA 200 | −4.39% |
| RSI (14) | 58.6 |
| Vol 30D | 27.0% |
| Vol 90D | 34.3% |
| 1Y Range | 354–557 |
| Daily bars | 516 |
| Perf Week | +0.18% |
| Perf Month | +5.08% |
| Perf Quarter | +14.00% |
| Perf Half Y | −14.40% |
| Perf Year | +7.09% |
| Perf YTD | −8.80% |
| Prev Day | +0.30% |
| Clavix | B+ |
| Debt / Eq | 54.20 |
| Curr Ratio | 0.97 |
| Int Cover | 5.4× |
| FCF Margin | 8.0% |
| Rev Growth | +8.7% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Very High |
| Sector rank | 19 / 47 |
What HCA does
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 facilities, walk-in clinics, diagnostic and imaging centers, radiation and oncology therapy centers, as well as rehabilitation and physical therapy centers, physician practices, home health agencies, hospices, outpatient physical therapy providers, home and community-based services providers, and various other facilities.
Its general and acute care hospitals offer medical and surgical services, including inpatient care, intensive care, cardiac care, diagnostic services, and emergency services; and outpatient services, such as outpatient surgery, laboratory, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology, and physical therapy.
The company was formerly known as HCA Holdings, Inc. HCA Healthcare, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayHCA grades B+, 78 of 100. Steadiest on Macro Resilience (70), most exposed on Price Stability (60, mixed). 2 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Health Care median. Ranks 19 of 47 in Health Care by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| HCA | Health Care median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 1.14 | 0.85 |
| Volatilityannualized | 28.4% | 21.2% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −33.7% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 1.03% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 239% | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| HCA | Health Care median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 1.14 | 0.85 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate55% of 47 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Health Care names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| HCA | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +0.2% |
| 1 month | +5.1% |
| Year to date | −8.8% |
| 1 year | +7.1% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| HCA | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30since 30 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 54 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 14 · 8 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 14 ↑ 8 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 47 Health Care names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| HCA | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +8.7% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Health Care median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openSeveral Texas hospitals owned by HCA Healthcare are suing Independence Blue Cross, a Philadelphia-based Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, for more than $345,000 in unpaid medical claims from roughly four years ago. The dispute centers on disagreements over whether the care met medical necessity standards and the use of prior authorization, a process where insurers pre-approve care before it is delivered.
An analyst at Leerink Partners reiterated an 'outperform' rating on HCA Healthcare and set a $492 price target. The article is a single sentence and contains no other information about the company.
HCA Healthcare's CFO Mike Marks said the hospital company is dealing with a shifting policy environment in 2026, while demand for its services outside the health insurance exchange channel (government-run marketplaces where people buy individual health plans) remains solid. The exchanges themselves are a headwind to the 2026 outlook.
HCA Healthcare CFO Mike Marks said at an investor conference that the hospital operator is working through a changing policy environment in 2026 while still seeing solid demand for services outside of health insurance exchange plans. He pointed to the expiration of enhanced exchange-related subsidies as a pressure point for next year's outlook.
HCA's CFO said at a conference that insurance companies are ahead of hospitals in using AI to process claims, adding to friction over denied claims, underpayments and pre-approvals. He said HCA has been investing in its Parallon revenue cycle operation since late 2022 and is working with about five major payers on digital data exchange partnerships.
Nearest peers by size
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELV | Elevance Health Inc | B+ | $89.12B | 17.96 | 0.65 | Compare |
| MCK | McKesson Corp | B+ | $102.0B | 22.21 | 0.31 | Compare |
| SYK | Stryker Corp | B | $105.5B | 28.30 | 0.81 | Compare |
| CVS | CVS Health Corp | A- | $113.6B | 23.24 | 0.58 | Compare |
| MDT | Medtronic PLC | A- | $117.8B | 22.52 | 0.60 | Compare |
| CI | Cigna Group | A- | $72.74B | 11.34 | 0.27 | Compare |
| BSX | Boston Scientific Corp | B | $62.81B | 17.09 | 0.61 | Compare |
| ISRG | Intuitive Surgical Inc | B- | $139.0B | 44.27 | 1.47 | Compare |
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