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HCA Healthcare (HCA)

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$309.44 USD

309.44
812,450

-0.38 (-0.12%)

Updated May 1, 2024 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $309.40 -0.04 (-0.01%) 7:58 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.

Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy24.20%
2Buy18.04%
3Hold9.52%
4Sell5.20%
5Strong Sell2.60%
S&P50011.13%

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3-Hold of 5     3    

Style Scores:

The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.

The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.

Value Score A
Growth Score A
Momentum Score A
VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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A Value A Growth A Momentum A VGM

Industry Rank:

The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.

An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Bottom 31% (174 out of 251)

Industry: Medical - Hospital

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Zacks News

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      What Makes Tenet Healthcare (THC) a Strong Sell?

      It may not be a good decision to keep Tenet Healthcare (THC) stock in your portfolio anymore, at least if you don???t have a long time horizon to wait.

        Should HCA Holdings (HCA) Stock Be in Your Portfolio Now?

        HCA Holdings Inc. (HCA) stock has gained 8.12% in the last one year, outperforming the Zacks categorized Medical-Hospitals industry, which registered an increase of only 1.26%.

          WellCare Health's Revenue Growth Strong, Rising Costs a Drag

          WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (WCG) stock has long been an investor favorite owing to strong fundamentals.

            UnitedHealth Extends Expiration Date of SCA Share Exchange

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              Ensign Group Signs Lease Agreement with Mainstreet Health

              The Ensign Group, Inc. (ENSG) recently signed definitive agreements to simultaneously sell and lease two skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living community to Mainstreet Health Investments Inc.

                Is it Wise to Hold Universal Health (UHS) in Your Portfolio?

                Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Universal Health Services Inc. (UHS) stock has gained 12.8% year to date, significantly higher than the increase of 7.6% witnessed by the Zacks categorized medical sector.

                  Tenet Healthcare (THC) Signs Multi-Year Deal with BCBSTX

                  Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC) recently inked a deal with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas ("BCBSTX").

                    Humana's Subsidiaries Receive Rating Action from A.M. Best

                    Humana Inc. (HUM) recently received rating action from A.M. Best. The rating giant has removed from under review, with positive implications, the majority of insurance subsidiaries of the company.

                      UnitedHealth's (UNH) Senior Unsecured Debt Rated by Moody's

                      UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) recently announced that its senior unsecured debt has been assigned an A3 rating by Moody's Investors Service, a wing of Moody???s Corporation (MCO).

                        Community Health Prices Senior Secured Notes Worth $2.2B

                        Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH) recently announced that it has issued 6.25%, $2.2 billion Senior Secured Notes, due 2023. The offering was upsized by $450 million.

                          Community Health Continues to Divest Units to Lower Debt

                          In its bid to divest units to lower its debt level, Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH) has struck an agreement with The Health Care Authority of the City of Anniston.

                            Community Health Sells Hospitals & Assets to Steward Health

                            Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH) recently announced that its subsidiaries have signed a definitive agreement with Steward Health Care LLC to sell eight hospitals and their associated assets to the subsidiaries of the later.

                              Moving Average Crossover Alert: HCA Holdings (HCA)

                              HCA Holdings, Inc. (HCA) is looking like an interesting pick from a technical perspective, as the company is seeing favorable trends on the moving average crossover front

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                                Q4 Earnings on Track to be the Highest Ever

                                Not only is earnings growth the highest in two years, but total earnings are on track to be an all-time quarterly record.

                                  HCA Holdings (HCA) Q4 Earnings Beat, Revenues Miss

                                  HCA Holdings beats on earnings. Our consensus called for EPS of $1.78, and the company reported EPS of $1.89.

                                    Cerner (CERN): What's in the Cards this Earnings Season?

                                    Cerner Corporation (CERN), a leading global provider of healthcare information technology solutions ("HCIT"), is set to report fourth-quarter 2016 results, after the closing bell on Feb 9.

                                      Cardinal Health (CAH) Q2 Earnings: What's in the Cards?

                                      Cardinal Health (CAH), a global player in the healthcare services and products space, is set to report second-quarter fiscal 2017 results on Feb 7, before the bell.

                                        Pacific Biosciences (PACB): What Awaits in Q4 Earnings?

                                        Pacific Biosciences of California Inc. (PACB) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2016 results on Feb 1, 2017.

                                          Healthcare Stocks Q4 Earnings to Watch on Jan 31: AET, HCA

                                          So far, 25.9% of the total Medical sector companies have reported fourth quarter results. The sector is expected to deliver 2.9% earnings growth on 5.4% higher revenues in the fourth quarter.

                                            Why HCA Holdings (HCA) is Likely to Beat on Earnings in Q4

                                            We expect HCA Holdings Inc. (HCA) to beat earnings expectations when it reports fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 results, on Jan 31.

                                              Is a Surprise Coming for HCA Holdings (HCA) This Earnings Season?

                                              HCA Holdings (HCA) is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity and has a positive Zacks Earnings ESP heading into earnings season.

                                                Anthem (ANTM) Q4 Earnings: A Beat in Store for the Stock?

                                                We expect Anthem Inc. (ANTM) to beat expectations when it reports fourth-quarter results on Feb 1 before the market opens.

                                                  Is it the Right Time to Offload LifePoint Health (LPNT) Stock?

                                                  LifePoint Health Inc. (LPNT) seems to have fallen on hard times due to multiple headwinds like unprofitable acquisitions, decline in enrollment and rising level of bad debts over the last few years.