1,272 Shares in HCA Healthcare, Inc. $HCA Bought by One Wealth Advisors LLC

One Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund acquired 1,272 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $594,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Cerity Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of HCA Healthcare by 13.1% during the 3rd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 43,920 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,719,000 after buying an additional 5,092 shares during the last quarter. National Pension Service boosted its stake in shares of HCA Healthcare by 2.9% during the 3rd quarter. National Pension Service now owns 626,585 shares of the company’s stock valued at $267,051,000 after buying an additional 17,531 shares during the last quarter. Savant Capital LLC raised its position in shares of HCA Healthcare by 37.7% during the 3rd quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 4,548 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,938,000 after acquiring an additional 1,246 shares in the last quarter. Sector Gamma AS raised its position in shares of HCA Healthcare by 36.0% during the 3rd quarter. Sector Gamma AS now owns 10,883 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,638,000 after acquiring an additional 2,883 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nordea Investment Management AB raised its position in shares of HCA Healthcare by 11.2% during the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 1,084,590 shares of the company’s stock valued at $507,393,000 after acquiring an additional 108,849 shares in the last quarter. 62.73% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently issued reports on HCA. Stephens dropped their price target on HCA Healthcare from $560.00 to $530.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Sanford C. Bernstein dropped their price target on HCA Healthcare from $541.00 to $503.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of HCA Healthcare in a research report on Wednesday, March 4th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on HCA Healthcare from $481.00 to $436.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their target price on HCA Healthcare from $593.00 to $534.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Sixteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $520.55.

Insider Transactions at HCA Healthcare

In related news, EVP Michael R. Mcalevey sold 1,694 shares of HCA Healthcare stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $533.37, for a total transaction of $903,528.78. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 8,853 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,721,924.61. The trade was a 16.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Jennifer Berres sold 8,020 shares of HCA Healthcare stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $514.58, for a total value of $4,126,931.60. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 11,993 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,171,357.94. The trade was a 40.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 15,214 shares of company stock worth $7,797,595. Corporate insiders own 1.50% of the company’s stock.

HCA Healthcare Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of NYSE HCA opened at $433.73 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $96.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.92, a P/E/G ratio of 1.38 and a beta of 1.19. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $497.66 and its 200 day simple moving average is $485.41. HCA Healthcare, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $330.00 and a fifty-two week high of $556.52.

HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April 24th. The company reported $7.15 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $7.19 by ($0.04). The company had revenue of $19.11 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.09 billion. HCA Healthcare had a negative return on equity of 295.93% and a net margin of 8.89%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $6.45 EPS. HCA Healthcare has set its FY 2026 guidance at 29.100-31.500 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that HCA Healthcare, Inc. will post 30.05 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

HCA Healthcare Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 16th will be issued a $0.78 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 16th. This represents a $3.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. HCA Healthcare’s dividend payout ratio is presently 10.73%.

HCA Healthcare Company Profile

HCA Healthcare is a for?profit operator of healthcare facilities headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1968, the company owns and operates a network of hospitals and related healthcare facilities and has grown through organic expansion and acquisitions to become a large provider of inpatient and outpatient services.

The company’s core activities include the operation of acute care hospitals, freestanding surgical and emergency centers, and outpatient clinics. HCA’s services encompass inpatient care, surgical services, emergency medicine, diagnostic imaging and laboratory testing, and various outpatient and ambulatory care offerings.