HCA Healthcare
About: HCA Healthcare is a Nashville-based healthcare provider organization operating the largest collection of acute-care hospitals in the United States. As of June 2024, the firm owned and operated 188 hospitals, 123 freestanding outpatient surgery centers, and a broad network of physician offices, urgent-care clinics, and freestanding emergency rooms across 20 states and a small foothold in England.
Employees: 310,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
25% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 32 [Q2] → 40 (+8) [Q3]
17% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $53.4B [Q2] → $62.7B (+$9.33B) [Q3]
17% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 141 | Existing positions closed: 121
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,141 [Q2] → 1,161 (+20) [Q3]
3.55% less ownership
Funds ownership: 63.47% [Q2] → 59.92% (-3.55%) [Q3]
13% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 389 | Existing positions reduced: 446
21% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $631M | Put options by funds: $802M
Research analyst outlook
14 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
14 analyst ratings
Barclays Andrew Mok 50% 1-year accuracy 29 / 58 met price target | 14%upside $392 | Overweight Maintained | 8 Nov 2024 |
Wells Fargo Stephen Baxter 36% 1-year accuracy 13 / 36 met price target | 17%upside $400 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 6 Nov 2024 |
TD Cowen Gary Taylor 44% 1-year accuracy 8 / 18 met price target | 28%upside $440 | Buy Maintained | 28 Oct 2024 |
Keybanc Matthew Gillmor 55% 1-year accuracy 6 / 11 met price target | 22%upside $420 | Overweight Maintained | 28 Oct 2024 |
Oppenheimer Michael Wiederhorn 53% 1-year accuracy 20 / 38 met price target | 17%upside $400 | Outperform Maintained | 28 Oct 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 27 articles about HCA published over the past 30 days
