HCA — HCA Healthcare, Inc.

Founder-Led

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About HCA Healthcare, Inc.

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 pro… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$392.15
Market Cap$87.09B
Float149.5M
Shares Outstanding221.8M
P/E (Forward)13.07
P/E (TTM)13.51
Price/Sales (TTM)1.14
vs. Analyst Target+30.3% to analyst PT
Profit Margin8.89%
Operating Margin (TTM)14.98%
Revenue (TTM)$76.39B
Earnings Growth (YoY)10.90%
Dividend Rate3.1%
Analyst Target Price$510.95 (25 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $51.53B $3.75B $43.16B $9.73B
2021 $58.75B $6.96B $22.49B $14.25B
2022 $60.23B $5.64B $23.18B $13.29B
2023 $64.97B $5.24B $25.58B $12.72B
2024 $70.60B $5.76B $28.68B $13.90B
2025 $75.60B $6.78B $31.37B $15.60B

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $18.61B $1.65B
Sep 2025 $19.16B $1.64B
Dec 2025 $19.51B $1.88B
Mar 2026 $19.11B $1.62B

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership16.3%
Institutional Ownership78.3%
Short Float2.9%
% of All Funds Holding16.19%
Number of Funds Holding1,331

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$443.71Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$464.26Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$403.40Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$332.03Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$458.28Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$400.71Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$350.14Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

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Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$344.00 support 1.05x 11 months ago
$309.00 support 1.11x 13 months ago
$303.00 support 1.27x 15 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (61 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.40% 0.28% 59.02% 6.89% -8.58%
1 Day 0.60% 0.14% 50.82% 6.97% -5.01%
1 Week 0.49% -0.09% 49.18% 10.58% -13.08%
2 Weeks 0.66% 1.27% 54.10% 14.53% -34.39%
1 Month 1.73% 0.92% 55.00% 21.16% -31.86%

Next earnings: July 24, 2026 (56 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan6.4%73.3%15
Feb1.1%53.3%15
Mar0.9%66.7%15
Apr0.2%31.3%16
May1.6%46.7%15
Jun1.0%46.7%15
Jul5.2%60.0%15
Aug0.1%53.3%15
Sep0.1%66.7%15
Oct0.8%46.7%15
Nov4.2%60.0%15
Dec0.6%53.3%15

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.02% 49.4% 716
Tuesday 0.02% 49.7% 787
Wednesday 0.15% 53.9% 783
Thursday 0.16% 53.3% 769
Friday 0.12% 55.7% 769

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 78.3%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 16.3%

Founder-led management: Thomas Frist Jr. (Chairman)

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings7
Net Value-$37.3M
Net Shares Change-53,530
% of Float-0.0%
C-Suite Filings7
Clusters Detected1

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
HAZEN SAMUEL N CEO -$21.5M 1 1 sell
Berres Jennifer SVP and Chief Human Res. Officer -$5.4M 1 1 sell
McAlevey Michael R EVP and Chief Legal and Admin Off. -$4.5M 2 2 sell
Cuffe Michael S. EVP and Chief Clinical Officer -$3.4M 2 1 sell
Wyatt Christopher F. SVP and Controller -$2.5M 1 1 sell

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2026-02-05 – 2026-02-18 5 5 -$31.7M 5 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-02-12 Berres Jennifer SVP and Chief Human Res. Officer -$5.4M Transaction at $508.32, now -22.9%
2026-02-05 Cuffe Michael S. EVP and Chief Clinical Officer -$747,135.15 Transaction at $498.09, now -21.3%
2026-02-12 Wyatt Christopher F. SVP and Controller -$2.5M Transaction at $503.52, now -22.1%
2026-02-05 HAZEN SAMUEL N CEO -$21.5M Transaction at $499.25, now -21.5%
2026-02-18 McAlevey Michael R EVP and Chief Legal and Admin Off. -$1.5M Transaction at $436.76, now -10.2%
2025-11-05 McAlevey Michael R EVP and Chief Legal and Admin Off. -$3.0M Transaction at $390.65, now +0.4%

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