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We have scored 42 news catalysts on HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA) over the past 12 months. The biggest single-day move next to one of them came Jul 28, 2026, when HCA closed +7.3%: “ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. INVESTOR ALERT: Kirby McInerney LLP Announces Investigation Into Potential Securities Fraud”. Coverage across the window leans mixed (average ticker sentiment +0.05). Most of the impact sits in sector healthcare and price momentum.
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Market cap
93.3B
P/E
—
EPS
—
Beta
1.11
52W range
353.99-556.52
Day range
425.50–436.14
Open
429.17
Prev close
429.04
Volume
131.2K
Avg volume
1.6M
Dividend
3.06
IPO
2011-03-10
Analysts publish price targets on HCA, and they disagree. Where the share price actually sits among them shows which of their arguments the market is buying — and which it is ignoring.
18 analyst price targets from $369 to $579
as of 2026-09-02
The market is within 4% of the median target — broadly agreeing with the analysts.
The reconstruction
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HCA Healthcare, Inc., operating through its subsidiaries, delivers a comprehensive array of healthcare services throughout the United States. The organization manages a network of general and acute care hospitals that provide a full spectrum of medical and surgical care, encompassing inpatient services, intensive care, cardiac treatment, diagnostic procedures, and emergency services. These hospitals additionally offer a broad range of outpatient care, such as ambulatory surgery, laboratory testing, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology, and physical therapy. Beyond its hospital infrastructure, HCA Healthcare operates numerous specialized outpatient facilities. These include standalone ambulatory surgery centers, dedicated emergency care facilities, urgent care clinics, walk-in clinics, advanced diagnostic and imaging centers, rehabilitation and physical therapy centers, radiation and oncology treatment facilities, physician practices, and various other healthcare sites. Furthermore, the company oversees psychiatric hospitals, which offer diverse therapeutic programs. These services cater to child, adolescent, and adult psychiatric care, alongside adolescent and adult alcohol and drug abuse treatment and counseling. As of December 31, 2021, HCA Healthcare's extensive portfolio included 182 hospitals, specifically 175 general and acute care hospitals, five psychiatric hospitals, and two rehabilitation hospitals. Its network also featured 125 freestanding surgery centers and 21 freestanding endoscopy centers, all distributed across 20 states and England. Founded in 1968 and formerly known as HCA Holdings, Inc., the company's corporate headquarters are situated in Nashville, Tennessee.
The price sits at the 39th percentile of 18 published models, just 4% below the median, meaning it has largely accepted the lowered guidance and rejected the 15-40% upside that six bull-case models still require.
What the disagreement turns on
Whether the payer mix deterioration is a permanent margin compression or a temporary shift that HCA can correct; unit volume trends can be measured, but the actual pricing and payer reimbursement rates that would settle this cannot be tested with the data wired here.
The price pays for
It declines to pay for
Written by a language model from the published models, the reported segments and a reverse-DCF — not a recommendation, and not a house view.
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