Shares of Health Care sector company HCA Healthcare moved 4.9% today, and are now trading at a price of $300.89. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 1,897,438 compared to its average volume of 1,281,121. The S&P 500 index returned a -0.0% performance.
HCA Healthcare, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides health care services in the United States. The company is based in Nashville and has 207,000 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $80,536,518,656. HCA Healthcare currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 0.8% per year.
20 analysts are following HCA Healthcare and have set target prices ranging from $250.0 to $338.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, HCA is trading 1.53% away from its average analyst target price of $296.35 per share.
Over the last year, HCA's share price has increased by 12.4%, which represents a difference of -8.5% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $304.95 per share whereas its 52 week low is $215.96. With average free cash flows of $4.49 Billion that have been growing at an average rate of 5.7% over the last 5 years, HCA Healthcare is in a position to continue its strong stock performance trend.
| Date Reported | Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) | Capital expenditures ($ k) | Free Cash Flow ($ k) | YoY Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9,284,000 | 4,908,000 | 4,376,000 | 6.03 |
| 2022 | 8,522,000 | 4,395,000 | 4,127,000 | -23.32 |
| 2021 | 8,959,000 | 3,577,000 | 5,382,000 | -15.87 |
| 2020 | 9,232,000 | 2,835,000 | 6,397,000 | 85.74 |
| 2019 | 7,602,000 | 4,158,000 | 3,444,000 | 8.03 |
| 2018 | 6,761,000 | 3,573,000 | 3,188,000 |
