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About HCA Healthcare Inc
HCA Healthcare, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates hospitals and related healthcare entities in the United States. It operates general and acute care hospitals that offers medical and surgical services, including inpatient care, intensive care, cardiac care, diagnostic, and emergency services; and outpatient services, such as outpatient surgery, laboratory, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology, and physical therapy. The company also operates outpatient health care facilities consisting of freestanding ambulatory surgery centers, freestanding emergency care facilities, urgent care facilities, walk-in clinics, diagnostic and imaging centers, rehabilitation and physical therapy centers, radiation and oncology therapy centers, physician practices, and various other facilities. In addition, it operates behavioral hospitals, which provide therapeutic programs comprising child, adolescent and adult psychiatric care, adolescent and adult alcohol, drug abuse treatment, and counseling services. The company was formerly known as HCA Holdings, Inc. HCA Healthcare, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
General
| Name | HCA Healthcare Inc |
| Ticker | HCA |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Industry | Medical Care Facilities |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 300,000 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 482.81 |
| Market Cap | 107,981,400,000 |
| PE Ratio | 18.29 |
| PEG Ratio | 1.22 |
| EBITDA | 15,100,999,680 |
Share Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 229,850,000 |
| Shares Float | 162,190,000 |
| Shares Short | 3,260,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 3130% |
| Institution Holdings | 64.77% |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 482.81 |
| Market Cap | 107,981,400,000 |
| PE Ratio | 18.29 |
| PEG Ratio | 1.22 |
| EBITDA | 15,100,999,680 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 18.31 |
| Forward PE | 14.97 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 1.45 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 293.44 |
Dividend
HCA Healthcare Inc pays out a dividend of $2.86 per share, with a dividend yield of 0.60%.
HCA's next dividend payment will be made to shareholders on December 29, 2025.
They pay out 12.00% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Dec 29, 2025 | $0.72 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | $0.72 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | $0.72 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | $0.72 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | $0.66 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | $0.66 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | $0.66 |
| Mar 29, 2024 | $0.66 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | $0.60 |
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