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HCA

NYQ:HCA US40412C1018
40
  • Value
    90
  • Growth
    47
  • Safety
    Safety
    46
  • Combined
    60
  • Sentiment
    14
  • 360° View
    360° View
    40
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Company Description

HCA Healthcare, Inc. is a leading health care services company. It owns and operates hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and various other healthcare facilities, offering services in internal medicine, general surgery, cardiology, oncology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, obstetrics, and mental health. The company operates in 20 states and the United Kingdom. In the last fiscal year, the company had 226000 employees, a market capitalization of $89445 million, profits of $59848 million, and revenue of $70603 million.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 40 (better than 40% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock HCA are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for HCA. Only the consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 90, which means that the share price of HCA is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 90% of alternative stocks in the same industry. All other consolidated ranks are below average. The consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 47, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 46, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 54% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. Finally, professionals are more pessimistic about the stock than for 86% of alternative investment opportunities, reflected in the consolidated Sentiment Rank of 14. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Leverage
Weakest Rank Price vs. Book (P/B)
Country USA
Industry Health Care Facilities
Size Large
Website hcahealthcare.com
Index
D.J. US Health Care
S&P 500
HCA stock price by TradingView. Not sourced by Obermatt.
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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 30-Jul-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
90 96 96 96
Growth
47 39 37 57
Safety
Safety
46 15 15 55
Sentiment
14 82 86 13
360° View
360° View
40 70 79 65
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
32 54 69 53
Opinions Change
48 90 47 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 96 90 29
Market Pulse
19 49 55 14
Sentiment
14 82 86 13
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
90 96 96 96
Growth
47 39 37 57
Safety Safety
46 15 15 55
Combined
60 49 42 96
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
45 54 50 53
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
70 75 82 73
Price vs. Book (P/B)
100 95 100 100
Dividend Yield
83 84 81 86
Value
90 96 96 96
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
31 34 34 24
Profit Growth
96 42 45 70
Capital Growth
36 61 46 29
Stock Returns
39 39 55 91
Growth
47 39 37 57
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
13 9 10 4
Refinancing
71 24 29 95
Liquidity
67 51 56 57
Safety Safety
46 15 15 55

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The only strength is good value. All other factors (growth, safety, and sentiment) are below average. This stock is highly sensitive to a crisis and is not advisable. Avoid unless you have solid, independent reasons to believe a significant turnaround is imminent.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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