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HCA Healthcare (HCA)

(Delayed Data from NYSE)

$363.20 USD

363.20
1,078,294

+6.23 (1.75%)

Updated Aug 4, 2025 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $362.95 -0.25 (-0.07%) 7:58 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.

Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy23.75%
2Buy17.82%
3Hold9.58%
4Sell5.28%
5Strong Sell2.61%
S&P50011.30%

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3-Hold of 5     3    

Style Scores:

The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.

The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.

  • Value Score A
  • Growth Score A
  • Momentum Score A
  • VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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A Value A Growth A Momentum A VGM

Industry Rank:

The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.

An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Top 24% (60 out of 246)

Industry: Medical - Hospital

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HCA (HCA) Upgraded to Buy: Here's Why

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Here's Why HCA Healthcare (HCA) is a Strong Growth Stock

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Encompass Health to Expand Florida Presence With New 50-bed Facility

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Will Rising Expenses Hurt Acadia Healthcare's Q1 Earnings?

ACHC's first-quarter results are likely to reflect benefits from growing revenue per patient day.

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ENSG Gains 3% on Q1 Earnings Beat, Higher Patient Days Aid

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If You Invested $1000 in HCA Healthcare a Decade Ago, This is How Much It'd Be Worth Now

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Why HCA Healthcare (HCA) is a Top Stock for the Long-Term

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Can Lower Expenses Save Pediatrix Medical's Q1 Earnings?

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Humana's Q1 Earnings Beat Estimates on CenterWell Segment Strength

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Tenet Beats Q1 Earnings on Strong Ambulatory Unit, Ups '25 EPS View

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3 Reasons Why Growth Investors Shouldn't Overlook HCA (HCA)

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Why HCA Healthcare (HCA) is a Top Growth Stock for the Long-Term

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Why HCA Healthcare (HCA) is a Top Value Stock for the Long-Term

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Zacks Industry Outlook Highlights HCA Healthcare, Tenet Healthcare, Universal Health Services and Community Health Systems

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Encompass Health Beats Q1 Earnings Estimates, Ups '25 EPS View

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Doctor's Orders: 4 Hospital Stocks to Benefit From Industry Trends

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