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HCAHCA Healthcare, Inc.

# 46 · $469.03 (+0.37%) · $101.55B · Healthcare

64.8

52-week range

$292.93$542.23

High-severity risk signals

The scoring engine flagged these high-severity signals. They are warnings to investigate and are not part of the score.

  • Altman Z in distress zone

Market data

P/E
15.72
1M
+10.76%
1Y
+7.29%
Yield
0.65%
RSI
70.46
MACD
+0.18%

Breakdown

Value74
Growth64
Profitability63
Momentum44
EPS Revisions75

Why

  • P/E of 15.7
  • PEG of 0.88
  • earnings growth of 17.8%
  • margin and ROA expanding YoY
  • trading 5.8% above 200d SMA
  • MACD histogram positive
  • EPS vs. estimates: +7.6% on average

Rationale is generated by the scoring engine (English).

Piotroski F-Score

7

7 / 9 checks passed

  • roa positive
  • ocf positive
  • roa improving
  • accruals
  • leverage decreasing
  • liquidity improving
  • no dilution
  • margin improving
  • turnover improving

Altman Z-Score

1.70Distress zone

Risk signals

  • Altman Z in distress zoneHigh

    Z-Score 1.70 (< 1.81) — financial distress risk per the Altman model

  • Rising leverageInfo

    debt/assets higher than the previous fiscal year

Company research

Business Overview HCA Healthcare, Inc. is a for-profit hospital and healthcare facilities operator that provides inpatient and outpatient services (including emergency, surgical, and ancillary care) through hospitals and a broad network of sites of care. It generates revenue primarily from patient service revenue reimbursed by commercial insurers, Medicare, Medicaid, and patients (self-pay), under a mix of contracted and regulated reimbursement rates. Market Position HCA is one of the largest U.S. hospital operators by scale, benefiting from local market density in several states and centralized capabilities in supply chain, revenue cycle, and clinical protocols. Competitive differentiation typically comes from scale, network breadth, and the ability to invest in capacity, service lines, and data/clinical initiatives across markets. Key Segments HCA reports a single line of business—operating hospitals and related healthcare entities—and organizes reporting by geographic operating segments (with corporate/other activities outside the operating segments).

AI-generated summary based on third-party data; it may contain errors. Not investment advice or a recommendation to invest.

Revenue
Revenue · 2021–2025 · $58.75B → $75.60B$75.60B
Gross margin
——
Operating margin
Operating margin · 2021–2025 · 0.2% → 0.1%0.1%
Net margin
Net margin · 2021–2025 · 0.1% → 0.1%0.1%
FCF / Net income
FCF / Net income · 2021–2025 · 0.77 → 1.131.13
OCF / Net income
OCF / Net income · 2021–2025 · 1.29 → 1.861.86
Debt / Equity
Debt / Equity · 2021–2025 · -40.13 → -8.21-8.21
Current ratio
Current ratio · 2021–2025 · 1.41 → 0.970.97

Period: 2021-12-31 → 2025-12-31

A dash (—) means the figure is not available for that period, not that it is zero. Nothing here is estimated or filled in.