HCA Healthcare Inc. (HCA): Price and Financial Metrics

HCA POWR Grades

• HCA scores best on the Stability dimension, with a Stability rank ahead of 94.28% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for HCA is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• HCA ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 4th percentile.

HCA Stock Summary

• The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for HCA is -24.4 -- better than just 0.93% of US stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of HCA HEALTHCARE INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 0.35% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at -16.91 for HCA HEALTHCARE INC; that's greater than it is for merely 1.49% of US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to HCA, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are HLT, BTI, CNQ, EOG, and PXD.
• HCA's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit HCA HEALTHCARE INC's official web site, go to www.hcahealthcare.com.

HCA Valuation Summary

• HCA's price/earnings ratio is 12.9; this is 46.47% lower than that of the median Healthcare stock.
• HCA's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.7 over the prior 149 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for HCA.

HCA Growth Metrics

The 3 year revenue growth rate now stands at 25.01%.
• The 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 44.62%.
• The 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -2.92%.

The table below shows HCA's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

HCA's Quality Factors

• HCA has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 83.06% of graded US stocks.
• HCA's asset turnover comes in at 1.205 -- ranking 15th of 81 Healthcare stocks.
• SEM, RHE, and EHC are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with HCA.

The table below shows HCA's key quality metrics over time.