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

HCA POWR Grades

• Sentiment is the dimension where HCA ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 97.28% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for HCA is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 48 weeks.
• HCA ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 37th percentile.

HCA Stock Summary

• HCA Healthcare Inc's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than just 0.24% of US listed stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of HCA Healthcare Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 0.42% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at -259.29 for HCA Healthcare Inc; that's greater than it is for just 0.14% of US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to HCA, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are IMTE, MDXG, FLNG, KFS, and WYNN.
• 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 16.3; this is 55.34% lower than that of the median Healthcare stock.
• Over the past 128 months, HCA's price/earnings ratio has gone up 3.1.
• HCA's price/earnings ratio has moved up 3.1 over the prior 128 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for HCA.

HCA Growth Metrics

• Its year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 23.02%.
• The 2 year revenue growth rate now stands at 16.36%.
• Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at 1.88%.

Over the past 33 months, HCA's revenue has gone up $10,051,000,000.

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

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	56,016	3,373	4,967
2021-03-31	52,649	9,845	4,596
2020-12-31	51,533	9,232	3,754
2020-09-30	50,763	15,320	3,399
2020-06-30	50,146	14,729	3,343
2020-03-31	51,680	8,003	3,047

HCA's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• HCA has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 81.3% of graded US stocks.
• HCA's asset turnover comes in at 1.155 -- ranking 14th of 80 Healthcare stocks.
• USPH, SEM, 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.