HCA Healthcare Inc. (HCA) Dividends
Dividend Yield and Dividend History Highlights
- As for free cash flow, HCA has greater average cash flow over the past 5.5 years than 91.39% US-listed dividend payers.
- As for its free cash flow/dividend ratio, HCA's comes in at -42.41 -- better than 3.53% of other US-listed dividend issuers.
- Currently, HCA generates more cash flow over the 12 months prior than 93.96% of US dividend stocks.
- To help you reduce price risk in your dividend portfolio, here are the dividend stocks that are least correlated with HCA's price: ENIA, KAR, NYT, WPM and FENG.
HCA Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model
Current Price | DDM Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
$182.33 | $78.12 | -70.02% |
For dividend yielding stocks, the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a common valuation tool; it attempts to extrapolate a fair share price based primarily on the dividend the stock provides relative to a number of other quantiative aspects of its business. As for HCA, the dividend discount model StockNews created for the company implies a negative return of 70.02%. Some interesting points we thought investors may wish to consider regarding the dividend discount model forecast for HCA Healthcare Inc are:
- Relative to all dividend yielding stocks in our set, HCA Healthcare Inc's dividend yield of 0.86% is in the bottom 13.28%.
- Regarding its relative worth based on the dividend discount model, HCA's provides a return of -70.02% based on the forecast of the dividend discount model we used relative to its current share price; this is a better return than only 19.3% of all stocks we measured with our dividend discount model.
- Beta, which compares volatilty of an individual stock to that of the S&P 500, is lower for HCA than it is for only 21.54% of other equities in the Healthcare sector that also issue dividends.
HCA Dividend Chart

HCA Dividend History
Ex-Dividend Date | Type | Payout Amount | Change | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loading, please wait... |
HCA Dividends vs. Peers
HCA's dividend yield currently ranks #4 of 19 vs. its peers in the Medical - Hospitals category.
Rank | Symbol | Name | Dividend Yield |
---|---|---|---|
1 | FSNUY | Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA | 2.21% |
2 | SEM | Select Medical Holdings Corporation | 2.07% |
3 | EHC | Encompass Health Corporation | 2.05% |
4 | HCA | HCA Healthcare Inc. | 1.26% |
5 | UHS | Universal Health Services, Inc. | 0.76% |
6 | QHC | Quorum Health Corporation | 0.00% |
7 | SLHG | Skylight Health Group Inc. | 0.00% |
8 | OSH | Oak Street Health Inc. | 0.00% |
9 | AGL | agilon health, inc. | 0.00% |
10 | THC | Tenet Healthcare Corporation | 0.00% |
11 | LPNT | LifePoint Health, Inc. | 0.00% |
12 | ALR | AlerisLife Inc. | 0.00% |
13 | AIRS | Airsculpt Technologies, Inc. | 0.00% |
14 | AVCO | Avalon GloboCare Corp. | 0.00% |
15 | FTRP | Field Trip Health Ltd. | 0.00% |
16 | CANO | CanoHealth | 0.00% |
17 | LFST | LifeStance Health Group, Inc. | 0.00% |
18 | CYH | Community Health Systems, Inc. | 0.00% |
19 | HNGR | Hanger, Inc. | 0.00% |
Looking for More Information on HCA dividends?
Want to do more research on HCA Healthcare Inc's dividends? Try the links below:HCA Healthcare Inc Common Stock (HCA) Dividend History | Nasdaq
Dividend History for HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA) - Dividend Investor
HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA) Dividend History - Seeking Alpha