HCA Healthcare, Inc.

HCA stock score: 64/100

$465.75 · +2.39% · Scored Oct 20, 2026

Technical
65
Fundamental
63
News
52

The reading

HCA Healthcare (HCA) scores 64 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 92% of Healthcare stocks and 86% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 65, fundamentals 63.

Among the fundamentals, Fund Ownership at 100 and Asset Turnover at 96 score highest, while Gross Margins at 4 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 66 and contrarian oscillators 36 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 52; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 23, 2026 the composite has ranged from 49 to 64, and it is up 12 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward HCA’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

63

Pulling it up

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • Asset Turnover96

    Asset turnover is revenue divided by total assets: how much sales a company generates from each dollar of assets.

  • Price to Sales Ratio95

    Price-to-Sales ratio compares market capitalization to annual revenue.

Holding it back

  • Gross Margins4

    Gross margins show profitability after cost of goods sold.

  • Earnings Estimates17

    Earnings estimates score evaluates analyst projections for future profitability.

  • Earnings Growth (5-Year)30

    5-year earnings growth evaluates long-term profit trajectory and consistency.

38 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

63

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • Ichimoku Cloud100

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

  • Candlestick Patterns100

    Candlestick patterns recognize specific price formations that historically suggest continuation or reversal.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (50)0

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

  • Bollinger Bands (20)14

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • Money Flow Index (14)15

    Money Flow Index (14-period) is a volume-weighted RSI that identifies overbought and oversold conditions.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
52

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly581
Daily633
Weekly662
Monthly672
Quarterly672

Composite score, last 90 days

05010064Jul 23, 2026Oct 20, 2026Jul 23, 2026: 52Jul 24, 2026: 53Jul 25, 2026: 52Jul 26, 2026: 52Jul 27, 2026: 61Jul 28, 2026: 64Jul 29, 2026: 58Jul 30, 2026: 57Jul 31, 2026: 59Aug 2, 2026: 52Aug 3, 2026: 53Aug 4, 2026: 52Aug 5, 2026: 49Aug 6, 2026: 49Aug 7, 2026: 59Aug 8, 2026: 59Aug 9, 2026: 59Aug 10, 2026: 60Aug 11, 2026: 59Aug 12, 2026: 60Aug 13, 2026: 58Aug 14, 2026: 57Aug 15, 2026: 58Aug 16, 2026: 58Aug 17, 2026: 57Aug 18, 2026: 59Aug 19, 2026: 60Aug 20, 2026: 59Aug 22, 2026: 62Aug 23, 2026: 62Aug 24, 2026: 62Aug 25, 2026: 62Aug 26, 2026: 61Aug 27, 2026: 60Aug 28, 2026: 60Aug 29, 2026: 60Aug 30, 2026: 60Aug 31, 2026: 59Sep 1, 2026: 60Sep 2, 2026: 57Sep 3, 2026: 58Sep 4, 2026: 57Sep 5, 2026: 58Sep 6, 2026: 58Sep 7, 2026: 58Sep 8, 2026: 57Sep 9, 2026: 59Sep 10, 2026: 61Sep 11, 2026: 62Sep 12, 2026: 62Sep 13, 2026: 62Sep 14, 2026: 61Sep 15, 2026: 60Sep 16, 2026: 61Sep 17, 2026: 62Sep 18, 2026: 62Sep 19, 2026: 61Sep 20, 2026: 61Sep 21, 2026: 60Sep 22, 2026: 62Sep 23, 2026: 63Sep 24, 2026: 60Sep 25, 2026: 61Sep 26, 2026: 61Sep 27, 2026: 61Sep 28, 2026: 61Sep 29, 2026: 61Sep 30, 2026: 60Oct 1, 2026: 60Oct 2, 2026: 60Oct 3, 2026: 60Oct 4, 2026: 60Oct 5, 2026: 61Oct 6, 2026: 61Oct 7, 2026: 62Oct 8, 2026: 63Oct 9, 2026: 64Oct 10, 2026: 63Oct 11, 2026: 63Oct 12, 2026: 64Oct 13, 2026: 64Oct 14, 2026: 64Oct 15, 2026: 63Oct 16, 2026: 62Oct 17, 2026: 62Oct 18, 2026: 62Oct 19, 2026: 62Oct 20, 2026: 64
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Key facts

Market cap
$100.8B
Sector
Healthcare
Industry
Medical Care Facilities
Beta
1.11
Risk grade (1–10)
6
Next earnings
Oct 27, 2026

Medical Care Facilities peers

CompanyMarket capScore
THC Tenet Healthcare$21.9B67
EHC Encompass Health$12.0B63
FMS Fresenius Medical Care AG$11.4B45
DVA DaVita$11.2B58
UHS Universal Health Services$10.9B64
ENSG The Ensign Group$10.3B61

Questions

What is HCA's stock score today?

HCA scores 64/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 20, 2026: technical 65, fundamental 63, and news sentiment 52, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is HCA a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 64 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the HCA score calculated?

100 weighted scorers feed it today: 38 fundamental, scored against Healthcare ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.