Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC bought a new stake in HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA – Free Report) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm bought 539 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $219,000.
Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Terra Nova Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of HCA Healthcare by 0.3% in the 3rd quarter. Terra Nova Asset Management LLC now owns 8,112 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,297,000 after buying an additional 26 shares during the period. Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV boosted its stake in HCA Healthcare by 7.4% during the 3rd quarter. Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV now owns 421 shares of the company’s stock valued at $171,000 after purchasing an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. Waldron Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in HCA Healthcare by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. Waldron Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,681 shares of the company’s stock valued at $683,000 after purchasing an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. Brookstone Capital Management boosted its stake in HCA Healthcare by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 4,065 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,652,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. boosted its stake in HCA Healthcare by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,301 shares of the company’s stock valued at $529,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. 62.73% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insider Activity
In other news, EVP Michael S. Cuffe sold 8,358 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $385.42, for a total transaction of $3,221,340.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 29,678 shares in the company, valued at $11,438,494.76. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Company insiders own 1.60% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
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HCA Healthcare Trading Up 0.1 %
Shares of HCA stock opened at $361.08 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $394.11 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $353.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 27.11, a current ratio of 1.06 and a quick ratio of 0.94. HCA Healthcare, Inc. has a 1 year low of $223.73 and a 1 year high of $417.14. The stock has a market capitalization of $94.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.00, a PEG ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 1.67.
HCA Healthcare Announces Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a dividend of $0.66 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. This represents a $2.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.73%. HCA Healthcare’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 13.16%.
HCA Healthcare Profile
HCA Healthcare, Inc, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates hospitals and related healthcare entities in the United States. It operates general and acute care hospitals that offers medical and surgical services, including inpatient care, intensive care, cardiac care, diagnostic, and emergency services; and outpatient services, such as outpatient surgery, laboratory, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology, and physical therapy.
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