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HCA Showing Recent Insider Activity

Recent activity shows that HCA Healthcare, HCA the Insider Confidence level is trending Up due to Corporate Insiders of HCA Bought $11.9M worth of shares in the last 3 months.  

Before you dig into this report it is important to remember that "Insider Buying" is the purchase of shares in a corporation by a director, officer, or executive within the company. Insider buying is not the same as insider trading, which refers to corporate insiders making illegal stock purchases based on non-public information.
 
"Insider Buying" is not a crime when the buying is based on public information. 
 
Additionally, since insiders have unique insights into their own companies, they often gobble up shares when they believe the stock is undervalued or dump stock when it’s time to sell.  That's why people pay attention to insider buying.

Here is a list of the latest insider activity for HCA:
  • Thomas F. Jr. Frist - >10% Owner, Bought $18,882,683 worth of shares on 2 days ago
  • Whalen Kathleen M - SVP & Chief Ethics Officer, Sold $107,690 worth of shares on 1 day ago
  • McAlevey Michael R - SVP & CLO, Bought $242,602 worth of shares on 3 days ago
  • Andrea Smith - Director, Bought $247,811 worth of shares on 4 days ago
TipRanks.com reports that HCA Healthcare currently has 16 analysts offering 12-month price targets and the consensus is a Strong Buy rating with an average price target is $252.93 . The target pricing ranges from a high forecast of $275.00 down to a low forecast of $227.00. HCA Healthcare (HCA)’s last closing price was $224.19 which would put the average price target at 12.82% upside.

In addition, TradingView issued a Sell rating for HCA over the next month, Barchart.com has a sell rating and Yahoo! Finance has a Neutral short-term outlook

HCA Healthcare, HCA
Summary: HCA Healthcare, Inc.'is the largest non-governmental operator of acute care hospitals in the U.S. The company operates hospitals and related health care entities. The general, acute care hospitals also provide outpatient services such as outpatient surgery, laboratory, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology and physical therapy. It operates in two geographically organized groups - the National and American Groups. The National Group includes hospitals across Alaska, California, Florida, southern Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, northern Kentucky, Nevada, New Hampshire,'North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia. The American Group includes hospitals across Colorado, northern Georgia, Kansas, southern Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. The company also operates hospitals in England that are included in the Corporate and Other group. The company's general, acute care hospitals provide a wide range of services to cater to different medical specialties.
  • Last Price: $224.19
  • Price Change: -$0.61, -0.2714%
  • Yearly Gain: 9.06%
  • Market Cap: $66.24B
  • P/E Ratio: 10.576
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