HCA Healthcare Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 15 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for HCA Healthcare stock have an average target of 380.2, with a low estimate of 320 and a high estimate of 440. The average target predicts an increase of 13.62% from the current stock price of 334.61.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$320	$380.2	$380	$440
Change	-4.37%	+13.62%	+13.57%	+31.50%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for HCA Healthcare stock from 16 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25
Strong Buy	6	6	4	3	3	4
Buy	6	6	7	6	6	7
Hold	5	6	6	5	5	4
Sell	0	0	0	1	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	17	18	17	15	15	16

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Ben Hendrix RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Buy Maintains $405 → $384	Buy	Maintains	$405 → $384	+14.76%	Jan 27, 2025
Kevin Fischbeck B of A Securities	B of A Securities	Strong Buy Maintains $380 → $370	Strong Buy	Maintains	$380 → $370	+10.58%	Jan 27, 2025
Sarah James Cantor Fitzgerald	Cantor Fitzgerald	Buy Reiterates $405	Buy	Reiterates	$405	+21.04%	Jan 27, 2025
Andrew Mok Barclays	Barclays	Buy Maintains $392 → $366	Buy	Maintains	$392 → $366	+9.38%	Jan 27, 2025
Tim Rezvan Keybanc	Keybanc	Buy Maintains $420 → $370	Buy	Maintains	$420 → $370	+10.58%	Jan 7, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

75.51B

from 70.60B

6.94%

from 70.60B

Revenue Next Year

79.56B

from 75.51B

5.37%

from 75.51B

EPS This Year

24.76

from 22.00

12.56%

from 22.00

EPS Next Year

27.56

from 24.76

11.31%

from 24.76

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	51.53B	58.75B	60.23B	64.97B	70.60B	75.51B	79.56B	85.15B
Revenue Growth	0.38%	14.01%	2.52%	7.86%	8.67%	6.94%	5.37%	7.03%
EPS	10.93	21.16	19.15	18.97	22.00	24.76	27.56	31.32
EPS Growth	8.54%	93.60%	-9.50%	-0.94%	15.97%	12.56%	11.31%	13.62%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	13.51	12.14	10.68
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	26	22	4

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	80.1B	85.3B	90.2B
Avg	75.5B	79.6B	85.2B
Low	71.2B	75.7B	80.2B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	13.5%	13.0%	13.3%
Avg	6.9%	5.4%	7.0%
Low	0.8%	0.3%	0.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	26.79	30.36	33.16
Avg	24.76	27.56	31.32
Low	22.94	24.35	30.07

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	21.8%	22.6%	20.3%
Avg	12.6%	11.3%	13.6%
Low	4.3%	-1.7%	9.1%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.