National Pension Service Has $223.80 Million Stock Position in HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA)

National Pension Service raised its position in HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) by 11.9% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 550,654 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 58,353 shares during the quarter. National Pension Service owned approximately 0.21% of HCA Healthcare worth $223,802,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of HCA. NorthRock Partners LLC grew its stake in HCA Healthcare by 17.4% in the first quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 1,310 shares of the company’s stock valued at $437,000 after purchasing an additional 194 shares in the last quarter. Norden Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of HCA Healthcare during the 1st quarter worth about $597,000. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of HCA Healthcare during the 1st quarter worth about $317,000. Private Advisor Group LLC lifted its position in shares of HCA Healthcare by 14.5% during the 1st quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 3,980 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,327,000 after purchasing an additional 503 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its position in shares of HCA Healthcare by 7.7% during the 1st quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 13,775 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,594,000 after purchasing an additional 987 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 62.73% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at HCA Healthcare

In other HCA Healthcare news, EVP Michael S. Cuffe sold 8,358 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $385.42, for a total value of $3,221,340.36. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 29,678 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,438,494.76. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 1.60% of the company’s stock.

HCA Healthcare Stock Up 1.5 %

NYSE HCA opened at $362.63 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $93.58 billion, a PE ratio of 16.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 1.68. HCA Healthcare, Inc. has a one year low of $226.44 and a one year high of $417.14. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $392.99 and its 200 day simple moving average is $354.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 48.71, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 1.00.

HCA Healthcare Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a $0.66 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. This represents a $2.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.73%. HCA Healthcare’s payout ratio is 11.85%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the company. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on HCA Healthcare from $390.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, October 28th. UBS Group upped their price target on HCA Healthcare from $405.00 to $438.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 14th. KeyCorp cut their price target on HCA Healthcare from $475.00 to $420.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, October 28th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $392.00 price target on shares of HCA Healthcare in a report on Tuesday, October 1st. Finally, Wolfe Research raised HCA Healthcare to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 29th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirteen have given a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $379.11.

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.