HCA Healthcare Inc’s recently made public that its SVP & Chief Ethics Officer Whalen Kathleen M unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.53 million on Nov 14 ’24. In the deal valued at $357.99 per share,1,474 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Whalen Kathleen M now holds 9,454 shares worth roughly $2.91 million.
Then, Billington Phillip G sold 3,897 shares, generating $1,363,950 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $350.00, the SVP-Internal Audit Services now owns 52,702 shares.
Before that, Akdamar Erol R sold 2,900 shares. HCA Healthcare Inc shares valued at $1,023,700 were divested by the Group President at a price of $353.00 per share. As a result of the transaction, Akdamar Erol R now holds 6,843 shares, worth roughly $2.11 million.
A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Wells Fargo’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in late November from “an Equal weight” to “an Underweight”. Raymond James also remained covering HCA and has decreased its forecast on November 22, 2024 with a “Mkt perform” recommendation from previously “an Outperform” rating. KeyBanc Capital Markets started covering the stock on October 11, 2024. It rated HCA as “an Overweight”.
Price Performance Review of HCA
On Tuesday, HCA Healthcare Inc [NYSE:HCA] saw its stock jump 3.80% to $308.21. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 3.28%. HCA Healthcare Inc shares have risen nearly 2.69% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 11.74% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $417.14 was reached on 01/07/25, a 52-week low of $276.50 was recorded on 01/03/25. SMA at 50 days reached $327.71, while 200 days put it at $345.59.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For HCA Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 302.88, which if violated will result in even more drops to 297.55. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 311.16. A further resistance level may holdings at 314.11. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 45.47, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.79, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bullish at 10.11%. Stochastics %K at 46.77% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in HCA Healthcare Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in HCA Healthcare Inc stocks on 2024-12-13, growing by 1.8 million shares to a total of 4.78 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-11-15 was 2.97 million shares. There was a rise of 37.76%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on September 03, 2024 when Morgan Stanley began covering the stock and recommended ‘”an Equal-weight”‘ rating along with a $427 price target.
