HCA Healthcare Inc’s recent filing unveils that its SVP & Chief Human Res. Officer Berres Jennifer unloaded Company’s shares for reported $3.08 million on Feb 14 ’25. In the deal valued at $322.59 per share,9,533 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Berres Jennifer now holds 15,412 shares worth roughly $4.9 million.
Then, Berres Jennifer bought 9,533 shares, generating $3,075,238 in total proceeds.
Before that, Reiner Deborah M bought 3,510 shares. HCA Healthcare Inc shares valued at $1,131,589 were divested by the Former Officer at a price of $322.39 per share.
Robert W. Baird downgraded its HCA Healthcare Inc [HCA] rating to a Neutral from a an Outperform in a research note published recently. Wells Fargo also remained covering HCA and has decreased its forecast on November 25, 2024 with a “an Underweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal weight” rating. Raymond James revised its rating on November 22, 2024. It rated HCA as “a Mkt perform” which previously was an “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of HCA
On Monday, HCA Healthcare Inc [NYSE:HCA] saw its stock fall -5.19% to $317.61. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -4.73%. HCA Healthcare Inc shares have risen nearly 5.82% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 2.12% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $417.14 was reached on 04/03/25, a 52-week low of $289.98 was recorded on 01/03/25. SMA at 50 days reached $327.72, while 200 days put it at $345.82.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For HCA Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 309.72, which if violated will result in even more drops to 301.82. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 330.22. A further resistance level may holdings at 342.82. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 39.40, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -7.99, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 91.83%. Stochastics %K at 34.35% 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 2025-03-31, dropping by -0.32 million shares to a total of 5.58 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-28 was 5.89 million shares. There was a decline of -5.66%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on October 11, 2024 when KeyBanc Capital Markets began covering the stock and recommended ‘”an Overweight”‘ rating along with a $475 price target.
