HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.72 on September 30th

HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 25th, RTT News reports. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 16th will be given a dividend of 0.72 per share on Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 16th.

HCA Healthcare has a payout ratio of 10.3% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect HCA Healthcare to earn $28.03 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $2.88 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 10.3%.

HCA Healthcare Price Performance

HCA Healthcare stock opened at $405.54 on Friday. HCA Healthcare has a 1 year low of $289.98 and a 1 year high of $420.98. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $382.88 and a 200 day moving average price of $363.07. The company has a market cap of $94.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.05, a PEG ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 1.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 69.07, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 0.98.

HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July 25th. The company reported $6.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $6.20 by $0.64. HCA Healthcare had a net margin of 8.21% and a negative return on equity of 7,363.11%. The company had revenue of $18.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $18.49 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $5.50 earnings per share. HCA Healthcare’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. HCA Healthcare has set its FY 2025 guidance at 25.500-27.000 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that HCA Healthcare will post 24.98 earnings per share for the current year.

About HCA Healthcare

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.