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HCA Healthcare Inc.
HCA · HCA Healthcare Inc. · Healthcare
Up next day
9/12
75%
Fell despite growth
2/12
Good earnings ignored
Avg earnings move
±2.1%
typical swing on earnings
Price when beating
+1.8%
avg over 10 beats
Biggest single move
+5.9%
'25.12 · largest reaction
How this stock reacts to earnings
Traits seen across its recent earnings reactions
Good results usually push the stock up
Up the next day 9 of 10 beats (90%)
Moves in line with results — fairly predictable
Avg +1.8% on a beat, -2.0% on a miss
Tends to keep drifting the same way for days
Day-one direction continued · 58% of last 12
vs Healthcare sector avg (153 peers)
This
+1.2%
Sector
+0.4%
Avg next-day reaction
Earnings number vs guidance — which drives it?
How often the beat/miss matched the actual price move
This stock mostly moves with the reported earnings number
Moved opposite to results 1 of last 12 times (8%)
1xBeat but fell
Even a beat sells off if guidance disappoints
0xMissed but rose
Even a miss rebounds if guidance reassures
Earnings timeline · tap a bar for that quarter
Oct 23Before open
'26.7 expectedEst. EPS $6.74
Quarter ended 3/2026
Reported 2026-04-24
Next-day move
+3.1%
After 5 days +0.1%
vs Consensus$7.13→$7.15+0.3% beat
EPS
$7.15
YoY +11%
Revenue
$19.1B
YoY +4%
Next-Q guidance
—
N/A
Price around earnings
vs market +2.9%p
Earnings trend · last 12 quarters
EPS$7.15YoY +11%
'23.6'26.3
Revenue$19.1BYoY +4%
'23.6'26.3
Price vs earnings · last 12 quarters
↑Up↓Down
Bad news out
weak · up ↑
0x
Met expectations
good · up ↑
9x75%
Disappointment
weak · down ↓
1x8%
Good earnings ignored
good · down ↓
2x17%
← ← Weak earningsStrong earnings → →
Mostly 'honest' — good earnings, price up · 9 of 12q (75%)
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