HCA Healthcare

Healthcare | Hospitals | USA
HCA Holdings (HCA) Q4 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates

HCA Holdings (HCA - Research Report) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.99 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.59 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.12 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.

This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 15.44%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this hospital operator would post earnings of $1.93 per share when it actually produced earnings of $2.16, delivering a surprise of 11.92%.

Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates four times.

HCA, which belongs to the Zacks Medical - Hospital industry, posted revenues of $12.27 billion for the quarter ended December 2018, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.91%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $11.56 billion. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates four times over the last four quarters.

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HCA Healthcare (HCA) Q1 Earnings and Revenue Beat Estimates

HCA Healthcare came out with adjusted earnings per share of $2.97 per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 28.6%. Earnings shot up nearly 27.5% year over year.

Revenue Beat Estimates

HCA Healthcare generated revenues of $12.5 billion, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.7%. The top line was also up 9.6% from the year-ago period.

Key Stats to Note

Adjusted EBITDA totaled $2.5 billion, up 20% year over year.

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HCA Healthcare (HCA) Q4 Earnings Beat Estimates, Rise Y/Y

HCA Healthcare, Inc. HCA reported fourth-quarter 2019 adjusted earnings of $3.09 per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.9%. Moreover, the bottom line inched up 3.3% year over year on the back of higher revenues and increased admissions.

Quarterly Details

HCA Healthcare generated revenues of $13.5 billion, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.6%. The top line was also up 10.2% from the year-ago period.

Same facility equivalent admissions increased 5% year over year while same facility admissions rose 4.7%. Same facility revenue per equivalent admission also grew 1.1% year over year.

Salaries and benefits, supplies and other operating expenses increased 10.6 % year over year to $10.8 billion.

Adjusted EBITDA totaled $2.7 billion, up 9.2% year over year.

As of Dec 31, 2019, HCA Healthcare operated 184 hospitals.


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