HCA Holdings Inc (HCA): Today's Featured Health Services Laggard
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) pushed the Health Services industry lower today making it today's featured Health Services laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.6%. By the end of trading, HCA Holdings fell 45 cents (-1.5%) to $29.92 on average volume. Throughout the day, 3.2 million shares of HCA Holdings exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.1 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $29.67-$30.33 after having opened the day at $30.31 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $30.37. Other companies within the Health Services industry that declined today were:
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), down 35.1%,
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), down 12.5%,
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), down 10.5%, and
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), down 8.7%.
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HCA Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides health care services in the United States. HCA Holdings has a market cap of $13.99 billion and is part of the health care sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 4.7, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 37.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 16 analysts that rate HCA Holdings a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates HCA Holdings as a
. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its poor profit margins and feeble growth in its earnings per share.
- You can view the full HCA Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 14.5%,
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), up 9.2%,
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), up 7.2%, and
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), up 7.1%, were all gainers within the health services industry with
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) being today's featured health services industry leader.
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