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With a market cap of $82.01 billion, HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA) owns and operates hospitals and related healthcare entities in the United States. Founded in 1968, the Nashville, Tennessee-based company operates general and acute care hospitals that offer medical and surgical services, emergency services, and outpatient services. The company is slated to report its fiscal first-quarter earnings for FY2025 on Friday, Apr. 25, before the market opens.
Ahead of the event, analysts expect HCA to report a profit of $5.77 per share on a diluted basis, up 7.7% from $5.36 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company beat Wall Street’s EPS estimates in all of its last four quarterly reports, which is impressive.