HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, owns and operates hospitals and related healthcare entities. Valued at $92.4 billion by market cap, the company provides diagnosis, treatments, consultancy, nursing, surgeries, and other services, as well as medical education, physician resource center, and training programs. The healthcare service provider is expected to announce its fiscal third-quarter earnings for 2026 before the market opens on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
Ahead of the event, analysts expect HCA Healthcare to report a profit of $6.73 per share on a diluted basis, down 3.3% from $6.96 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company beat the consensus estimates in three of the last four quarters while missing the forecast on another occasion.