HCAHCA Healthcare

$469.28+12% 1Y

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: rangebound and lightly shorted.

2 neutral, 1 without data
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 23, 2026

Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Overbought (RSI 70). Price is +5% vs its 200-day average.

Short interest2.3% of sharesFINRA · Sep 30, 2026

Lightly shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Down 25% since the previous count, down from 2.5% of shares outstanding three months ago.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

1-year returnmiddle of the market
vs 200-day avgmiddle of the market

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How HCA is trading

HCA Healthcare is +12% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 3.6 points behind the market.

+12%

1-year return · S&P 500 +16%

vs 200-day average
+5.4%

vs 200-day average · close to trend

RSI (14)
70

RSI (14) · overbought, bought harder than it has been sold

Below its 52-week high
14%

Below its 52-week high

Oct 15, 2024$293.47 – $543.23 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 23, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-23
$469.28
1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
+11%
1 yearS&P 500 +16%
+12%
5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
+106%
vs 50-day average$431.34
+8.8%
52-week high
$543.23
52-week low
$360.60
Annualised volatility
30%
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)+0.87%
2025+57%
2024+12%
2023+14%
2022−5.6%
2021+58%
2020+12%
2019+20%
2018+43%
2017+19%
Average return by calendar month, 2016–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan107 of 10+5.5%
Feb106 of 10+0.81%
Mar106 of 10−0.73%
Apr103 of 10−0.09%
May104 of 10+0.22%
Jun105 of 10−0.12%
Jul117 of 11+8.3%
Aug116 of 11+1.9%
Sep117 of 11−1.2%
Oct116 of 11+2.0%
Nov107 of 10+5.1%
Dec107 of 10+1.7%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.

Where the price stands

Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.

What it has returned

With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.