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HCA
-2.1%🟢 Fundamentally supportedHCA Healthcare, Inc. · Healthcare
$458.84Vol 1.73M · 1.3× normalMkt cap −$2.09BMarket closed — 2026-10-16 session
What happened
Move
-2.1%
Price
$458.84
Volume
1.73M
1.3× normal
Market cap
$99.34B
−$2.09B today
Why it moved
Earnings releasemedium confidence
- Q2 Earnings Highlights: HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA) Vs The Rest Of The Hospital Chains Stocks — finnhub-news
- Sector-wide move — computed
Possible catalyst: earnings release.
Verdict — was the move justified?
🟢 Fundamentally supported
Earnings release — direction and rough magnitude are consistent with the identified fundamental catalyst.
How unusual is this move
σ score
1.7σ
vs own 20d volatility
Percentile
81th
of 1278 daily moves
Avg daily move
±1.3%
own 5y average
vs sector
-0.9%
beyond sector median
What happened after similar moves
156 similar down moves in HCA’s 5-year history:
After 5 days
+0.4%
54% higher
After 20 days
+2.3%
60% higher
Median of same-direction moves within ±35% magnitude band. Past patterns don’t predict outcomes — context, not signal.
Fundamental context
V 77G 36P 45H 34Q 94
Valuation context
P/E (TTM)
14.5
5y median 14.0
P/E percentile
59%
vs own 5y history
FCF yield
0.1%
Valuation sits near the middle of its own historical range (59th percentile).
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