DJ HCA Healthcare Inc. Stock Underperforms Friday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc. $(HCA)$ slid 1.71% to $404.68 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.17% to 7,785.76 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.20% to 53,732.41.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
HCA Healthcare Inc. closed 27.28% short of its 52-week high of $556.52, which the company reached on March 12th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Community Health Systems Inc. (CYH) rose 1.01% to $3.00 and Tenet Healthcare Corp. $(THC)$ rose 0.32% to $267.90.
Trading volume (935,875) remained 696,229 below its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 14, 2026.