DJ HCA Healthcare Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day

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Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc. $(HCA)$ slid 2.98% to $423.48 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.02% to 7,704.13 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.31% to 51,349.98.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.

HCA Healthcare Inc. closed 23.91% short of its 52-week high of $556.52, which the company achieved on March 12th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Community Health Systems Inc. (CYH) fell 4.32% to $2.88 and Tenet Healthcare Corp. (THC) fell 2.69% to $249.54.

Trading volume (1.0 M) remained 466,461 below its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 24, 2026.