DJ HCA Healthcare Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc. $(HCA)$ shed 1.15% to $493.88 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.51% to 6,506.48 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.96% to 45,577.47.
This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of losses.
HCA Healthcare Inc. closed 11.26% below its 52-week high of $556.52, which the company reached on March 12th.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Community Health Systems Inc. (CYH) fell 3.67% to $2.89 and Tenet Healthcare Corp. $(THC)$ fell 2.32% to $200.35.
Trading volume (2.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.1 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 20, 2026.
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March 20, 2026 16:39 ET (20:39 GMT)
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