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NYSE ยท Equity ยท United States
HCA
HCA Healthcare, Inc.
HealthcareMedical Care Facilities
HCA Healthcare is an American for-profit operator of health care facilities that was founded in 1968. It is based in Nashville, Tennessee, and, as of May 2020, owns and operates 186 hospitals and approximately 2,000 sites of care, including surgery centers, freestanding emergency rooms, urgent care centers and physician clinics in 21 states and the United Kingdom.
Last updated
28 Aug 2026
Exchange
NYSE ยท NYSE
Sector
Healthcare
Industry
Medical Care Facilities
Currency
USD
Market capitalisation
92,931,101,746
Fair value reference
363.93
Next-week expectancy
Positive ยท 56.94%
Executive chart read
Over the latest 12 completed weeks ending 2026-08-28, HCA rose 8.13%, moving from 386.42 to 417.82. The latest weekly close is below the Trend Line and above Fair Value. Trend Signal is inactive on the latest week and was active in 0 of the last 12 weeks. Relative Strength is -15.78 and has improved across the 12-week window. Market Dynamics is 0.27 on the latest week. Next-week expectancy is positive at 56.94% based on similar historical setup states.
Week Ending
28 Aug 2026
Latest Close
417.82
12-Week Change
8.13%
Trend Signal
Inactive
Next-Week Expectancy
Positive 56.94%
Signal Weeks
0 of 12
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Auction Intelligence
Sharemaestro market acceptance
Auction Intelligence
Where the market has accepted value, how that value is moving, and which price pathways remain structurally open.
Current auction stateUpside auction rejected
Price tested above accepted value but returned to the established auction range.
Price location
Within accepted value
Accepted value
Higher
Persistence
19 weeks
Auction runway
More open above
Accepted value297.27โ433.07
Principal three-year auction range
Rolling market memory and the nearest established acceptance above and below the current price.
Is market memory moving?
Accepted-value migration
Each column is a rolling one-year auction. Brighter areas show stronger price acceptance.
Where is the next market memory?
Auction runway
The upside is in price discovery while established market memory remains below.
AboveOpen discoveryNo established acceptance shelf is visible in this direction inside the three-year range.
Below379.46Established market memory sits 9.2% below the latest close.
Decision map
What would confirm or challenge the current interpretation?
Sustained weekly closes above433.07
Higher-value acceptance
Holding above this boundary while the acceptance centre rises would strengthen the higher-value interpretation.
Primary market-memory magnet315.14
Rotation toward value
This is the centre of the three-year auction and the principal reference if price rotates back through value.
Sustained weekly closes below297.27
Lower-value acceptance
Holding below this boundary while the acceptance centre falls would strengthen the lower-value interpretation.
Decision context
Structural references and cross-signal agreement
The closest market-memory levels, the evidence that agrees or disagrees, and the limits of the current interpretation.
Market memory
Nearest structural nodes
These are historical acceptance references, not live resting orders.
Low-acceptance corridorHistorically limited acceptance makes this a potential fast-travel area.
443.79
6.2%
Acceptance shelfRepeated historical activity makes this a market-memory shelf.
379.46
-9.2%
Low-acceptance corridorHistorically limited acceptance makes this a potential fast-travel area.
515.27
23.3%
Acceptance shelfRepeated historical activity makes this a market-memory shelf.
315.14
-24.6%
Low-acceptance corridorHistorically limited acceptance makes this a potential fast-travel area.
286.54
-31.4%
Cross-signal agreement
Does the wider Sharemaestro picture agree?
Agreement strengthens context; disagreement identifies where the thesis is vulnerable.
Auction locationShows where the latest close sits relative to established accepted value.Within accepted value
Accepted-value migrationCompares the recent acceptance centre with the preceding one-year auction.Higher
30-week trendThe latest close is 5.3% below the trend line.Price below
Fair-value positionMarket price is 14.8% above the current fair-value reference.Above
Point & Figure structureConfirms whether reversal structure agrees with the current auction direction.Upside breakout
Earnings repricingShows whether accepted market value is developing with or against the earnings relationship.Earnings ahead
Upside auction rejected
Price tested above accepted value but returned to the established auction range.
More open above
The upside is in price discovery while established market memory remains below.
Established market memory
The three-year acceptance centre at 315.14 remains the dominant rotational reference.
Security-specific analogues
How comparable auction states resolved
Fewer than four non-overlapping comparable episodes exist in the visible history.
1 comparable non-overlapping episodes are visible; at least four are required before outcomes are summarised.
Price Action
Completed weekly market tape
Price Action
A deep view of how price is behaving against its own completed history, trend, structural levels and participation.
Current weekly interpretationAdvancing structure with weak close
Recent completed price swings are progressing higher on both sides of the range. Price is below its completed-week trend reference and that reference is falling.
Full context ยท Unstable
Current structureAdvancing structure
Recent completed price swings are progressing higher on both sides of the range.
Trend relationshipBelow a falling trend
Price is below its completed-week trend reference and that reference is falling.
Support and resistanceSupport 403.78 ยท Resistance 422.58
Nearest completed structural references around the latest close.
Participation qualityNormal participation
Participation was broadly consistent with the market's completed recent history.
Price, structure and participation
Where price advanced, failed, reclaimed or lost important ground
Candles preserve the completed weekly tape. Selected annotations identify meaningful finished events and point directly to the week concerned.
Up weekDown weekTrend referenceCompleted supportCompleted resistanceVolumeTypical volumePublished event
What happened this week?
The latest completed candle
The latest week is separated into price change, candle character, closing position and path quality.
Weekly move-2.65%
Latest close versus the preceding completed close.
Candle characterWeak close
Price declined and finished in the lower part of the completed weekly range.
Where the week closedNear the weekly low
The close finished at 7% of the completed weekly range.
Path qualityUnstable
Frequent recent changes in direction reduce confidence in the current price path.
Current evaluation
What the weekly tape says now
The interpretation combines completed price structure, trend relationship, participation and path quality.
What supports it
Recent completed price swings are progressing higher on both sides of the range.
What would improve it
A sustained close above the nearest completed resistance, supported by firmer participation, would improve confirmation.
What could weaken it
A sustained loss of the nearest completed support would materially weaken the current price structure.
What to watch next
Trend relationship is below a falling trend; participation is normal participation, and path quality is unstable.
Statistical perspective
Where the latest close sits in its own completed history
These observations describe the available record. They are market context, not predictions of the next move.
Position in completed history74% of range
The latest close's location between the lowest and highest completed closes available for this market.
Distance from completed high-22.4%
How far the latest close sits below the highest completed close in the available history.
Recovery from completed low+459.7%
How far the latest close has advanced from the lowest completed close in the available history.
Latest move versus typical1.1ร typical
The absolute latest weekly move compared with completed weekly moves available before it.
Completed event history
What changed, and when
Only selected completed events are shown. Each annotation is descriptive, not a standalone instruction.
Support structure lost
The weekly close moved below the preceding completed price structure.
12 weeks ago
Trend lost
The weekly close moved below the completed trend reference.
18 weeks ago
Upside structure cleared
The weekly close moved above the preceding completed price structure.
28 weeks ago
Range
Sharemaestro Range
Where price is trading
The fitted range, accepted trading area and strongest price levels are calculated automatically from completed weekly market data.
Current stateInside accepted value
52-week position
31.8%
Low to high
Accepted price
376.08
Latest versus accepted: 11.10%
Fitted direction
Falling
-0.25% per week
Range pressure
44/100
Balanced pressure
Range condition
Contracting
0.73ร normal range
Range pressureCurrent range pressure ยท 50 is balanced
Weekly closeFitted rangeActivity ribbonEstimated activity at priceAutomatic level
Automatic structure
Strongest price levels
Support376.08
From price
-10.0%
Evidence
100/100
Touches
5
Support388.48
From price
-7.0%
Evidence
83/100
Touches
4
Support405.67
From price
-2.9%
Evidence
75/100
Touches
3
Resistance421.34
From price
0.8%
Evidence
73/100
Touches
4
Resistance441.75
From price
5.7%
Evidence
51/100
Touches
2
Current reading
What the range shows
Current positionInside accepted value
Price is at 31.8% of its latest 52-week range.
Fitted directionFalling
The fitted centre line is moving -0.25% per week.
Range pressureBalanced pressure
The current pressure reading is 44/100; 50 is balanced.
Next structural level421.34
Resistance is 0.8% from the latest close with 73/100 evidence strength.
Point & Figure
Price structure ยท volume at price
Point & Figure market structure
Each X marks a rising price box and each O marks a falling price box. Time is removed from the horizontal scale so reversals, breakouts and areas of heavy trading stand out.
MethodAdaptive scale
Smart Money
Completed-week positioning evidence
Smart Money
See whether the support beneath price is strengthening, weakening, confirming the trend or warning of increased risk.
Current Smart Money readSmart Money support is weak
The current completed-week evidence is not providing dependable confirmation for price.
Momentum 0.14 ยท Weakening
Trend qualityWeak alignment
The current trend state has persisted for 19 completed weeks; visible confirmation is weak alignment.
Momentum pathWeak ยท Weakening
The latest completed-week level and direction.
Latest positive signalNo recent positive signal
The chart is carrying context rather than a fresh positive event marker.
Risk and warningsNormal
Earlier warnings are outside the recent completed-week window.
Price, support and published events
Where confirmation strengthened or risk increased
Selected annotations highlight meaningful completed-week events; every existing chart series and marker remains visible.
Close Price
Trend Line
Demand Threshold Line
Reversal Risk Level
Current evaluation
What the Smart Money chart means now
The reading combines the finished chart state, its direction and the timing of published signals.
What supports it
There is limited positive confirmation; the chart should be read cautiously until support improves.
What would improve it
A turn higher in the momentum path, followed by steadier trend confirmation, would strengthen the reading.
What could weaken it
There is no fresh positive event marker, so the current reading depends on continued confirmation rather than a new signal.
Published signal history
What changed, and when
Event markers are observations, not standalone instructions to buy or sell.
Reversal danger
The chart registered its strongest reversal warning.
25 weeks ago
Reversal risk
The chart registered elevated reversal risk.
28 weeks ago
Market Dynamics
Price and underlying support
Market Dynamics
See whether the support beneath price is strengthening, weakening, confirming the move or beginning to diverge from it.
Zero lineMarket Dynamics Rate of ChangePrice ActionVolume ActionFlip UpFlip Down
Price and support relationship ยท 12 completed weeks
Price and Market Dynamics are confirming each other
Price changed +3.8% and Market Dynamics changed +0.57 over the latest 4 completed weeks. The price move currently has improving support beneath it.
Latest 4 weeks in focus
Price change from 2026-06-12Market DynamicsLatest 4 completed weeks
Zone-to-zone journey model
34% across the current zone span
The model estimates a 20% chance of confirming accumulation within 52 completed weeks and a 56% chance of returning to the source zone first.
Current journey
Distribution to accumulation ยท Progressing
Activated
2026-03-20
Model data
Through 2026-08-21
What Market Dynamics shows
Yes. Market Dynamics follows the completed-week transition between the two sides of a market cycle. Accumulation is the lower zone where selling pressure may be absorbed and support may be forming; distribution is the upper zone where earlier demand may be tiring and supply can begin to take control. The model measures both accumulation to distribution and the reverse journey, and waits for a deeper close or repeated closes before treating a new zone as confirmed. HCA is 34% across its current move from distribution back toward accumulation. The journey remains open because neither the target nor a return to the source has been confirmed. For an investor, the value is in separating an apparent price move from a completed change in market character: target confirmation can strengthen the case that a new phase is taking hold, while a confirmed source return warns that the attempted change did not persist and the risk/reward should be reassessed. The completed journeys below show how 1 transitions in this ticker's stored history reached and confirmed the opposite zone.
Current zone-span position 34%
Distribution to Accumulation ยท 23 completed weeks since exit
Complete within 26 weeks 11%
Confirm the current accumulation zone first
Complete within 52 weeks 20%
Confirm the target zone using completed weeks
Invalidate within 52 weeks 56%
Confirm a return to the source zone first
Question 1 ยท Where has price travelled?
Current journey through the zone span
Zero is the confirmed starting zone; 100% is the opposite target zone.
Observed zone-span positionStarting-zone sideTarget-zone side
Question 2 ยท What does the model estimate?
Current 52-week outcome probability
These are competing model outcomes for the active journey, not next-week forecasts.
Confirm target within 52 weeksReturn to source within 52 weeks
12 weeks3%
26 weeks11%
52 weeks20%
Accumulation zone
263.46 / deep 224.78
Current close
417.82
Distribution zone
495.58 / deep 534.26
Source-zone dwell
32 completed weeks
Market Dynamics 0.27Latest causal completed-week reading12-week change 1.38Change in underlying supportTrend position -5%Close relative to the Trend LineVolume ratio 1.13รRecent activity versus its baseline
What actually happened before?
Successful zone transitions
Target-confirmed opposite-zone transitions from the latest 156 charted weeks.
Most recent successful journeyAccumulation to Distribution ยท Confirmed distribution
2023-12-15โ2026-02-13 ยท 114 completed weeks ยท price move +102.9%. Across this chart, 1 journey confirmed an opposite zone: 1 reached distribution and 0 reached accumulation.
0% ยท confirmed source exit100% ยท confirmed opposite zone
Accumulation to DistributionConfirmed distribution
2023-12-15โ2026-02-13 ยท journey 114w ยท source dwell 13w
Source exit50%Target confirmed
Furthest point
100%
Price move
+102.9%
Time to confirm
114w
Reached and confirmed distribution after 114 completed weeks. Price moved +102.9% from the confirmed source-zone exit.
Earnings and Price Index
Earnings and Price Index
A three-year index of the relationship between earnings power and market price.
Current stateEarnings ahead
Earnings power is leading market price; the spread is closing and has persisted through 1 update.
Spread
Closing
Persistence
1 quarter
Confirmation
Broad support
Repricing pressure
Low โ earnings-led
Market move56.3%
Three-year change
Earnings move67.0%
Three-year change
Repricing spread10.7 pts
closing
Current valuation14.1ร
Price relative to earnings power
Earnings power is leading market price; the spread is closing and has persisted through 1 update.
Market price
Earnings power
Repricing spread
Earnings update
Repricing may be starting
The longstanding earnings lead is beginning to close through price confirmation.
Business quality supportive
Cash generation and operating evidence are broadly supportive.
Supporting evidence
Attribution, business confirmation and horizon robustness
The components behind the repricing relationship and the independent evidence that supports or challenges it.
What drove the move?
Earnings and relative valuation contributions
Shows how the earnings move and relative valuation combine into the total market move.
What supports the earnings picture?
Business confirmation
5 of 6 available business-quality checks are supportive.
EarningsRevenueCash generation
Cash conversionWhether reported profit is supported by free cash generation.Supportive
Revenue directionWhether top-line progress supports the earnings direction.Supportive
Free-cash-flow directionWhether free cash flow is improving with earnings.Caution
Accrual pressureLower accrual pressure is a cleaner confirmation of earnings.Supportive
A completed close above 26-week VWAP with pressure holding above 60 would strengthen buyer control.
Decision area420.97
26-week VWAP at 420.97, 0.8% above the latest close.
Weakening level411.89
A completed close below Swing high with acceptance moving under 50% would weaken the present structure.
Current VWAP stack
Volume-weighted price levels
26-week VWAP420.97
+0.75% from close
Swing high411.89
-1.42% from close
Latest earnings VWAP406.19
-2.78% from close
High-activity anchor399.83
-4.31% from close
Year VWAP437.62
+4.74% from close
52-week VWAP440.97
+5.54% from close
13-week VWAP393.18
-5.90% from close
Estimated activity position
Activity above and below price
Below price 38%Above price 62%
29%near price
A notable share of recent weighted activity remains above price and may act as overhead supply.
Estimated from completed weekly typical prices and reported activity; it is not holder-level cost-basis data.
Benchmark, sector and industry
VWAP control comparison
Sector and industry comparisons require at least ten constituents with aligned completed history.
Benchmark ยท SPYWeaker control than reference
Weaker control than reference; control-score gap -45.5 points.
Buyers firmly in control ยท 83/100
Sector ยท HealthcareWeaker control than reference
Weaker control than reference; control-score gap -40.0 points.
Buyers firmly in control ยท 77/100
Industry ยท Medical Care FacilitiesWeaker control than reference
Weaker control than reference; control-score gap -46.0 points.
Buyers firmly in control ยท 83/100
Historical VWAP outcomes
Reclaims, losses and similar states
Descriptive outcomes from this ticker's visible historyโnot a forecast.
Weekly reclaim67% favourable
Events
3
Median 4w
-4.16%
Median 13w
+11.07%
Typical best
+13.26%
Typical worst
-4.16%
Completed occasions when price moved back above the core VWAP.
Weekly loss75% favourable
Events
4
Median 4w
-8.37%
Median 13w
-12.14%
Typical best
+2.08%
Typical worst
-18.95%
Completed occasions when price moved below the core VWAP.
Comparable control states10 matched weeks
Positive after 4w
30%
Median 4w
-7.26%
Positive after 13w
40%
Median 13w
-3.62%
Best / worst 13w
+34.0% / -11.4%
Outcomes after completed weeks with a similar control score and the same side of the core VWAP.
VWAP control history
Completed changes
Core VWAP lost
Price completed the week below the core VWAP.
Core VWAP reclaimed
Price completed the week back above the core VWAP.
VWAP structure turned lower
The fast VWAP crossed below the core VWAP.
VWAP reclaim rejected
Price tested above the core VWAP but completed the week back below it.
Core VWAP lost
Price completed the week below the core VWAP.
Core VWAP reclaimed
Price completed the week back above the core VWAP.
Core VWAP lost
Price completed the week below the core VWAP.
Core VWAP reclaimed
Price completed the week back above the core VWAP.
Next-State Map
Next-State Map
Historical one-week transition paths from similar completed-week states.
SMI
Proprietary completed-week evidence
SMI
See whether the underlying conditions beneath price are strengthening, weakening or holding firm.
Current SMI readUnderlying support remains weak, with an early improvement
Price and SMI are not presenting a decisive combined message. The latest reading is based on completed weekly evidence.
0.14 ยท Weak
Current stateWeak ยท 0.14
Latest completed-week SMI reading
DirectionImproving
How the completed SMI path is changing
PersistenceEstablished
12 completed weeks in the current state
Price relationshipMixed relationship
Price and SMI are not presenting a decisive combined message.
Price and SMI transitions
Where underlying support changed
Annotations identify selected completed SMI state changes.
Weekly CloseTrend LineFair ValueActivity Lines
SMI pathDirection, persistence and turning points
SMI 0.14 ยท Weak
ImprovingHolding steadyWeakening
SMI in context
Comparable SMI states have carried a positive historical bias
Across 18 comparable completed observations, 94.4% closed higher after 13 weeks. The median move was +13.4%.
Comparable observations
18
Completed historical readings
Positive outcomes
94.4%
After 13 completed weeks
Median move
+13.4%
Over the following 13 weeks
Versus normal baseline
+23.7 pts
Difference in positive outcome rate
Chart Summary
Key Points
Week Ending
28 Aug 2026
Latest Close
417.82
12-Week Change
8.13%
Trend Signal
Inactive
Next-Week Expectancy
Positive 56.94%
Signal Weeks
0 of 12
Vs Trend Line
Below
Vs Fair Value
Above
Relative Strength
-15.78
Market Dynamics
0.27
Over the latest 12 completed weeks ending 2026-08-28, HCA rose 8.13%, moving from 386.42 to 417.82. The latest weekly close is below the Trend Line and above Fair Value. Trend Signal is inactive on the latest week and was active in 0 of the last 12 weeks. Relative Strength is -15.78 and has improved across the 12-week window. Market Dynamics is 0.27 on the latest week. Next-week expectancy is positive at 56.94% based on similar historical setup states.
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