Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong value characteristics for investors to consider today, August 20: ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (ZIM) : This logistics company carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 233% over the last 60 days. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 3.05 compared with 5.10 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Scoreof A. HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA) : This ...

When it comes to doing well in a recession, few names come to mind quicker than that of 'The Big Short' investor Michael Burry. Indeed, Burry proved his ability to correctly judge the weaknesses of the stock market and of the economy at a time when much of the world was caught by surprise in what would become known as the Great Recession. Though the hedge fund manager has not managed a success of the magnitude of his 'Big Short' in the last 16 years and has even taken some big losses with, for example, his ...

The stock market has witnessed weakness in recent weeks. Against such a backdrop, investors are increasingly exploring strategies that will help them protect their portfolios from downsides. Nothing seems better than the strategy of dividend investing. Picking stocks with a history of dividend growth leads to a healthy portfolio with a greater scope of capital appreciation as opposed to simple dividend-paying stocks or those with high yields. We have selected five dividend growth stocks — HCA Healthcare Inc ...

HCA Healthcare Today | --- | --- | |-----------------------|-------| | | | | | | | | | | HCA HCA Healthcare | | | $358.73 | | | +3.95 (+1.11%) | | | 52-Week Range $215.96 | | | ▼ | | | $361.12 | | | Dividend Yield 0.74% | | | P/E Ratio 17.88 | | | Price Target $341.12 | | | Add to Watchlist | | The nation's largest hospital operator, HCA Healthcare Inc. NYSE: HCA, surged to all-time highs following its strong Q2 2024 earnings results. The dramatic growth in acute care services has driven hospital stocks to ...

Non-accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☐ (Mark One) HCA Healthcare, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Voting common stock, $.01 par value HCA New York Stock Exchange Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to ...

Relative % Price change – 4 weeks greater than 0 Current Price greater than or equal to $5 and Average 20-day Volume greater than or equal to 50,000: A minimum price of $5 is a good standard to screen low-priced stocks, while a high trading volume would imply adequate liquidity. Notably, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for Seagate Technology's fiscal 2025 earnings per share indicates 352.7% year-over-year growth. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.1 billion. STX shares have gone up 89% in a year. Inte ...

Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Furthermore, Spotify expects its monthly active users (MAU) to increase by 13 million during the third quarter to 639 million. Spotify projects its subscribers to increase by 5 million during Q3 to 251 million. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research With Tuesday's earnings lineup giving us Q2 results from magnificent seven stocks Alphabet (GOOGL) and Tesla (TSLA) among other household names, HCA Healthcare (HCA) and Spotify Technology (SPOT) are two companies that st ...

HCA Healthcare had more patients use its facilities, which helped push sales and profits for the second quarter above forecasts. Same-facility admissions, emergency room visits, and inpatient surgeries all rose for HCA Healthcare versus a year ago, although same-facility outpatient surgeries fell, the company reported. HCA Healthcare raised its full-year adjusted earnings per share and revenue guidance. HCA shares hit a record intraday high in early trading Tuesday. Company Boosts Full-Year Guidance Shares ...

HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) Q2 2024 Results Conference Call July 23, 2024 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Frank Morgan - Vice President of Investor Relations Sam Hazen - Chief Executive Officer Mike Marks - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants A.J. Rice - UBS Ann Hynes - Mizuho Securities Pito Chickering - Deutsche Bank Brian Tanquilut - Jefferies Ben Hendrix - RBC Capital Markets Justin Lake - Wolfe Research Whit Mayo - Leerink Partners Andrew Mok - Barclays Stephen Baxter - Wells Farg ...

This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 10.66%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this hospital operator would post earnings of $5.01 per share when it actually produced earnings of $5.36, delivering a surprise of 6.99%. HCA, which belongs to the Zacks Medical - Hospital industry, posted revenues of $17.49 billion for the quarter ended June 2024, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2.22%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $15.86 billion. The company has topped consensus revenue ...