secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA)
CIK:        0000860730
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-24-117215
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

HCA Healthcare Q3 2024 revenue $17.49B, EPS $4.88; reaffirms FY guidance but sees lower half due to hurricanes
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- Revenue $17.487B (up 7.9% YoY), net income $1.270B (up 17.7%), diluted EPS $4.88 vs $3.91.
- Adjusted EBITDA $3.267B, up from $2.880B; same facility admissions +4.5%, ER visits +4.6%.
- Hurricane Helene impact $50M ($0.15/sh) in Q3; Q4 estimate $200-300M ($0.60-0.90/sh) from Helene and Milton.
- Reaffirmed FY 2024 guidance, expects results in lower half; capex now ~$5B.
- Declared quarterly dividend $0.66 per share payable Dec 27, 2024 to holders of record Dec 13, 2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000095017024117215/0000950170-24-117215-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000095017024117215/hca-20241025.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-117215

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