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title: "HCA Healthcare Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day"
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# HCA Healthcare Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day

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Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc. (HCA) slipped 2.06% to $458.84 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.09% to 7,659.44 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.34% to 52,002.41.

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

HCA Healthcare Inc. closed 17.55% below its 52-week high of $556.52, which the company achieved on March 12th.

Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Community Health Systems Inc. (CYH) fell 3.68% to $2.88 and Tenet Healthcare Corp. (THC) fell 2.86% to $267.25.

Trading volume (1.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.3 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled October 16, 2026.

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