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HCA · HCA Healthcare, Inc.
$465.26 -0.80% Oct 26 close
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$HCA
HCA Healthcare, Inc.HCA Healthcare, Inc. is a large-cap Hospital/Nursing Management company in the Health Services sector with a market cap of $96B.
⚠ Risk Signals
Rising Wedge
variant=capping_advance, prior_advance=35.3%, converging=yes, narrowing=19%, touches=upper:2/lower:3, apex=81%, trigger=near
Bearish structure on the daily chart — a heads-up for anyone holding, not a short signal. Does not affect the bullish setup score.
Market Structure
Trend structure: uptrend
Latest event: bos
(bullish)
Support
419.33–422.45
· 6 touches · strong
Support
459.22–462.77
· 4 touches · moderate
Resistance
466.01–467.26
· 3 touches · moderate
Support
399.38–401.66
· 3 touches · moderate
Support
436.50–438.00
· 3 touches · moderate
Earnings
Post-earnings setup
Next earnings
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Before market open
Exact clock time not supplied by source
Deterministic evidence
HCA-0.80%
Sector proxy · XLV+0.00%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
CatalystUnavailable
Stock reactionNegative
Sector reactionWeak
Opening surge—
Event riskEarnings-driven
Session internals Weak
Rule: closed flat-to-down and in the bottom third of the range. Judged on internals, not on the size of the move.
Vs prior close-0.80%
From the open-0.91%
Range position30%
GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationDiverging (+1.11%)
SMH confirmationDiverging (+2.74%)
Short-term conviction -1 points.
Price bars, sourced event fields, and benchmark math only. This can adjust displayed short-term conviction; it does not change the stored scanner score or readiness.
- QQQ, SMH moved against the stock — no index confirmation.
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More stats
52W Low
$353.99
Tight Wks
0
Base
B2
SMA 200
$444.59
ADR%
2.4%
ATR(14)
$11.91 (2.6%)
Vol Pace (live)
N/A
A/D Days
10A / 11D
A/D Rating
D
Power Trend
17d
Earnings
TODAY
HCA Chart
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Technical Analysis Report Card
$HCA · $465.26 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
83
/ 100
Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly
Daily
▲ Uptrend
Weekly
▲ Uptrend
Monthly
▲ Uptrend
Moving Averages
50-day$432.72 ↑
100-day$412.53 ↑
200-day$444.59 ↑
Bearish (50 < 200)
RSI (14)
Reading61.5 · Bullish
Bullish momentum — comfortably in buyer territory.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateBullish
Histogram+0.454
Bullish — MACD above its signal line and above zero. Histogram contracting.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width73% · 14.5%
Mid-band — no directional band edge in play.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol1.1 · Neutral
Rel volume1.43×
Pocket pivots · 10d0
5d vs 50d vol90%
Heavy vol up / down0 / 0
Balanced — up/down volume is roughly even; no clear hand. Recent volume is easing versus its baseline.
Support & Resistance
R · $478.86swing level
R · $512.14swing level
R · $556.5252-week high
Price · $465.26now
S · $459.22swing level
S · $421.28swing level
S · $398.00swing level
Fibonacci · Uptrend swing
23.6%$449.39
38.2%$431.16
50.0%$416.43
61.8%$401.69
78.6%$380.71
Retracement support zones measured from the recent swing low up to the high.
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Daily uptrendWeekly uptrendMonthly uptrendAbove 200-day MA50/200 bearish
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Base & Breakout
Breakout follow-through
No active breakout tracked — Legend AI monitors daily for pivot-point breaks. What's a breakout?
Latest candle: Bearish Engulfing — Today's down candle engulfs yesterday's up candle — a bearish reversal warning, most significant after an extended advance.
RS Line vs SPY
52-week relative strength · blue = RS line · dashed = MA50 · dot = NH
Accumulation / Distribution
last 65 sessions · green = acc on high vol · red = dist on high vol
Net +2
No patterns detected
This symbol didn't match any pattern in the latest scan.
Minervini Trend Template
4/8Grades the price structure — moving-average stacking, distance from the 52-week high/low, and relative strength above the ≥70 uptrend bar. This is the technical trend check; the company's fundamentals and ≥80 RS leadership are scored separately in the Grade Card.
Price above SMA 150 & 200
$465.26 vs SMA150 $423.03 / SMA200 $444.59
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $423.03 vs SMA200 $444.59
SMA 200 trending up
Slope -2.39 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $432.72
Price above SMA 50
$465.26 vs SMA50 $432.72
30%+ above 52-week low
+31.4% from $353.99
Within 25% of 52-week high
-16.4% from $556.52
RS score above 70
RS 50
Fundamentals
52W Range
55%
Mkt Cap SEC
95.9B
Rev YoY
+7%
EPS TTM
$28.33
P/E TTM
16.4x
Float
222M
Insider
No Buy
Company
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