HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA) reported quarterly earnings of $3.93 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $3.88 by 1.29 percent. This is a 14 percent decrease over earnings of $4.57 per share from the same
Companies Reporting Before The Bell
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Pre-open movers
U.S. stock futures traded lower in early pre-market trade on Friday after closing lower in the previous session. The Dow Jones dropped by 90 points on Thursday. US initial jobless claims declined by 12,000 to 214,000 in the week ending October 15th, compared to market estimates of 230,000.
The CNN Money Fear and Greed index showed further easing in the fear level among US investors.
US stocks moved lower in choppy trading on Thursday as investors monitored several major earnings reports. Although stocks have dropped for two sessions in a row, but the major indices are still up over 2% for the week.
Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA).
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
Raymond James raised the price target for HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: HCA) from $230 to $250. HCA Healthcare shares rose 0.4% to close at $208.97 on Thursday.