Benzinga | Oct 26, 2020 07:33AM EDT

HCA Healthcare Q3 EPS $1.92 Misses $2.32 Estimate, Sales $13.11B Beat $12.87B Estimate

HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA) reported quarterly earnings of $1.92 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.32 by 17.24 percent. This is a 13.9 percent decrease over earnings of $2.23 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $13.11 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $12.87 billion by 1.86 percent. This is a 3.28 percent increase over sales of $12.69 billion the same period last year.