Diamond Hill Capital: “HCA Healthcare (HCA) has a Strong Market Presence”

Diamond Hill Capital Management, an investment advisor, released its “Large Cap Strategy” second quarter 2022 investor letter. A copy of the same can be downloaded here. Despite a challenging second quarter, the fund outperformed the Russell 1000 Index. Favorable stock selection in the technology and consumer discretionary sectors contributed positively to the fund’s performance in the quarter. In addition, you can check the top 5 holdings of the fund to know its best choices in 2022.

Diamond Hill Capital Management discussed stocks like HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) in the second quarter 2022 investor letter. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) is a US-based healthcare services providing company. On September 30, 2022, HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) stock closed at $183.79 per share. One-month return of HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) was -8.12%, and its shares lost 25.83% of their value over the last 52 weeks. HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) has a market capitalization of $52.752 billion.

Here is what Diamond Hill Capital Management specifically said about HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) in its Q2 2022 investor letter:

“HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) is a best-in-class operator of acute care hospitals and other health care facilities, including outpatient surgery centers. It has a strong market presence in highly attractive geographies with growing populations and low unemployment, such as Texas and Florida, which leads to a favorable payor mix. We are further attracted to its strong management team that has a stellar track record of deploying capital, and the founding family continues to own almost a quarter of the business. We initiated a position after HCA reported Q1 earnings — it reduced full year guidance due to increased labor costs and lower-than-expected acuity among COVID admissions, dampening near-term investor sentiment.”

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HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 63 hedge fund portfolios held HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) at the end of the second quarter which was 62 in the previous quarter.

We discussed HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) in another article and shared the list of healthcare stock picks of billionaire Larry Robbins’ hedge fund Glenview Capital Management. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q2 2022 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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