Jim Cramer Recently Put These 10 Stocks Under Spotlight

6. HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 81

A caller asked Cramer’s thoughts on HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) and he replied:

“Okay, HCA I think has been punished enough. It’s time to buy and I do think that your, your depiction of what happens every day is absolutely right and I feel it’s just, it’s not manipulation, but it’s a pain in, a pain in the butt.”

HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA) owns and operates hospitals and healthcare facilities across the United States, offering a wide range of medical, surgical, outpatient, and behavioral health services, including specialized care like cardiac, diagnostic, and rehabilitation treatments, as well as addiction and psychiatric services.

Diamond Hill Capital stated the following regarding HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) in its Q4 2024 investor letter:

“Among our bottom individual contributors in Q4 were HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) and Freeport-McMoRan. Health care facilities operator HCA Healthcare was negatively impacted in a couple of its markets by recent hurricanes. Further, shares have been pressured since the US election amid growing negative sentiment toward hospitals as investors anticipate potential reductions to safety-net programs such as Medicaid.”