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Jake Strole
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HCA Off to a Strong Start in 2018; Shares Undervalued

Narrow-moat HCA reported first-quarter results that fell squarely within our expectations, and we plan no material changes to our $114 fair value estimate as we update our model. While the headline earnings beat looks impressive, much of it was driven by a $405 million gain on the sale of facilities and a positive tax variance, but on an EBIT or EBITDA basis, reported results were largely in line with our thinking.
While acquisitions and divestitures in the quarter created some noise in the repo...
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HCA Healthcare Inc

HCA Healthcare is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, partnerships and joint ventures, the company owns and operates hospitals and related health care entities. Most of the company's general, acute care hospitals provide medical and surgical services, including inpatient care, intensive care, cardiac care, diagnostic services and emergency services. The general, acute care hospitals also provide outpatient services such as outpatient surgery, laboratory, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology and physical therapy. The company's psychiatric hospitals provide therapeutic programs including child, adolescent and adult psychiatric care, adolescent and adult alcohol and drug abuse treatment and counseling.

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