Stock price Hca Holdings Inc. Common Stock (HCA) today

HCA Holdings (Hospital Corporation of America) is one of the largest medical companies in the world, operating 162 hospitals, 1800 care centers and 113 autonomous surgery centers in the United States and the United Kingdom. Founded in 1968, the next year it came out with IPO on NYSE: In the early 1980s, 349 hospitals were managed by HCA, acquired by Health Care Corporation, General Care Corporation, Hospital Affiliates International, General Health Services. After the merger with Columbia Hospital Corporation in the early 90s, the company became known Columbia / HCA: In 2006, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Bain Capital bought HCA for 33, $ 6 billion, again making it private.In 2011, the company again went public, raising $ 3.79 billion in IPOs, which at that time became the largest private equity supported IPO in US history.In 2017, several hospitals were purchased from Tenet Healthcare: In 2019, Mission Health System was purchased for $ 1.5 billion.