HCA Healthcare misses quarterly profit estimates By Reuters
(Reuters) – HCA Healthcare (NYSE:) missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Friday.
The largest for-profit hospital operator in the United States reported third-quarter profit of $4.88 per share. Analysts on average were expecting a profit of $4.97 per share, according to data compiled by LSEG.
(This story has been corrected to say that HCA missed estimates, not beat, and to remove reference to higher admissions and labor costs, in the headline and paragraph 1)
