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HCA Healthcare profit falls but beats expectations, stock gains
Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc. gained 0.6% in premarket trading Friday, after the hospital and ambulatory sites operator reported second-quarter profit that fell from a year ago, amid labor market and inflation challenges, but beat expectations. Net income declined to $1.16 billion, or $3.90 a share, from $1.45 billion, or $4.36 a share, in the year-ago period. The latest quarter’s results included losses of 11 cents a share on facility sales and a loss of 20 cents a share on debt retirement. The
