HCA Holdings Q2 Profit Rises - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - HCA Holdings, Inc. (HCA) Tuesday reported second-quarter net income attributable to the company of $483 million or $1.07 per share, up from $423 million or $0.91 per share in the prior year.

The company said its recent-quarter results included losses on retirement of debt of $226 million, or $0.32 per share, and gains on sales of facilities of $11 million, or $0.02 per share.

Excluding items, adjusted earnings for the recent quarter were $1.37 per share.

On average, 14 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to earn $0.92 per share for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

The hospital operator's quarterly revenues increased 9.2 percent to $9.23 billion from $8.45 billion last year. Analysts estimated revenues of $8.98 billion for the quarter.

Same facility equivalent admissions increased 2.2 percent while same facility admissions increased 1.2 percent from a year ago. Same facility revenue per equivalent admission rose 5.4 percent.