HCA Healthcare, Inc.

HCA Healthcare Medical Care Facilities

HCA Healthcare, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $75.6 billion, up 7.08% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 8.73%, EPS grew 11.6%, free cash flow fell 63.6% and total debt rose 11.8%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for five consecutive years, revenue growth for ten, operating cash flow growth for three.

457.58 10.92 −2.33%
Market cap
$101.4B
P/E
15.3×
Fwd P/E
12.3×
Dividend yield
0.67%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.80
Beneish M
−2.87
Dividend safety
78/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 31.12
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 — — 5 — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 34.40%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 101,430.00
Revenue 78,013.00
Net Income 7,853.00
Free Cash Flow 5,997.00
Net Debt 48,705.00
Current Ratio 0.99 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity (15.49) (negative: negative equity)
P/E ratio 15.32
Fwd P/E 12.30
P/S ratio 1.29
P/B ratio 0.00
Past 5Y EPS Growth 20.98% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 4.59%
Next Y EPS Growth 8.83%
Next Y revenue growth 3.87%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 7.80%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 73.57%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 78.51%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 84.63%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 66.25%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.10
Annual Dividend Rate 3.06
Annual Dividend Yield 0.67%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 3.11
0.78
0.78
0.78
2025 2.88
0.72
0.72
0.72
0.72
2024 2.64
0.66
0.66
0.66
0.66
2023 2.40
0.60
0.60
0.60
0.60
2022 2.24
0.56
0.56
0.56
0.56
2021 1.92
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
2020 0.50
0.43
0.07
2019 1.60
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.40
2018 1.40
0.35
0.35
0.35
0.35
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 935 1,933 1,040 1,013
Receivables 9,958 10,751 10,867 12,281
Inventory 2,021 1,738 1,652 1,662
Other 2,013 1,992 2,224 2,234
14,927 16,414 15,783 17,190
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 4,233 4,276 4,659 4,752
ST’ Debt 2,424 4,698 4,889 6,264
Other — — — —
12,655 15,177 16,350 17,312

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 6.66% 7.97% 7.87%
Cash Flow 10.32% 6.48% 14.03%
Earnings 12.29% 12.56% 6.33%
Book Value 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 19,109 20,230 — — —
’25 18,321 18,605 19,161 19,513 75,600
’24 17,339 17,492 17,487 18,285 70,603
’23 15,591 15,861 16,213 17,303 64,968
’22 14,945 14,820 14,971 15,497 60,233
’21 13,977 14,435 15,276 15,064 58,752
’20 12,861 11,068 13,311 14,293 51,533
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2,014 2,335 — — —
’25 1,651 4,210 4,416 2,359 12,636
’24 2,469 1,971 3,515 2,559 10,514
’23 1,803 2,475 2,479 2,674 9,431
’22 1,345 1,630 3,020 2,527 8,522
’21 1,988 2,251 2,277 2,443 8,959
’20 1,375 8,723 2,717 (3,583) 9,232
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 895 1,104 — — —
’25 660 3,034 3,128 870 7,692
’24 1,351 690 2,324 1,274 5,639
’23 606 1,234 1,332 1,515 4,687
’22 484 550 1,889 1,204 4,127
’21 1,334 1,409 1,388 1,251 5,382
’20 522 7,978 2,228 (4,331) 6,397
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 7.15 7.62 — — —
’25 6.45 6.83 6.96 8.14 28.33
’24 5.93 5.53 4.88 5.63 22.00
’23 4.85 4.29 3.91 5.93 18.97
’22 4.14 3.90 3.91 7.28 19.15
’21 4.14 4.36 7.00 5.75 21.16
’20 1.69 3.16 1.95 4.13 10.93
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 60.07 71.18 84.92 110.31 58.38 156.43 164.47 215.96 268.80 289.98

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 83.69 91.03 147.42 150.17 166.87 263.92 279.02 304.86 417.14 520.00
People
People Employees 241,000 253,000 262,000 280,000 275,000 284,000 294,000 310,000 316,000 320,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.17 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.21 0.20 0.21 0.22 0.24
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 41,490 43,614 46,677 51,336 51,533 58,752 60,233 64,968 70,603 75,600
Gross margin, % 83.29 83.23 83.45 83.48 83.76 83.86 84.44 84.76 84.77 84.96
EBT 4,810 4,381 5,335 5,244 5,430 9,833 8,580 7,706 8,523 9,832
EBT margin, % 11.59 10.04 11.43 10.22 10.54 16.74 14.24 11.86 12.07 13.01
Net income 3,432 2,743 4,389 4,145 4,387 7,721 6,834 6,091 6,657 7,782
Depreciation 2,000 2,162 2,309 2,626 2,751 2,880 2,998 3,112 3,347 3,567
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 108.16 120.38 134.40 150.45 152.34 181.72 207.45 238.50 273.02 319.78
Earnings 7.30 5.95 10.66 10.07 10.93 21.16 19.15 18.97 22.00 28.33
Cash flow 14.74 14.98 19.47 22.28 27.29 27.71 29.35 34.62 40.66 53.45
Capex (7.20) (8.32) (10.29) (12.19) (8.38) (11.06) (15.14) (17.42) (18.85) (20.91)
Free cash flow 7.54 6.65 9.18 10.09 18.91 16.65 14.21 17.21 21.81 32.54
Book value (14.68) (13.79) (8.40) (1.66) 8.55 4.61 (0.25) 3.89 2.15 (11.72)
Shares, m 384 362 347 341 338 323 290 272 259 236
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 10.17 15.07 11.69 14.68 15.05 12.09 12.65 14.51 13.66 16.45
P/S 0.69 0.74 0.93 0.98 1.08 1.41 1.17 1.15 1.10 1.46
P/B 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 19.24 55.79 0.00 70.75 139.86 0.00
EV/Sales 1.43 1.48 1.62 1.63 1.65 1.98 1.79 1.75 1.68 2.06
EV/FCF 20.50 26.86 23.70 24.26 13.26 21.59 26.12 24.25 21.05 20.26
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 5,653 5,426 6,761 7,602 9,232 8,959 8,522 9,431 10,514 12,636
Capex (2,760) (3,015) (3,573) (4,158) (2,835) (3,577) (4,395) (4,744) (4,875) (4,944)
Free cash flow 2,893 2,411 3,188 3,444 6,397 5,382 4,127 4,687 5,639 7,692
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 3,252 3,819 2,644 3,439 3,629 3,960 3,741 2,272 1,237 (567)
Total debt 31,376 33,058 32,821 33,722 31,004 34,579 38,084 39,593 43,031 46,492
Net debt 30,730 32,326 32,319 33,101 29,211 33,128 37,176 38,658 41,098 45,452
Shareholders’ equity (5,633) (4,995) (2,918) (565) 2,892 1,489 (73) 1,060 555 (2,771)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 8.69 6.30 9.99 8.32 8.11 14.16 10.94 9.65 9.95 11.28
ROIC 15.57 13.95 14.18 13.95 14.24 17.68 15.33 15.18 15.86 17.64
ROE (49.49) (41.70) (95.72) (201.26) 322.65 317.55 797.03 1,062.21 713.31 (612.27)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

HCA Healthcare, Inc. vs peers in Medical Care Facilities (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
HCA HCA Healthcare, Inc. $101.4B 15.3× 12.3× +8.73% (above 0%: growing) +11.57% (above 0%: growing) −63.61% (below 0%: shrinking) 85.73% 15.24%
THC Tenet Healthcare Corporation $22.2B 10.3× 6.4× +14.61% (above 0%: growing) +212.97% (above 0%: growing) −43.88% (below 0%: shrinking) 46.78% 24.85% Compare
EHC Encompass Health Corporation $12.6B 20.6× 16.8× +9.58% (above 0%: growing) +9.93% (above 0%: growing) −45.01% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 17.85% Compare
DVA DaVita Inc. $12.1B 15.0× 13.1× +5.17% (above 0%: growing) +56.49% (above 0%: growing) +49.36% (above 0%: growing) 32.70% 16.29% Compare
FMS Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA $11.8B 11.5× 12.5× +3.89% (above 0%: growing) +6.82% (above 0%: growing) +1.57% (above 0%: growing) 26.95% 9.58% Compare
UHS Universal Health Services, Inc. $11.0B 7.5× 6.1× +8.27% (above 0%: growing) +9.47% (above 0%: growing) −23.78% (below 0%: shrinking) 90.87% 11.14% Compare
ENSG The Ensign Group, Inc. $10.4B 26.9× 24.1× +17.33% (above 0%: growing) +16.22% (above 0%: growing) +12.24% (above 0%: growing) 16.65% 8.50% Compare
PACS PACS Group, Inc. $7.6B 27.6× 16.8× +9.07% (above 0%: growing) +45.45% (above 0%: growing) +220.51% (above 0%: growing) 17.07% 7.66% Compare
CHE Chemed Corporation $6.7B 25.7× 20.4× +8.80% (above 0%: growing) +42.78% (above 0%: growing) −43.51% (below 0%: shrinking) 32.90% 13.25% Compare
Median of peers $11.4B 17.8× 15.0× +8.94% +29.50% −11.11% 32.80% 12.20%

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HCA metrics, ten years each

HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA) key facts

  • Strength: HCA Healthcare, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $75.6 billion, up 7.08% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $7.8 billion, or $28.33 per share (basic), a net margin of 8.97%.
  • HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA) is a Medical Care Facilities company in the Healthcare sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, HCA traded at $457.58, a market capitalization of $101.4 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 15.3× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.3× sales; its P/E is higher than 74% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • HCA Healthcare, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $3.06 per share, a yield of 0.67%, with a payout ratio of 10.2%.
  • Return on equity was −612.3% and debt-to-equity -15.49.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.80 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.

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