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

HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA) Debt to equity

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HCA Healthcare, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was −15.5×, up 1.3× from fiscal 2025 (−16.8×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −522× (fiscal 2022) to 77.5× (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is below the Medical Care Facilities industry median of 0.4× and below the Healthcare sector median of 0.0×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 −16.8× —
FY2024 77.5× 107.58%
FY2023 37.4× —
FY2022 −522× —
FY2021 23.2× 116.62%
FY2020 10.7× —
FY2019 −59.7× —
FY2018 −11.2× —
FY2017 −6.6× —
FY2016 −5.6× —

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 −15.5× —
Mar 2026 −16.1× —
Dec 2025 −16.8× —
Sep 2025 −20.6× —
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −522× High 77.5×
Ten-year median −5.6×
Current reading's percentile 27

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
DVA DaVita Inc. compare −22.4×
HCA HCA Healthcare, Inc. −15.5×
ENSG The Ensign Group, Inc. compare 0.1×
CHE Chemed Corporation compare 0.2×
PACS PACS Group, Inc. compare 0.2×
FMS Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA compare 0.6×
UHS Universal Health Services, Inc. compare 0.6×
EHC Encompass Health Corporation compare 0.8×
THC Tenet Healthcare Corporation compare 2.0×
Medical Care Facilities industry median 0.4×
Healthcare sector median 0.0×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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