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.

Revenue
+3.59%
EPS
+23.8%
Free cash flow
−0.77%
Total debt
+13.4%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

496.04 11.44 −2.25%
Market cap
$106.0B
P/E
15.7×
Fwd P/E
15.6×
Dividend yield
0.62%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.80
Beneish M
−2.87
Dividend safety
78/100

HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA) Return on assets

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HCA Healthcare, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 11.0%, down 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.30% (fiscal 2017) to 14.2% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Medical Care Facilities industry median of 2.78% and above the Healthcare sector median of −29.5%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 11.3% 1.33
FY2024 9.95% 0.30
FY2023 9.65% (1.29)
FY2022 10.9% (3.22)
FY2021 14.2% 6.05
FY2020 8.11% (0.21)
FY2019 8.32% (1.67)
FY2018 9.99% 3.69
FY2017 6.30% (2.39)
FY2016 8.69% 2.01

Against its own ten years

Low 6.30% High 14.2%
Ten-year median 9.65%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
CHE Chemed Corporation compare 16.9%
HCA HCA Healthcare, Inc. 11.0%
THC Tenet Healthcare Corporation compare 9.50%
UHS Universal Health Services, Inc. compare 8.99%
EHC Encompass Health Corporation compare 8.93%
ENSG The Ensign Group, Inc. compare 7.11%
DVA DaVita Inc. compare 5.20%
PACS PACS Group, Inc. compare 4.81%
FMS Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA compare 2.62%
Medical Care Facilities industry median 2.78%
Healthcare sector median −29.5%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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