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Fair value431.23Plus+17%232Price 502.46597
Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 8.15Revenue estimate 20.02B
Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 8.15Revenue estimate 20.02B
If you had invested in HCA Healthcare ago, it would be worth $7,765 today, against $4,096 in SPY and $6,368 in QQQ.
Arincen ScoreWhat is the Arincen Score? The Arincen Score grades a company out of 100 from 30 checks on its own reported figures, five checks in each of six parts.Beta
59/100
Six parts of the company, five checks each, from its own reported figures. A part scores the checks it passes out of 10; the score is their average out of 100.
Profitability7.5
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Cash10
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Valuation2
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Growth10
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Financial strength0
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Shareholders6
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Figures to FY2025; the price as of today.
HCA Healthcare key facts
- StyleWhat does a stock's style mean? The style label sorts a stock as growth, value, dividend, blend or speculative, with a 1 to 10 meter showing how strongly it fits.
- Value stock · 5.7/10Growth 4.1 · Value 5.7 · Dividend 1.5
- Day range
- 502.26 – 505.96
- 52-week range
- 353.99 – 556.52
- Market capitalizationWhat is market capitalization? Market cap is what the stock market values a whole company at: its share price times the number of its shares outstanding.
- 104.96B USD
- P/EWhat is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- 16.60
- PEG ratioWhat is the PEG ratio? The PEG ratio divides the P/E by the yearly earnings growth analysts expect, to show how much you pay for each point of growth.
- 1.75
- EPSWhat is EPS (earnings per share)? EPS (earnings per share) is a company's net income divided by its number of shares: the profit that belongs to each share over a period.
- 30.27
- Div YieldWhat is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.
- 0.62%
- EPS growth forecast (FY2026)
- +6.5%
- Volume
- 12,259
- BetaWhat is beta in stocks? Beta measures how much a stock tends to move when the whole market moves: 1 moves with it, under 1 is calmer, over 1 swings more.
- 1.11
- ESG scoreWhat is an ESG score? An ESG score rates how a company handles the environment, its people and its governance, out of 100. Higher is better.
- 59.7/100Environment 59 · Social 56 · Governance 64
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Medical - Care Facilities
- CEO
- Samuel N. Hazen
- Employees
- 320K
- Website
- hcahealthcare.com
- IPO date
- 10 Mar 2011
HCA Healthcare earningsWhat is an earnings surprise? An earnings surprise is how far a company's reported EPS or revenue came above or below the analysts' average estimate, in percent.
Next earnings · Q4 FY2026
EPS estimate
8.15 USD
Revenue estimate
20.02B USD
Last quarter · Q3 FY2026
EPS7.22Beat +8.6%Revenue19.85BBeat +2.7%
Revenue
ReportedEstimate
EPS
ReportedEstimate
| Period | Report date | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | EPS growth | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 FY2027 | 7.40 | — | — | +2.51% | 20.58B | — | — | +3.66% | |
| Q2 FY2027 | 7.54 | — | — | -0.69% | 20.36B | — | — | +0.63% | |
| Q1 FY2027 | 7.49 | — | — | +4.75% | 19.91B | — | — | +4.17% | |
| Q4 FY2026 | 8.15 | — | — | +1.75% | 20.02B | — | — | +2.58% | |
| Q3 FY2026 | 6.65 | 7.22 | +8.57% | +3.74% | 19.33B | 19.85B | +2.70% | +3.59% | |
| Q2 FY2026 | 7.56 | 7.59 | +0.40% | +10.96% | 19.76B | 20.23B | +2.40% | +8.73% | |
| Q1 FY2026 | 7.12 | 7.15 | +0.42% | +10.85% | 19.09B | 19.11B | +0.11% | +4.30% | |
| Q4 FY2025 | 7.46 | 8.01 | +7.37% | +28.78% | 19.68B | 19.51B | -0.87% | +6.72% | |
| Q3 FY2025 | 5.79 | 6.96 | +20.21% | +38.37% | 18.60B | 19.16B | +3.02% | +9.57% | |
| Q2 FY2025 | 6.29 | 6.84 | +8.74% | +23.69% | 18.50B | 18.61B | +0.57% | +6.36% |
| Period | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | EPS growth | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2028 | 34.93 | — | — | +11.48% | 85.34B | — | — | +4.54% |
| FY2027 | 31.34 | — | — | +4.10% | 81.63B | — | — | +3.11% |
| FY2026 | 30.10 | — | — | +6.52% | 79.17B | — | — | +4.72% |
| FY2025 | 27.68 | 28.26 | +2.08% | +24.44% | 75.74B | 75.60B | -0.18% | +7.08% |
| FY2024 | 21.94 | 22.71 | +3.50% | +19.15% | 70.57B | 70.60B | +0.05% | +8.67% |
| FY2023 | 18.20 | 19.06 | +4.71% | +12.78% | 64.15B | 64.97B | +1.27% | +7.86% |
| FY2022 | 17.01 | 16.90 | -0.67% | -3.43% | 60.35B | 60.23B | -0.19% | +2.52% |
Analysts' estimates for FY2026 over the last 7 days:EPS Revenue How the estimates moved
HCA Healthcare analyst forecastWhat is the analyst rating? The analyst rating sums up what the analysts covering a stock recommend, from strong buy to strong sell, by the share of them rating it a buy.
12-month price target
463.12 USD
-7.83%
Analysts' 1-year price targets range from 369.00 to 579.00, with an average of 463.12.
Past year
1-year forecast
Strong sellStrong buy
Buy
21 ratings
| Buy | 14 | |
| Hold | 6 | |
| Sell | 1 |
12-month price target
| Highest target | 579.00 |
| Average target | 463.12 |
| Lowest target | 369.00 |
| Current price | 502.46 |
HCA Healthcare valuationWhat is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- Price to earnings ratio (TTM)What is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- 16.60
- Forward P/E (FY2026)What is the forward P/E ratio? Forward P/E divides a share's price by the earnings per share analysts expect in the coming year, rather than last year's actual earnings.
- 16.69
- Price to sales (TTM)What is the P/S ratio? The price-to-sales ratio compares a company's market value with its revenue over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of sales.
- 1.33
- EV / EBITDA (TTM)What is EV/EBITDA? EV/EBITDA compares a company's whole value, debt included and cash taken off, with a year of its earnings before interest, tax and depreciation.
- 9.84
Capital structureWhat is enterprise value? Enterprise value is what the whole business costs: the market value of its shares plus its debt minus its cash. It is the price behind EV/EBITDA.
Market capitalization
104.96B USD
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Total debt
52.43B USD
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Cash and short-term investments
908.00M USD
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Enterprise value
156.48B USD
Valuation over time
P/EForward P/EForward P/E · EstimateEstimate
HCA Healthcare against its own historyWhat does "against its own history" show? The company's latest margins, return on equity, growth, debt and P/E against its own last 5 years: the low, the median and the high, and whether this year is better or worse than usual.
Each figure in the latest fiscal year against the same figure from FY2021 to FY2025: the range, its median (the line) and the latest (the dot, green on the good side of the median). The P/E is today's against its daily readings of five years.
Its peers: Tenet Healthcare, Encompass Health, DaVita, and The Ensign Group, the US Medical - Care Facilities companies closest to it in size, each in its own latest fiscal year: their median (the line) and its rank among them, first being the best.
- P/E (today)Above its median16.67.619.7
- Gross marginHighest in 5 years41.5%38.3%41.5%Against its peers: 3 of 5Peers' median 35.1%
- Operating marginAbove its median15.8%14.8%16.5%Against its peers: 3 of 5Peers' median 15.4%
- Net marginAt its median9.0%8.1%11.8%Against its peers: 2 of 5Peers' median 6.7%
- Free cash flow marginHighest in 5 years10.2%6.9%10.2%Against its peers: 2 of 5Peers' median 8.5%
- Revenue growthBelow its median7.1%2.5%14.0%Against its peers: 3 of 5Peers' median 8.5%
- EPS growthAbove its median29.0%-9.5%93.6%Against its peers: 1 of 5Peers' median 1.3%
- Debt to EBITDAAt its median3.22×2.58×3.29×Against its peers: 3 of 5Peers' median 4.32×
- Current ratioLowest in 5 years0.830.831.41Against its peers: 5 of 5Peers' median 1.36
Peers: US companies of the same industry (of its sector when the industry has too few) from a tenth to ten times its market value, the six closest in size. Updated weekly.
HCA Healthcare growth and profitabilityWhat are gross, operating and net profit margins? A profit margin is the share of revenue kept as profit: gross margin after the cost of sales, operating margin after running costs, net margin after all costs.
- Revenue (TTM)What does TTM (trailing twelve months) mean? TTM (trailing twelve months) is a figure over the latest twelve months of reports: usually the last four quarters added together.
- 78.70B USD
- Net income (TTM)What is an income statement? The income statement shows a company's revenue, costs and profit over a quarter or a year, from sales at the top to net income at the bottom.
- 6.78B USD
- Gross marginWhat are gross, operating and net profit margins? A profit margin is the share of revenue kept as profit: gross margin after the cost of sales, operating margin after running costs, net margin after all costs.
- 21.69%
- Operating margin
- 15.34%
- Net margin
- 8.61%
Revenue / Net income
Revenue Net income Net margin
HCA Healthcare revenue breakdown
By product
FY2025
50.5%Managed Care And Other Insurers18.4%Managed Medicare15.4%Medicare8.1%Medicaid5.0%Managed Medicaid2.5%International
| Segment | Revenue | Share of revenue | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Managed Care And Other Insurers | 36.97B | 50.5% | +5.8% |
| Managed Medicare | 13.44B | 18.4% | +12.1% |
| Medicare | 11.27B | 15.4% | +4.6% |
| Medicaid | 5.91B | 8.1% | +26.3% |
| Managed Medicaid | 3.69B | 5.0% | -7.2% |
| International | 1.86B | 2.5% | +10.8% |
By region
FY2025
36.5%American Group34.1%Atlantic Group29.4%National Group
| Region | Revenue | Share of revenue | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Group | 26.45B | 36.5% | +7.5% |
| Atlantic Group | 24.71B | 34.1% | +6.6% |
| National Group | 21.28B | 29.4% | +8.5% |
How HCA Healthcare makes its moneyWhat is an income statement? The income statement shows a company's revenue, costs and profit over a quarter or a year, from sales at the top to net income at the bottom.
Revenue75.60B 100.0%
Cost of revenue44.23B 58.5%
Gross profit31.37B 41.5%
Selling and administration8.00B 10.6%
Other operating expenses11.41B 15.1%
Operating income11.97B 15.8%
Tax2.05B 2.7%
Other expense3.13B 4.1%
Net income6.78B 9.0%
FY2025, in USD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.
FY2025, in USD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.
HCA Healthcare dividendsWhat is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.
- Annual dividend
- 3.12 USD
- Dividend yield (indicated)What is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.
- 0.62%
- Payout ratioWhat is the payout ratio? The payout ratio is the share of a company's earnings paid out as dividends: dividends per share divided by earnings per share (EPS).
- 12.69%
- Years of dividend growthWhat are years of dividend growth? The years in a row a company has raised its dividend per share. 25 years make an S&P 500 company a Dividend Aristocrat; 50 make a Dividend King.
- 6
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Next payment
- 0.78 USD
- Next ex-dividend dateWhat is the ex-dividend date? The ex-dividend date is the first day a stock trades without its next dividend: buy before it to receive the payment; buy on or after it and the seller gets it.
- 15 Dec 2026
- Next payment date
- 29 Dec 2026
Dividends per share
HCA Healthcare financial health
- Cash and short-term investments
- 908.00M USD
- Total debt
- 52.43B USD
- Net cash
- -51.52B USD
- Free cash flow (TTM)What is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks.
- 5.97B USD
- Current ratioWhat is the current ratio? The current ratio is current assets divided by current liabilities: whether what a company will turn into cash within a year covers what it owes within a year.
- 0.82
- Piotroski scoreWhat is the Piotroski F-Score? The Piotroski F-Score rates a company's financial strength from 0 to 9: one point for each of nine tests of profit, debt and efficiency it passes.
- 6 / 9
- Altman Z-scoreWhat is the Altman Z-Score? The Altman Z-Score rolls five financial ratios into one number that signals a company's risk of bankruptcy: over 3 is safe, under 1.8 is distress.
- 2.57
Cash, debt and free cash flow
Cash and short-term investments Total debt Free cash flow
HCA Healthcare ownershipWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- InstitutionsWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- 58.45%
- Institutional holders
- 1,402 (-83)
- Free floatWhat is free float? Free float is the part of a company's shares that anyone can buy and sell: all its shares minus those held by insiders, founders and owners of over 5%.
- 66.82%
Who owns the shares
Institutions 58.5% Others 41.5%
As of 30 Jun 2026
Shares free to trade
Free float 139.59M shares ·66.8% Closely held 69.31M shares ·33.2%
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Insider trading
| Quarter | Purchases | Sales | Shares acquired | Shares disposed of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2026 | 0 | 9 | 1.49M | 1.56M |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.77K |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | 0 | 9.26K | 3.34K |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | 12 | 183.13M | 220.07M |
Shares outstanding
Basic shares Diluted shares Change in diluted shares
Source: Financial Modeling PrepVerified against SEC filings
Title: HCA Healthcare
Sector: Healthcare
Industry: Medical - Care Facilities
HCA Healthcare Inc. is a holding company that specializes in providing healthcare services. Through its diversified affiliates, it owns and operates hospitals and related healthcare entities. It operates approximately 182 hospitals, which it fully owns. It also boasts ownership of roughly 125 freestanding surgery centers and over 21 freestanding endoscopy centers. Its hospitals focus on general and acute care, offering surgical services, intensive care, cardiac care, diagnostic services, emergency and outpatient services and much more.