Acadia Healthcare Company (ACHC) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026)
Acadia Healthcare Company's FCF Margin was 5.27% in Q3 2026, up 12.67 percentage points from -7.40% a year earlier but down 9.00 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Acadia Healthcare Company (ACHC) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Acadia Healthcare Company's FCF Margin was -0.70% through Sep 30, 2026, up 9.93 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was -13.28%, up 4.50 percentage points from FY2024.
- FCF Margin shows a five-year change of -34.04 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, FCF Margin was -17.78% in FY2024 (-19.08 pp), 1.30% in FY2023 (-1.93 pp), 3.23% in FY2022 (-2.37 pp) and 5.60% in FY2021 (-15.16 pp).
- Quarterly FCF Margin has moved between -60.37% (Q1 2024) and 14.27% (Q2 2026) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, FCF Margin has increased for three straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +7.56 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for FCF Margin over five years was Q1 2025 (a gain of 39.20 percentage points); the worst was Q1 2024 (a drop of 57.23 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, ACHC's FCF Margin in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was 14.27% (Q2 2026), -1.81% (Q1 2026) and -21.85% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HCA Healthcare | 106.37 Bn | 104.21 Bn | 17.03 Bn | 15.64% |
| 2 | Natera | 45.03 Bn | 40.66 Bn | 513.47 Mn | 0.66% |
| 3 | Labcorp Holdings | 30.12 Bn | 28.22 Bn | 1.11 Bn | 10.82% |
| 4 | Quest Diagnostics | 28.44 Bn | 26.52 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 14.37% |
| 5 | Guardant Health | 20.93 Bn | 16.54 Bn | 236.15 Mn | -10.30% |
| 6 | BrightSpring Health Services | 14.41 Bn | 11.29 Bn | 518.55 Mn | 4.33% |
| 7 | Tempus AI | 14.27 Bn | 11.42 Bn | 266.70 Mn | -0.03% |
| 8 | Encompass Health | 13.98 Bn | 14.44 Bn | 1.54 Bn | 7.92% |
| 9 | Davita | 11.35 Bn | 10.22 Bn | 1.13 Bn | 10.04% |
| 10 | Acadia Healthcare Company | 3.51 Bn | 3.12 Bn | 863.81 Mn | 5.27% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 5.27% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 14.27% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -1.81% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -21.85% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -7.40% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -3.94% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -21.17% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -11.21% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -3.32% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.12% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -60.37% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -3.02% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.31% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 9.97% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -3.14% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.88% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -5.30% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 10.32% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.26% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.63% |
API Access
Acadia Healthcare Company FCF Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=ACHC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-margin", "ticker": "ACHC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=ACHC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();