Acadia Healthcare Company (ACHC) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026)

Acadia Healthcare Company (ACHC) reported Free Cash Flow of -$15.0 million for Q1 2026, up 90.79% year-over-year from -$7.9 million in Q1 2025, and up 91.62% quarter-over-quarter from -$179.5 million in Q4 2025.

Acadia Healthcare Company (ACHC) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Acadia Healthcare Company (ACHC) has 17 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at -$15.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at -$15.0 million, up 90.79% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$291.8 million (down 12.16% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$439.9 million, up 21.54% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow climbed to -$15.0 million in Q1 2026 per ACHC's latest filing, from -$179.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $72.9 million in Q2 2023 and troughed at -$463.7 million in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of -$52.5 million and a median of -$22.4 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Free Cash Flow soared 171.12% in 2022, then sank 1996.55% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $26.2 million in 2022, then sank by 185.61% to -$22.4 million in 2023, then slumped by 287.14% to -$86.8 million in 2024, then tumbled by 106.79% to -$179.5 million in 2025, then soared by 91.62% to -$15.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ACHC's Free Cash Flow at -$15.0 million in Q1 2026, -$179.5 million in Q4 2025, and -$63.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 83.85 Bn 86.23 Bn 16.26 Bn 895.00 Mn
2 Tenet Healthcare 14.98 Bn 14.15 Bn 4.41 Bn 1.46 Bn
3 Davita 13.99 Bn 14.84 Bn 1.07 Bn 218.81 Mn
4 Encompass Health 9.72 Bn 10.34 Bn 1.34 Bn 150.70 Mn
5 Ensign 8.90 Bn 8.31 Bn 293.37 Mn 90.18 Mn
6 Universal Health Services 8.59 Bn 8.55 Bn 3.21 Bn 184.47 Mn
7 Fresenius Medical Care AG 7.67 Bn 5.29 Bn -4.26 Bn 1.65 Bn
8 Chemed 5.97 Bn 5.96 Bn 215.76 Mn 71.10 Mn
9 Pacs 5.74 Bn 5.50 Bn 345.96 Mn 149.82 Mn
10 Acadia Healthcare Company 2.25 Bn 2.30 Bn 697.72 Mn -15.03 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 -15.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -15.03 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -179.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -179.48 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -63.03 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -63.03 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -34.24 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -34.24 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -163.15 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -163.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -86.79 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -86.79 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -27.11 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -27.11 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 16.91 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 16.91 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -463.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -463.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -22.42 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -22.42 Mn