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Encompass Health (EHC) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Encompass Health posted quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.35 for Q1 2026, down 5.44% year-on-year from 0.37 in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 0.35 in Q4 2025.

Encompass Health (EHC) has 18 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.35 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 5.44% year-over-year to 0.35; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.35 (down 5.44% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.35, down 8.09% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.35, roughly flat from 0.35 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.5 in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.35 in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.43 (2024), against an average of 0.42.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt Ratio gained 5.05%; it then declined 14.76% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.49 in 2022, then dropped by 9.45% to 0.44 in 2023, then declined by 14.01% to 0.38 in 2024, then slipped by 8.09% to 0.35 in 2025, then gained by 0.17% to 0.35 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.35 (Q1 2026), 0.35 (Q4 2025), and 0.35 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 84.64 Bn 87.02 Bn 16.26 Bn 0.78
2 Tenet Healthcare 15.22 Bn 14.39 Bn 4.41 Bn 0.42
3 Davita 13.10 Bn 13.96 Bn 1.07 Bn 0.61
4 Encompass Health 10.50 Bn 11.12 Bn 1.34 Bn 0.35
5 Ensign 9.69 Bn 9.09 Bn 293.37 Mn 0.03
6 Universal Health Services 8.92 Bn 8.88 Bn 3.21 Bn 0.30
7 Fresenius Medical Care AG 7.31 Bn 4.93 Bn 22,843.10 Bn 0.24
8 Chemed 5.83 Bn 5.81 Bn 215.76 Mn 0.06
9 Pacs 5.76 Bn 5.51 Bn 345.96 Mn 0.01
10 Option Care Health 3.27 Bn 3.09 Bn 262.01 Mn 0.34

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.35
Dec 31, 2025 0.35
Sep 30, 2025 0.35
Jun 30, 2025 0.36
Mar 31, 2025 0.37
Dec 31, 2024 0.38
Sep 30, 2024 0.40
Jun 30, 2024 0.43
Mar 31, 2024 0.43
Dec 31, 2023 0.44
Sep 30, 2023 0.46
Jun 30, 2023 0.46
Mar 31, 2023 0.48
Dec 31, 2022 0.49
Sep 30, 2022 0.50
Jun 30, 2022 0.46
Mar 31, 2022 0.47
Dec 31, 2021 0.48
Sep 30, 2021 0.48
Jun 30, 2021 0.48
Mar 31, 2021 0.50
Dec 31, 2020 0.51
Sep 30, 2020 0.54
Jun 30, 2020 0.55
Mar 31, 2020 0.55
Dec 31, 2019 0.50
Sep 30, 2019 0.53
Jun 30, 2019 0.47
Mar 31, 2019 0.46
Dec 31, 2018 0.49
Sep 30, 2018 0.50
Jun 30, 2018 0.52
Mar 31, 2018 0.52
Dec 31, 2017 0.53
Sep 30, 2017 0.54
Jun 30, 2017 0.55
Mar 31, 2017 0.63
Dec 31, 2016 0.64
Sep 30, 2016 0.65
Jun 30, 2016 0.67
Mar 31, 2016 0.68
Dec 31, 2015 0.69
Sep 30, 2015 0.66
Jun 30, 2015 0.61
Mar 31, 2015 0.64
Dec 31, 2014 0.62
Sep 30, 2014 0.59
Jun 30, 2014 0.57
Mar 31, 2014 0.59
Dec 31, 2013 0.60
Sep 30, 2013 0.51
Jun 30, 2013 0.53
Mar 31, 2013 0.57
Dec 31, 2012 0.52
Sep 30, 2012 0.51
Mar 31, 2012 0.54
Dec 31, 2011 0.55
Sep 30, 2011 0.58
Jun 30, 2011 0.61
Mar 31, 2011 0.63
Dec 31, 2010 0.64
Sep 30, 2010 0.92
Jun 30, 2010 0.94
Dec 31, 2009 0.99