Growth Metrics

HCA Healthcare (HCA) Deferred Taxes (2016 - 2025)

HCA Healthcare (HCA) has disclosed Deferred Taxes for 16 consecutive years, with -$1.0 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Deferred Taxes fell 1228.09% to -$1.0 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $310.0 million, a 1309.09% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $310.0 million, up 1309.09% from a year prior.
  • Deferred Taxes was -$1.0 billion for Q4 2025 at HCA Healthcare, down from $434.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Deferred Taxes ranged from a high of $492.0 million in Q1 2025 to a low of -$1.0 billion in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $53.1 million and a median of $128.5 million in 2023 define the central range for Deferred Taxes.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Deferred Taxes was 788.89% in 2025; the steepest drop was 1228.09% in 2025.
  • HCA Healthcare's Deferred Taxes stood at -$255.0 million in 2021, then soared by 261.57% to $412.0 million in 2022, then crashed by 59.22% to $168.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 47.02% to $89.0 million in 2024, then tumbled by 1228.09% to -$1.0 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HCA's Deferred Taxes are -$1.0 billion (Q4 2025), $434.0 million (Q3 2025), and $388.0 million (Q2 2025).