Growth Metrics

HCA Healthcare (HCA) EBIT Margin (2010 - 2026)

HCA Healthcare (HCA) reported EBIT Margin of 2.96% for Q1 2026, up 532.0% year-over-year from 0.47% in Q1 2025, and up 88.02% on a QoQ basis from 24.72% in Q4 2025.

HCA Healthcare (HCA) has 17 years of EBIT Margin data on file, last reported at 2.96% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBIT Margin rose 532.0% year-over-year to 2.96% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 9.9% (up 329.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.73%, up 20.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin improved to 2.96% in Q1 2026 per HCA's latest filing, from 24.72% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBIT Margin topped out at 2.31% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 25.84% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 6.3% (2022), against an average of 8.89%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when EBIT Margin slumped 1268 bps; it then soared 562 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing HCA's EBIT Margin over 5 years: stood at 5.88% in 2022, then slumped by 216 bps to 18.56% in 2023, then plunged by 39 bps to 25.84% in 2024, then increased by 4 bps to 24.72% in 2025, then soared by 88 bps to 2.96% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest HCA EBIT Margin figures stand at 2.96% (Q1 2026), 24.72% (Q4 2025), and 9.1% (Q3 2025).

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -2.96%
Dec 31, 2025 -24.72%
Sep 30, 2025 -9.10%
Jun 30, 2025 -2.31%
Mar 31, 2025 -8.29%
Dec 31, 2024 -25.84%
Sep 30, 2024 -10.36%
Jun 30, 2024 -7.92%
Mar 31, 2024 -2.45%
Dec 31, 2023 -18.56%
Sep 30, 2023 -4.85%
Jun 30, 2023 -4.22%
Mar 31, 2023 -6.23%
Dec 31, 2022 -5.88%
Sep 30, 2022 -7.72%
Jun 30, 2022 -6.30%
Mar 31, 2022 -3.39%
Dec 31, 2021 3.51%
Sep 30, 2021 4.54%
Jun 30, 2021 -2.47%
Mar 31, 2021 -3.21%
Dec 31, 2020 -8.65%
Sep 30, 2020 -8.56%
Jun 30, 2020 -1.70%
Mar 31, 2020 -10.21%
Dec 31, 2019 1.03%
Sep 30, 2019 -10.82%
Jun 30, 2019 -9.24%
Mar 31, 2019 -6.70%
Dec 31, 2018 -11.38%
Sep 30, 2018 -7.17%
Jun 30, 2018 -7.63%
Mar 31, 2018 -5.00%
Dec 31, 2017 -6.09%
Sep 30, 2017 -12.13%
Jun 30, 2017 -7.50%
Mar 31, 2017 81.83%
Dec 31, 2016 82.34%
Sep 30, 2016 83.46%
Jun 30, 2016 81.90%
Mar 31, 2016 81.94%
Dec 31, 2015 79.47%
Sep 30, 2015 81.78%
Jun 30, 2015 82.27%
Mar 31, 2015 83.07%
Dec 31, 2014 81.55%
Sep 30, 2014 81.69%
Jun 30, 2014 82.19%
Mar 31, 2014 81.37%
Dec 31, 2013 79.28%
Sep 30, 2013 81.50%
Jun 30, 2013 82.60%
Mar 31, 2013 81.95%
Dec 31, 2012 82.20%
Sep 30, 2012 81.27%
Jun 30, 2012 81.60%
Mar 31, 2012 82.24%
Dec 31, 2011 -234.87%
Sep 30, 2011 81.14%
Jun 30, 2011 82.14%
Mar 31, 2011 82.78%
Dec 31, 2010 81.58%
Sep 30, 2010 81.69%
Jun 30, 2010 82.41%
Mar 31, 2010 82.78%