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

HCA Healthcare (HCA) posted quarterly EBIT Margin of 2.96% for Q1 2026, up 532.0% YoY from 0.47% in Q1 2025, and up 88.02% sequentially from 24.72% in Q4 2025.

HCA Healthcare (HCA) EBIT Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

HCA Healthcare has disclosed EBIT Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 2.96% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, EBIT Margin rose 532.0% year-over-year to 2.96%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 9.9% (up 329.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 2.73%, up 20.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin rose to 2.96% in Q1 2026, from 24.72% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EBIT Margin for HCA reached as high as 2.31% in Q2 2025 and fell as low as 25.84% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 6.3% (2022), against an average of 8.89%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — EBIT Margin slumped 1268 bps — and 2025, when it surged 562 bps.
  • A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it 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 gained by 4 bps to 24.72% in 2025, then surged by 88 bps to 2.96% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, EBIT Margin over the past three periods registered 2.96%, 24.72%, and 9.1% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 87.94 Bn 90.32 Bn 16.26 Bn -2.96%
2 Chemed 18.08 Bn 18.07 Bn 215.76 Mn 12.86%
3 Tenet Healthcare 16.59 Bn 15.76 Bn 4.41 Bn 24.14%
4 Davita 15.37 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.07 Bn 14.11%
5 Encompass Health 10.07 Bn 10.70 Bn 1.34 Bn 3.76%
6 Ensign 9.52 Bn 8.93 Bn 293.37 Mn 8.99%
7 Universal Health Services 9.19 Bn 9.15 Bn 3.21 Bn 11.19%
8 Pacs 6.96 Bn 6.72 Bn 345.96 Mn 8.45%
9 Ww International 6.14 Bn 5.98 Bn -149.29 Mn 17.01%
10 Brookdale Senior Living 3.76 Bn 3.50 Bn 727.83 Mn 6.77%

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%