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

HCA Healthcare (HCA) posted quarterly EBT Margin of 11.97% for Q1 2026, down 73.0% YoY from 44.33% in Q1 2025, and down 12.6% sequentially from 13.69% in Q4 2025.

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

HCA Healthcare has disclosed EBT Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 11.97% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, EBT Margin fell 73.0% year-over-year to 11.97%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 12.82% (up 80.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 13.01%, up 93.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin fell to 11.97% in Q1 2026, from 13.69% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EBT Margin for HCA reached as high as 21.31% in Q4 2022 and fell as low as 10.05% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 12.33% (2023), against an average of 12.72%.
  • The widest YoY moves for EBT Margin: up 414 bps in 2022, down 928 bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 21.31% in 2022, then sank by 36 bps to 13.55% in 2023, then decreased by 14 bps to 11.67% in 2024, then advanced by 17 bps to 13.69% in 2025, then dropped by 13 bps to 11.97% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, EBT Margin over the past three periods registered 11.97%, 13.69%, and 12.62% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 87.94 Bn 90.32 Bn 16.26 Bn 11.97%
2 Chemed 18.08 Bn 18.07 Bn 215.76 Mn 13.51%
3 Tenet Healthcare 16.59 Bn 15.76 Bn 4.41 Bn 21.09%
4 Davita 15.37 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.07 Bn 9.99%
5 Encompass Health 10.07 Bn 10.70 Bn 1.34 Bn 18.20%
6 Ensign 9.52 Bn 8.93 Bn 293.37 Mn 9.26%
7 Universal Health Services 9.19 Bn 9.15 Bn 3.21 Bn 10.44%
8 Pacs 6.96 Bn 6.72 Bn 345.96 Mn 8.01%
9 Ww International 6.14 Bn 5.98 Bn -149.29 Mn 557.85%
10 Brookdale Senior Living 3.76 Bn 3.50 Bn 727.83 Mn -0.96%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 11.97%
Dec 31, 2025 13.69%
Sep 30, 2025 12.62%
Jun 30, 2025 12.98%
Mar 31, 2025 12.70%
Dec 31, 2024 11.67%
Sep 30, 2024 10.90%
Jun 30, 2024 12.79%
Mar 31, 2024 12.96%
Dec 31, 2023 13.55%
Sep 30, 2023 10.05%
Jun 30, 2023 11.41%
Mar 31, 2023 12.33%
Dec 31, 2022 21.31%
Sep 30, 2022 11.38%
Jun 30, 2022 11.88%
Mar 31, 2022 12.14%
Dec 31, 2021 17.17%
Sep 30, 2021 20.67%
Jun 30, 2021 14.67%