HCA Healthcare (HCA) Ending Cash Balance (2010 - 2026)
HCA Healthcare's Ending Cash Balance came in at $908 million for Q3 2026, down 8.9% from $997 million a year earlier and down 10.4% from the prior quarter.
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HCA Healthcare (HCA) Ending Cash Balance (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, HCA Healthcare's Ending Cash Balance was $1.04 billion, down 46.2% from FY2024.
- Ending Cash Balance carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of -10.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Ending Cash Balance was $1.93 billion in FY2024 (+106.7%), $935 million in FY2023 (+3.0%), $908 million in FY2022 (-37.4%) and $1.45 billion in FY2021 (-19.1%).
- The Q3 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Ending Cash Balance since Q2 2024.
- Year-over-year, Ending Cash Balance increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 2.7%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Ending Cash Balance over five years came in Q3 2024 (growth of 224.1%), and the weakest in Q3 2025 (a decline of 65.5%).
- Business Quant data shows HCA's Ending Cash Balance at $1.01 billion (Q2 2026), $940 million (Q1 2026) and $1.04 billion (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Ending Cash Balance (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HCA Healthcare | 109.23 Bn | 105.33 Bn | - | 908.00 Mn |
| 2 | Natera | 55.30 Bn | 50.98 Bn | 485.19 Mn | 1.10 Bn |
| 3 | Labcorp Holdings | 30.01 Bn | 28.09 Bn | 1.11 Bn | 261.80 Mn |
| 4 | Quest Diagnostics | 28.04 Bn | 25.81 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 797.00 Mn |
| 5 | Tenet Healthcare | 23.19 Bn | 12.50 Bn | - | 2.67 Bn |
| 6 | Guardant Health | 22.61 Bn | 18.67 Bn | 219.03 Mn | 1.17 Bn |
| 7 | BrightSpring Health Services | 14.53 Bn | 12.28 Bn | 518.55 Mn | 717.84 Mn |
| 8 | Encompass Health | 13.80 Bn | 13.43 Bn | - | 100.20 Mn |
| 9 | Tempus AI | 13.60 Bn | 10.75 Bn | 266.70 Mn | 595.23 Mn |
| 10 | Davita | 12.14 Bn | 9.51 Bn | 1.13 Bn | 579.26 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 908.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.01 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 940.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.04 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 997.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 939.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.06 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.93 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.89 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 831.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.28 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 935.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 891.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 862.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 842.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 908.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 999.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 858.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.37 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.45 Bn |
API Access
HCA Healthcare Ending Cash Balance API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ending-cash-balance&ticker=HCA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ending-cash-balance", "ticker": "HCA", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ending-cash-balance&ticker=HCA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();