HCA Healthcare (HCA) EPS (Basic) (2010 - 2026)

HCA Healthcare (HCA) posted quarterly EPS (Basic) of $8.31 for Q1 2026, up 12.38% YoY from $7.39 in Q1 2025, and down 9.22% sequentially from $9.15 in Q4 2025.

HCA Healthcare (HCA) EPS (Basic) (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

HCA Healthcare has disclosed EPS (Basic) across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $8.31 for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, EPS (Basic) rose 12.38% year-over-year to $8.31; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $34.95 (up 1.22% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $32.92, changed 0.11% from the prior year.
  • EPS (Basic) slipped to $8.31 in Q1 2026, from $9.15 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EPS (Basic) for HCA reached as high as $13.66 in Q4 2024 and fell as low as $4.7 in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EPS (Basic) is $6.81 (2024), against an average of $7.01.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — EPS (Basic) plunged 39.53% — and 2024, when it surged 99.92%.
  • A 5-year view of EPS (Basic) shows it stood at $9.11 in 2022, then slipped by 25.03% to $6.83 in 2023, then surged by 99.92% to $13.66 in 2024, then sank by 33.01% to $9.15 in 2025, then slipped by 9.22% to $8.31 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, EPS (Basic) over the past three periods registered $8.31, $9.15, and $8.17 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EPS (Basic) (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 87.94 Bn 90.32 Bn 16.26 Bn 8.31
2 Chemed 18.08 Bn 18.07 Bn 215.76 Mn 1.76
3 Tenet Healthcare 16.59 Bn 15.76 Bn 4.41 Bn 8.09
4 Davita 15.37 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.07 Bn 4.08
5 Encompass Health 10.07 Bn 10.70 Bn 1.34 Bn 0.16
6 Ensign 9.52 Bn 8.93 Bn 293.37 Mn 1.67
7 Universal Health Services 9.19 Bn 9.15 Bn 3.21 Bn 5.71
8 Pacs 6.96 Bn 6.72 Bn 345.96 Mn 0.51
9 Ww International 6.14 Bn 5.98 Bn -149.29 Mn -2.93
10 Brookdale Senior Living 3.76 Bn 3.50 Bn 727.83 Mn -0.03

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 8.31
Dec 31, 2025 9.15
Sep 30, 2025 8.17
Jun 30, 2025 7.91
Mar 31, 2025 7.39
Dec 31, 2024 13.66
Sep 30, 2024 5.77
Jun 30, 2024 6.46
Mar 31, 2024 6.81
Dec 31, 2023 6.83
Sep 30, 2023 4.70
Jun 30, 2023 5.14
Mar 31, 2023 5.57
Dec 31, 2022 9.11
Sep 30, 2022 4.70
Jun 30, 2022 4.71
Mar 31, 2022 4.84
Dec 31, 2021 12.69
Sep 30, 2021 7.77
Jun 30, 2021 5.07