Growth Metrics

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

HCA Healthcare (HCA) reported FCF Margin of 4.68% for Q1 2026, up 108.0% year-over-year from 2.25% in Q1 2025, and up 5.05% on a QoQ basis from 4.46% in Q4 2025.

HCA Healthcare (HCA) has 17 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 4.68% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 108.0% year-over-year to 4.68% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.38% (up 347.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 10.17%, up 219.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin climbed to 4.68% in Q1 2026 per HCA's latest filing, from 4.46% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 16.32% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 3.24% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 7.77% (2022), against an average of 7.84%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Margin plunged 631 bps; it then soared 1236 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing HCA's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 7.77% in 2022, then rose by 13 bps to 8.76% in 2023, then fell by 20 bps to 6.97% in 2024, then plunged by 36 bps to 4.46% in 2025, then climbed by 5 bps to 4.68% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest HCA FCF Margin figures stand at 4.68% (Q1 2026), 4.46% (Q4 2025), and 16.32% (Q3 2025).

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 4.68%
Dec 31, 2025 4.46%
Sep 30, 2025 16.32%
Jun 30, 2025 16.31%
Mar 31, 2025 3.60%
Dec 31, 2024 6.97%
Sep 30, 2024 13.29%
Jun 30, 2024 3.94%
Mar 31, 2024 7.79%
Dec 31, 2023 8.76%
Sep 30, 2023 8.22%
Jun 30, 2023 7.78%
Mar 31, 2023 3.89%
Dec 31, 2022 7.77%
Sep 30, 2022 12.62%
Jun 30, 2022 3.71%
Mar 31, 2022 3.24%
Dec 31, 2021 8.30%
Sep 30, 2021 9.09%
Jun 30, 2021 9.76%
Mar 31, 2021 9.54%
Dec 31, 2020 -30.30%
Sep 30, 2020 16.74%
Jun 30, 2020 72.08%
Mar 31, 2020 4.06%
Dec 31, 2019 9.10%
Sep 30, 2019 7.78%
Jun 30, 2019 8.20%
Mar 31, 2019 1.54%
Dec 31, 2018 8.33%
Sep 30, 2018 7.64%
Jun 30, 2018 6.09%
Mar 31, 2018 5.16%
Dec 31, 2017 6.50%
Sep 30, 2017 2.61%
Jun 30, 2017 6.25%
Mar 31, 2017 6.67%
Dec 31, 2016 7.73%
Sep 30, 2016 4.81%
Jun 30, 2016 6.65%
Mar 31, 2016 8.67%
Dec 31, 2015 7.36%
Sep 30, 2015 5.42%
Jun 30, 2015 5.04%
Mar 31, 2015 5.91%
Dec 31, 2014 9.68%
Sep 30, 2014 6.06%
Jun 30, 2014 7.98%
Mar 31, 2014 0.49%
Dec 31, 2013 7.13%
Sep 30, 2013 5.31%
Jun 30, 2013 3.81%
Mar 31, 2013 3.98%
Dec 31, 2012 7.93%
Sep 30, 2012 2.12%
Jun 30, 2012 12.46%
Mar 31, 2012 5.50%
Dec 31, 2011 253.03%
Sep 30, 2011 6.70%
Jun 30, 2011 4.15%
Mar 31, 2011 7.95%
Dec 31, 2010 0.96%
Sep 30, 2010 13.46%
Jun 30, 2010 1.64%
Mar 31, 2010 9.24%