Growth Metrics

HCA Healthcare (HCA) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

HCA Healthcare (HCA) has disclosed FCF Margin for 16 consecutive years, with 4.46% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin fell 251.0% to 4.46% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 10.17%, a 219.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 10.17%, up 219.0% from a year prior.
  • FCF Margin was 4.46% for Q4 2025 at HCA Healthcare, down from 16.32% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 16.32% in Q3 2025 to a low of 3.24% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 8.27% and a median of 8.0% in 2023 define the central range for FCF Margin.
  • Biggest YoY gain for FCF Margin was 3861bps in 2021; the steepest drop was -6232bps in 2021.
  • HCA Healthcare's FCF Margin stood at 8.3% in 2021, then fell by -6bps to 7.77% in 2022, then rose by 13bps to 8.76% in 2023, then fell by -20bps to 6.97% in 2024, then plummeted by -36bps to 4.46% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HCA's FCF Margin are 4.46% (Q4 2025), 16.32% (Q3 2025), and 16.31% (Q2 2025).