Growth Metrics

HCA Healthcare (HCA) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

HCA Healthcare (HCA) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 16 consecutive years, with 0.19 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose 31.06% to 0.19 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.09, a 29.99% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.09, down 29.99% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.19 for Q4 2025 at HCA Healthcare, up from 0.04 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.39 in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.04 in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.17 and a median of 0.13 in 2021 define the central range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: skyrocketed 106348.83% in 2021, then tumbled 78.72% in 2025.
  • HCA Healthcare's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.1 in 2021, then soared by 301.25% to 0.39 in 2022, then crashed by 76.74% to 0.09 in 2023, then soared by 54.85% to 0.14 in 2024, then soared by 31.06% to 0.19 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HCA's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.19 (Q4 2025), 0.04 (Q3 2025), and 0.06 (Q2 2025).