HCA Healthcare (HCA) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

HCA Healthcare (HCA) posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.21 for Q1 2026, down 35.98% YoY from 0.33 in Q1 2025, and down 5.27% sequentially from 0.23 in Q4 2025.

HCA Healthcare (HCA) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

HCA Healthcare has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 0.21 for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 35.98% year-over-year to 0.21; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.1 (down 36.06% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.11, down 14.73% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio retreated to 0.21 in Q1 2026, from 0.23 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for HCA reached as high as 0.35 in Q1 2022 and fell as low as 0.06 in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.13 (2022), against an average of 0.18.
  • The widest YoY moves for FCF Payout Ratio: up 196.27% in 2025, down 78.72% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.13 in 2022, then retreated by 18.49% to 0.11 in 2023, then soared by 34.52% to 0.14 in 2024, then soared by 58.57% to 0.23 in 2025, then fell by 5.27% to 0.21 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.21, 0.23, and 0.08 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 87.94 Bn 90.32 Bn 16.26 Bn 0.21
2 Chemed 18.08 Bn 18.07 Bn 215.76 Mn 0.11
3 Tenet Healthcare 16.59 Bn 15.76 Bn 4.41 Bn 0.13
4 Davita 15.37 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.07 Bn 0.39
5 Encompass Health 10.07 Bn 10.70 Bn 1.34 Bn 0.38
6 Ensign 9.52 Bn 8.93 Bn 293.37 Mn 0.04
7 Universal Health Services 9.19 Bn 9.15 Bn 3.21 Bn 0.04
8 Pacs 6.96 Bn 6.72 Bn 345.96 Mn 0.00
9 Ww International 6.14 Bn 5.98 Bn -149.29 Mn -
10 Brookdale Senior Living 3.76 Bn 3.50 Bn 727.83 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.21
Dec 31, 2025 0.23
Sep 30, 2025 0.08
Jun 30, 2025 0.06
Mar 31, 2025 0.33
Dec 31, 2024 0.14
Sep 30, 2024 0.08
Jun 30, 2024 0.27
Mar 31, 2024 0.11
Dec 31, 2023 0.11
Sep 30, 2023 0.12
Jun 30, 2023 0.12
Mar 31, 2023 0.31
Dec 31, 2022 0.13
Sep 30, 2022 0.08
Jun 30, 2022 0.30
Mar 31, 2022 0.35
Dec 31, 2021 0.22
Sep 30, 2021 0.11
Jun 30, 2021 0.11