Growth Metrics

HCA Healthcare (HCA) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

HCA Healthcare (HCA) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.21 as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 35.98% year-over-year to 0.21; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.1, down 36.06%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.11, 14.73% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.21 in Q1 2026 for HCA Healthcare, down from 0.23 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.35 in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.06 in Q2 2025.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.18, with a median of 0.13 recorded in 2022.
  • On a YoY basis, FCF Payout Ratio climbed as much as 196.27% in 2025 and fell as far as 78.72% in 2025.
  • HCA Healthcare's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.13 in 2022, then dropped 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 came in at 0.21, 0.23, and 0.08 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.