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HCA Healthcare (HCA) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

HCA Healthcare (HCA) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 16 consecutive years, with $870.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow fell 31.71% to $870.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $7.7 billion, a 36.41% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $7.7 billion, up 36.41% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow was $870.0 million for Q4 2025 at HCA Healthcare, down from $3.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $3.1 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of $484.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $1.4 billion and a median of $1.3 billion in 2023 define the central range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Peak YoY movement for Free Cash Flow: crashed 82.34% in 2021, then skyrocketed 339.71% in 2025.
  • HCA Healthcare's Free Cash Flow stood at $1.3 billion in 2021, then fell by 3.76% to $1.2 billion in 2022, then increased by 25.83% to $1.5 billion in 2023, then dropped by 15.91% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then crashed by 31.71% to $870.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HCA's Free Cash Flow are $870.0 million (Q4 2025), $3.1 billion (Q3 2025), and $3.0 billion (Q2 2025).