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HCA Healthcare (HCA) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

HCA Healthcare (HCA) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with $895.0 million as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Free Cash Flow rose 35.61% year-over-year to $895.0 million; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached $7.9 billion, up 60.21%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $7.7 billion, 36.41% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $895.0 million in Q1 2026 for HCA Healthcare, up from $870.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $3.1 billion in Q3 2025 and bottomed at $484.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $1.4 billion, with a median of $1.2 billion recorded in 2023.
  • Year-over-year, Free Cash Flow tumbled 63.72% in 2022 and then soared 339.71% in 2025.
  • HCA Healthcare's Free Cash Flow stood at $1.2 billion in 2022, then grew by 25.83% to $1.5 billion in 2023, then fell by 15.91% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then tumbled by 31.71% to $870.0 million in 2025, then increased by 2.87% to $895.0 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Free Cash Flow over the past three periods came in at $895.0 million, $870.0 million, and $3.1 billion for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.