HCA Healthcare (HCA) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)

HCA Healthcare (HCA) posted quarterly Gross Margin of 85.07% for Q1 2026, up 606.0% YoY from 12.05% in Q1 2025, and up 38.13% sequentially from 61.58% in Q4 2025.

HCA Healthcare (HCA) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

HCA Healthcare has disclosed Gross Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 85.07% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Gross Margin rose 606.0% year-over-year to 85.07%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 77.28% (up 249.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 78.99%, down 2.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin grew to 85.07% in Q1 2026, from 61.58% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for HCA reached as high as 85.09% in Q3 2023 and fell as low as 61.58% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 80.9% (2022), against an average of 78.39%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Gross Margin sank 1353 bps — and 2026, when it jumped 606 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 72.81% in 2022, then retreated by 7 bps to 67.88% in 2023, then declined by 8 bps to 62.5% in 2024, then retreated by 1 bps to 61.58% in 2025, then surged by 38 bps to 85.07% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Gross Margin over the past three periods registered 85.07%, 61.58%, and 78.28% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 87.94 Bn 90.32 Bn 16.26 Bn 85.07%
2 Chemed 18.08 Bn 18.07 Bn 215.76 Mn 32.82%
3 Tenet Healthcare 16.59 Bn 15.76 Bn 4.41 Bn 82.10%
4 Davita 15.37 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.07 Bn 31.42%
5 Encompass Health 10.07 Bn 10.70 Bn 1.34 Bn 84.75%
6 Ensign 9.52 Bn 8.93 Bn 293.37 Mn 21.12%
7 Universal Health Services 9.19 Bn 9.15 Bn 3.21 Bn 71.44%
8 Pacs 6.96 Bn 6.72 Bn 345.96 Mn 24.35%
9 Ww International 6.14 Bn 5.98 Bn -149.29 Mn 74.36%
10 Brookdale Senior Living 3.76 Bn 3.50 Bn 727.83 Mn 95.16%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 85.07%
Dec 31, 2025 61.58%
Sep 30, 2025 78.28%
Jun 30, 2025 84.71%
Mar 31, 2025 79.01%
Dec 31, 2024 62.50%
Sep 30, 2024 78.74%
Jun 30, 2024 79.29%
Mar 31, 2024 84.60%
Dec 31, 2023 67.88%
Sep 30, 2023 85.09%
Jun 30, 2023 84.38%
Mar 31, 2023 81.44%
Dec 31, 2022 72.81%
Sep 30, 2022 80.90%
Jun 30, 2022 81.83%
Mar 31, 2022 84.47%
Dec 31, 2021 86.34%
Sep 30, 2021 83.88%
Jun 30, 2021 82.87%