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

HCA Healthcare (HCA) posted quarterly Net Margin of 9.72% for Q1 2026, down 24.0% YoY from 12.79% in Q1 2025, and down 12.33% sequentially from 11.08% in Q4 2025.

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

HCA Healthcare has disclosed Net Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 9.72% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Net Margin fell 24.0% year-over-year to 9.72%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 10.23% (down 168.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 10.29%, down 175.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin declined to 9.72% in Q1 2026, from 11.08% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Net Margin for HCA reached as high as 19.32% in Q4 2024 and fell as low as 7.86% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 9.9% (2023), against an average of 10.66%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Net Margin tumbled 1016 bps — and 2024, when it soared 856 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 17.07% in 2022, then tumbled by 37 bps to 10.76% in 2023, then soared by 80 bps to 19.32% in 2024, then plunged by 43 bps to 11.08% in 2025, then declined by 12 bps to 9.72% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Net Margin over the past three periods registered 9.72%, 11.08%, and 9.93% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 87.94 Bn 90.32 Bn 16.26 Bn 9.72%
2 Chemed 18.08 Bn 18.07 Bn 215.76 Mn 10.08%
3 Tenet Healthcare 16.59 Bn 15.76 Bn 4.41 Bn 13.08%
4 Davita 15.37 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.07 Bn 8.05%
5 Encompass Health 10.07 Bn 10.70 Bn 1.34 Bn 1.00%
6 Ensign 9.52 Bn 8.93 Bn 293.37 Mn 6.93%
7 Universal Health Services 9.19 Bn 9.15 Bn 3.21 Bn 7.76%
8 Pacs 6.96 Bn 6.72 Bn 345.96 Mn 5.68%
9 Ww International 6.14 Bn 5.98 Bn -149.29 Mn 552.25%
10 Brookdale Senior Living 3.76 Bn 3.50 Bn 727.83 Mn -0.90%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 9.72%
Dec 31, 2025 11.08%
Sep 30, 2025 9.93%
Jun 30, 2025 10.16%
Mar 31, 2025 9.96%
Dec 31, 2024 19.32%
Sep 30, 2024 8.47%
Jun 30, 2024 9.64%
Mar 31, 2024 10.39%
Dec 31, 2023 10.76%
Sep 30, 2023 7.86%
Jun 30, 2023 8.90%
Mar 31, 2023 9.90%
Dec 31, 2022 17.07%
Sep 30, 2022 8.98%
Jun 30, 2022 9.30%
Mar 31, 2022 9.80%
Dec 31, 2021 27.23%
Sep 30, 2021 16.18%
Jun 30, 2021 11.53%