HCA Healthcare (HCA) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
HCA Healthcare (HCA) reported Return on Capital Employed of 18.08% for Q1 2026, up 243.0% year-over-year from 5.27% in Q1 2025, and up 6.81% on a QoQ basis from 19.4% in Q4 2025.
HCA Healthcare (HCA) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 18.08% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 243.0% year-over-year to 18.08% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 18.08% (up 243.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 4.72%, up 52.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed advanced to 18.08% in Q1 2026 per HCA's latest filing, from 19.4% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.88% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 20.51% in Q1 2025.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 13.19% (2023), against an average of 12.35%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed soared 865 bps; it then slumped 1044 bps in 2023.
- Tracing HCA's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 8.34% in 2022, then slumped by 58 bps to 13.19% in 2023, then plunged by 43 bps to 18.83% in 2024, then retreated by 3 bps to 19.4% in 2025, then gained by 7 bps to 18.08% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest HCA Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 18.08% (Q1 2026), 19.4% (Q4 2025), and 20.16% (Q3 2025).
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -18.08% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -19.40% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -20.16% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -19.40% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -20.51% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -18.83% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -15.70% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -13.55% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -11.72% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -13.19% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -8.01% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -8.91% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -9.56% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -8.34% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -4.95% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -0.51% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.88% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.03% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -3.43% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -8.13% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -7.77% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -9.56% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -7.05% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -7.99% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -9.71% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -8.81% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | -12.71% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | -11.91% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | -12.80% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | -11.81% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | -9.40% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | -11.55% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | -11.46% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 19.62% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 51.98% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 88.78% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 121.77% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 123.84% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 119.86% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 119.82% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 119.71% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 120.82% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 125.92% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 125.33% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 129.43% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 121.03% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 121.16% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 119.86% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 120.39% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 121.91% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 121.88% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 125.10% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 122.89% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 125.56% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 90.22% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 85.78% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 83.82% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 86.78% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 121.85% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 120.55% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 119.47% |