HCA Healthcare (HCA) Return on Equity (2011 - 2026)

HCA Healthcare (HCA) posted quarterly Return on Equity of 0.02% for Q1 2026, down 147.0% YoY from 0.04% in Q1 2025, and up 8.72% sequentially from 0.02% in Q4 2025.

HCA Healthcare (HCA) Return on Equity (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

HCA Healthcare has disclosed Return on Equity across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 0.02% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Equity fell 147.0% year-over-year to 0.02%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.02% (down 147.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.03%, down 13.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity climbed to 0.02% in Q1 2026, from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Equity for HCA reached as high as 1.46% in Q1 2025 and fell as low as 0.26% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Equity is 0.05% (2024), against an average of 0.15%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2025 — Return on Equity soared 140 bps — and 2026, when it sank 147 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.16% in 2022, then jumped by 154 bps to 0.09% in 2023, then soared by 48 bps to 0.13% in 2024, then tumbled by 115 bps to 0.02% in 2025, then climbed by 9 bps to 0.02% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity over the past three periods registered 0.02%, 0.02%, and 0.05% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROE (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 87.94 Bn 90.32 Bn 16.26 Bn -0.02%
2 Chemed 18.08 Bn 18.07 Bn 215.76 Mn 0.00%
3 Tenet Healthcare 16.59 Bn 15.76 Bn 4.41 Bn 0.01%
4 Davita 15.37 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.07 Bn -0.02%
5 Encompass Health 10.07 Bn 10.70 Bn 1.34 Bn 0.00%
6 Ensign 9.52 Bn 8.93 Bn 293.37 Mn 0.00%
7 Universal Health Services 9.19 Bn 9.15 Bn 3.21 Bn 0.00%
8 Pacs 6.96 Bn 6.72 Bn 345.96 Mn 0.00%
9 Ww International 6.14 Bn 5.98 Bn -149.29 Mn 0.00%
10 Brookdale Senior Living 3.76 Bn 3.50 Bn 727.83 Mn 0.04%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.02%
Dec 31, 2025 -0.02%
Sep 30, 2025 -0.05%
Jun 30, 2025 -0.10%
Mar 31, 2025 1.46%
Dec 31, 2024 0.13%
Sep 30, 2024 0.06%
Jun 30, 2024 0.05%
Mar 31, 2024 0.05%
Dec 31, 2023 0.09%
Sep 30, 2023 0.17%
Jun 30, 2023 0.20%
Mar 31, 2023 0.87%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.16%
Sep 30, 2022 -0.09%
Jun 30, 2022 -0.26%
Mar 31, 2022 0.10%
Dec 31, 2021 0.06%
Sep 30, 2021 0.04%
Jun 30, 2021 0.03%