Growth Metrics

HCA Healthcare (HCA) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026)

HCA Healthcare (HCA) reported Tax Rate of 18.8% for Q1 2026, down 277.0% year-over-year from 10.62% in Q1 2025, and down 1.3% on a QoQ basis from 19.05% in Q4 2025.

HCA Healthcare (HCA) has 17 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 18.8% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate fell 277.0% year-over-year to 18.8% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 20.2% (up 1931.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 20.85%, up 2062.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate retreated to 18.8% in Q1 2026 per HCA's latest filing, from 19.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 24.59% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 65.59% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 21.13% (2022), against an average of 15.85%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Tax Rate slumped 8623 bps; it then jumped 8464 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing HCA's Tax Rate over 5 years: stood at 19.87% in 2022, then advanced by 4 bps to 20.64% in 2023, then tumbled by 418 bps to 65.59% in 2024, then jumped by 129 bps to 19.05% in 2025, then dropped by 1 bps to 18.8% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest HCA Tax Rate figures stand at 18.8% (Q1 2026), 19.05% (Q4 2025), and 21.3% (Q3 2025).

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 18.80
Mar 31, 2026 18.80
Dec 31, 2025 19.05
Dec 31, 2025 19.05
Sep 30, 2025 21.30
Sep 30, 2025 21.30
Jun 30, 2025 21.70
Jun 30, 2025 21.70
Mar 31, 2025 21.57
Mar 31, 2025 21.57
Dec 31, 2024 -65.59
Dec 31, 2024 -65.59
Sep 30, 2024 22.25
Sep 30, 2024 22.25
Jun 30, 2024 24.59
Jun 30, 2024 24.59
Mar 31, 2024 19.80
Mar 31, 2024 19.80
Dec 31, 2023 20.64
Dec 31, 2023 20.64
Sep 30, 2023 21.78
Sep 30, 2023 21.78
Jun 30, 2023 21.95
Jun 30, 2023 21.95
Mar 31, 2023 19.72
Mar 31, 2023 19.72
Dec 31, 2022 19.87
Dec 31, 2022 19.87
Sep 30, 2022 21.13
Sep 30, 2022 21.13
Jun 30, 2022 21.65
Jun 30, 2022 21.65
Mar 31, 2022 19.24
Mar 31, 2022 19.24
Dec 31, 2021 -58.62
Dec 31, 2021 -58.62
Sep 30, 2021 21.70
Sep 30, 2021 21.70
Jun 30, 2021 21.40
Jun 30, 2021 21.40
Mar 31, 2021 19.92
Mar 31, 2021 19.92
Dec 31, 2020 17.18
Dec 31, 2020 17.18
Sep 30, 2020 21.15
Sep 30, 2020 21.15
Jun 30, 2020 22.05
Jun 30, 2020 22.05
Mar 31, 2020 13.83
Mar 31, 2020 13.83
Dec 31, 2019 20.78
Dec 31, 2019 20.78
Sep 30, 2019 21.96
Sep 30, 2019 21.96
Jun 30, 2019 22.62
Jun 30, 2019 22.62
Mar 31, 2019 19.11
Mar 31, 2019 19.11
Dec 31, 2018 16.39
Dec 31, 2018 16.39
Sep 30, 2018 16.18
Sep 30, 2018 16.18
Jun 30, 2018 21.97
Jun 30, 2018 21.97
Mar 31, 2018 16.70
Mar 31, 2018 16.70
Dec 31, 2017 53.45
Dec 31, 2017 53.45
Sep 30, 2017 31.88
Sep 30, 2017 31.88
Jun 30, 2017 31.47
Jun 30, 2017 31.47
Mar 31, 2017 27.11
Mar 31, 2017 27.11
Dec 31, 2016 -49.39
Dec 31, 2016 -49.39
Sep 30, 2016 26.82
Sep 30, 2016 26.82
Jun 30, 2016 30.12
Jun 30, 2016 30.12
Mar 31, 2016 25.94
Mar 31, 2016 25.94
Dec 31, 2015 -86.22
Dec 31, 2015 -86.22
Sep 30, 2015 32.03
Sep 30, 2015 32.03
Jun 30, 2015 32.42
Jun 30, 2015 32.42
Mar 31, 2015 33.21
Mar 31, 2015 33.21
Dec 31, 2014 -78.93
Dec 31, 2014 -78.93
Sep 30, 2014 34.23
Sep 30, 2014 34.23
Jun 30, 2014 3.80
Jun 30, 2014 3.80
Mar 31, 2014 3.36
Mar 31, 2014 3.36
Dec 31, 2013 1.88
Dec 31, 2013 1.88
Sep 30, 2013 3.64
Sep 30, 2013 3.64
Jun 30, 2013 4.13
Jun 30, 2013 4.13
Mar 31, 2013 3.12
Mar 31, 2013 3.12
Dec 31, 2012 -11.08
Dec 31, 2012 -11.08
Sep 30, 2012 3.64
Sep 30, 2012 3.64
Jun 30, 2012 3.47
Jun 30, 2012 3.47
Mar 31, 2012 5.01
Mar 31, 2012 5.01
Dec 31, 2011 24.92
Dec 31, 2011 24.92
Sep 30, 2011 -0.43
Sep 30, 2011 -0.43
Jun 30, 2011 2.71
Jun 30, 2011 2.71
Mar 31, 2011 3.27
Mar 31, 2011 3.27
Dec 31, 2010 -1.64
Dec 31, 2010 -1.64
Sep 30, 2010 2.79
Sep 30, 2010 2.79
Jun 30, 2010 2.61
Jun 30, 2010 2.61
Mar 31, 2010 3.97
Mar 31, 2010 3.97