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

HCA Healthcare (HCA) posted quarterly Tax Rate of 18.8% for Q1 2026, down 277.0% YoY from 10.62% in Q1 2025, and down 1.3% sequentially from 19.05% in Q4 2025.

HCA Healthcare (HCA) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

HCA Healthcare has disclosed Tax Rate across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 18.8% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Tax Rate fell 277.0% year-over-year to 18.8%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 20.2% (up 1931.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 20.85%, up 2062.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate slipped to 18.8% in Q1 2026, from 19.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Tax Rate for HCA reached as high as 24.59% in Q2 2024 and fell as low as 65.59% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 21.13% (2022), against an average of 15.85%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Tax Rate slumped 8623 bps — and 2025, when it soared 8464 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 19.87% in 2022, then grew by 4 bps to 20.64% in 2023, then tumbled by 418 bps to 65.59% in 2024, then soared by 129 bps to 19.05% in 2025, then fell by 1 bps to 18.8% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods registered 18.8%, 19.05%, and 21.3% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 87.94 Bn 90.32 Bn 16.26 Bn 18.80%
2 Chemed 18.08 Bn 18.07 Bn 215.76 Mn 25.37%
3 Tenet Healthcare 16.59 Bn 15.76 Bn 4.41 Bn 19.96%
4 Davita 15.37 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.07 Bn 19.40%
5 Encompass Health 10.07 Bn 10.70 Bn 1.34 Bn 19.54%
6 Ensign 9.52 Bn 8.93 Bn 293.37 Mn 22.41%
7 Universal Health Services 9.19 Bn 9.15 Bn 3.21 Bn 23.54%
8 Pacs 6.96 Bn 6.72 Bn 345.96 Mn 29.07%
9 Ww International 6.14 Bn 5.98 Bn -149.29 Mn 1.00%
10 Brookdale Senior Living 3.76 Bn 3.50 Bn 727.83 Mn 5.85%

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