Select Medical Holdings (SEM) Free Cash Flow (2018 - 2026)

Select Medical Holdings (SEM) reported Free Cash Flow of -$21.0 million for Q1 2026, up 62.29% year-over-year from -$13.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 502.64% quarter-over-quarter from $5.2 million in Q4 2025.

Select Medical Holdings (SEM) Free Cash Flow (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Select Medical Holdings (SEM) has 9 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at -$21.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at -$21.0 million, up 62.29% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $152.0 million (down 72.83% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $117.2 million, down 76.37% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow slipped to -$21.0 million in Q1 2026 per SEM's latest filing, from $5.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $262.4 million in Q4 2024 and troughed at -$119.2 million in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $61.2 million and a median of $52.3 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Free Cash Flow jumped 378.25% in 2023, then slumped 1501.16% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at -$42.7 million in 2022, then soared by 378.25% to $118.8 million in 2023, then surged by 120.8% to $262.4 million in 2024, then tumbled by 98.01% to $5.2 million in 2025, then sank by 502.64% to -$21.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows SEM's Free Cash Flow at -$21.0 million in Q1 2026, $5.2 million in Q4 2025, and $122.2 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 83.85 Bn 86.23 Bn 16.26 Bn 895.00 Mn
2 Tenet Healthcare 14.98 Bn 14.15 Bn 4.41 Bn 1.46 Bn
3 Davita 13.99 Bn 14.84 Bn 1.07 Bn 218.81 Mn
4 Encompass Health 9.72 Bn 10.34 Bn 1.34 Bn 150.70 Mn
5 Ensign 8.90 Bn 8.31 Bn 293.37 Mn 90.18 Mn
6 Universal Health Services 8.59 Bn 8.55 Bn 3.21 Bn 184.47 Mn
7 Fresenius Medical Care AG 7.67 Bn 5.29 Bn -4.26 Bn 1.65 Bn
8 Chemed 5.97 Bn 5.96 Bn 215.76 Mn 71.10 Mn
9 Pacs 5.74 Bn 5.50 Bn 345.96 Mn 149.82 Mn
10 Select Medical Holdings 2.00 Bn 1.99 Bn 175.47 Mn -21.04 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 -21.04 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -21.04 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 5.23 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 5.23 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 122.21 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 122.21 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 45.61 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 45.61 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -55.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -55.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 262.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 262.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 130.29 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 130.29 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 222.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 222.60 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -119.21 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -119.21 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 118.84 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 118.84 Mn