HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA)
HCA Healthcare, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides health care services in the United States. The company owns, manages, and operates hospitals, ASCs, freestanding emergency care facilities, urgent care facilities, walk-in clinics, diagnostic and imaging centers, radiation and oncology therapy centers, as well as rehabilitation and physical therapy centers, physician practices, home health agencies, hospices, outpatient physical therapy providers, home and community-based services providers, and various other facilities. Its general and acute care hospitals offer medical and surgical services, including inpatient care, intensive care, cardiac care, diagnostic services, and emergency services; and outpatient services, such as outpatient surgery, laboratory, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology, and physical therapy. The company was formerly known as HCA Holdings, Inc. HCA Healthcare, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
Open HCA Healthcare, Inc. in the interactive graph- Ticker
- HCA
- SEC CIK
- 0000860730
- Sector
- Health Care
- Industry
- Health Care Providers & Services
- Periods
- FY2025 Q1, FY2026, FY2026 Q1, FY2026 Q2, FY2026 Q3, FY2027
- Headquarters
- Nashville, TN
- Employees
- 230,000
Key figures
- Revenue 19.11B USD
- NetIncome 1.62B USD
- DilutedEPS 7.15 USD/share
Reported figures
- CapitalExpenditure 1.12B USD
- CapitalExpenditure 991.00M USD
- CashAndEquivalents 940.00M USD
- DilutedEPS 6.45 USD/share
- DilutedEPS 7.15 USD/share
- DividendPerShare 0.78 USD/share
- EBITDA 3.73B USD
- EBITDA 3.80B USD
- FreeCashFlow 895.00M USD
- GrossProfit 2.86B USD
- InterestExpense 547.00M USD
- InterestExpense 584.00M USD
- NetIncome 1.61B USD
- NetIncome 1.62B USD
- OperatingCashFlow 1.65B USD
- OperatingCashFlow 2.01B USD
- OperatingIncome 2.86B USD
- OtherMetric -0.3 percent
- OtherMetric -1.7 percent
- OtherMetric 0.3 percent
- OtherMetric 0.9 percent
- OtherMetric 1.3 percent
- OtherMetric 19.9 percent
- OtherMetric 2.76B USD
- OtherMetric 2.85B USD
- OtherMetric 20.4 percent
- OtherMetric 3.1 percent
- OtherMetric 3.85B USD
- OtherMetric 4.18B USD
- OtherMetric 8.00B USD
- OtherMetric 8.28B USD
- Revenue 18.32B USD
- Revenue 19.11B USD
- SharesOutstanding 226.65M count
- SharesOutstanding 249.44M count
- TotalDebt 48.02B USD
Guidance
- DilutedEPS guidance 29.10–31.50 USD/share
- EBITDA guidance 15.55B–16.45B USD
- NetIncome guidance 6.50B–7.04B USD
- Revenue guidance 76.50B–80.00B USD
Drivers
- A winter storm in January negatively impacted first quarter volumes in certain markets
- Company did not experience a typical seasonal volume increase during the first quarter of
- Recognition of certain Medicaid supplemental programs that were not included in the Compan
- Respiratory-related admissions were down 42 percent compared to the first quarter of 2025
- Respiratory-related emergency room visits were down 32 percent compared to the first quart
Risks
- Changes in or related to general economic or business conditions nationally and regionally
- Changes in payer mix (including increases in uninsured and underinsured patients)
- Changes in revenues resulting from declining patient volumes
- Changes in service mix, revenue mix and service volumes, including potential declines in t
- Changes in the structure and administration of, and funding for, federal and state agencie
- Delays in receiving or failure to receive payments for services provided
- Effects of the 2025 Federal Budget Act and efforts to address health care affordability
- Effects related to the implementation of sequestration spending reductions required under
- Efforts of health insurers, health care providers, large employer groups and others to con
- Emergence of and effects related to pandemics, epidemics and outbreaks of infectious disea
- Expiration at the end of 2025 of enhanced premium tax credits for eligible individuals pur
- Future divestitures which may result in charges and possible impairments of long-lived ass
- Highly competitive nature of the health care business
- Impact of actual and potential cybersecurity incidents or security breaches involving the
- Impact of federal government shutdowns, holds on or cancellations of congressionally autho
- Impact of known and unknown government investigations, litigation and other claims that ma
- Impact of natural disasters, such as hurricanes and floods, including Hurricanes Milton an
- Impact of significant indebtedness and the ability to refinance such indebtedness on accep
- Increases in the amount and risk of collectability of uninsured accounts and deductibles a
- Personnel-related capacity constraints, increases in wages and the ability to attract, uti
- Possible reductions or other changes in Medicare, Medicaid and other state programs, inclu
- Potential increased expenses related to labor, pharmaceuticals, supply chain or other expe
- Supply and pharmaceutical shortages and disruptions (including as a result of tariffs or g
- Workforce disruptions
Corporate events
- Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.78 per share on the Company's
- Company repurchased 3.157 million shares of its common stock at a cost of $1.571 billion d
Quotes
- “The start of the year presented a dynamic environment for HCA Healthcare. I want…”