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HCA Healthcare HCA Free cash flow yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$19.1B+4.3%
Net income$1.6B+0.6%
EPS (diluted)$7.15+10.9%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$940.0M-11.3%
Total debt$49.8B+7.3%
Total equity-$6.3B-79.1%
Total assets$61.5B+2.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$2.0B+22.0%
CapEx$1.1B+12.9%
Free cash flow$895.0M+35.6%

Valuation

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Market cap$83.23B+24.4%
Enterprise value$132.13B+18.6%
P/E12.3×+0.7×
P/S1.1×+0.2×

Profitability

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Net margin8.9%+0.8pp
FCF margin10.4%+3.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-138.3%
Debt / equity132.8×
Current ratio0.8×-0.4×

Where this comes from

Calculated from HCA Healthcare’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: HCA Healthcare’s 10-Q, filed April 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is HCA Healthcare's free cash flow yield?
HCA Healthcare (HCA) reported free cash flow yield of 7.5% in Q1 2026.
How has HCA Healthcare's free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?
HCA Healthcare's free cash flow yield increased by 28.8% year-over-year, from 5.8% to 7.5%.
What is the long-term trend for HCA Healthcare's free cash flow yield?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), HCA Healthcare's free cash flow yield has grown at a 1.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 6.7% to 7.2%.
What does free cash flow yield mean?
The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.