HCA Healthcare HCA Interest coverage
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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 interest coverage?
- HCA Healthcare (HCA) reported interest coverage of 5.3× in Q1 2026.
- How has HCA Healthcare's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
- HCA Healthcare's interest coverage increased by 3.5% year-over-year, from 5.1× to 5.3×.
- What is the long-term trend for HCA Healthcare's interest coverage?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), HCA Healthcare's interest coverage has grown at a 3.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 4.4× to 5.4×.
- What does interest coverage mean?
- How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
- How do you interpret interest coverage?
- Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
- How does interest coverage compare across companies?
- Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.