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HCA Healthcare HCA Operating Cash Flow

Operating Cash Flow at other companies

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$1.25B+279%

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$1.64B+101%

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$401.63M+11.5%

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-$297M-348%

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$75.52M+48.2%

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$61.53M+436%

Other financials

Income statement

Revenue$19.1B+4.3%

Net income$1.6B+0.6%

EPS (diluted)$7.15+10.9%

Balance sheet

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

CapEx$1.1B+12.9%

Free cash flow$895.0M+35.6%

Valuation

Market cap$85.84B-5.5%

Enterprise value$134.74B-1.1%

P/E12.6×-3.1×

P/S1.1×-0.1×

Profitability

Net margin8.9%+0.8pp

FCF margin10.4%+3.5pp

Returns & leverage

Return on equity-138.3%—

Debt / equity132.8×—

Current ratio0.8×-0.4×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by HCA Healthcare in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.

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 operating cash flow?: HCA Healthcare (HCA) reported operating cash flow of $2.01B in Q1 2026.
How has HCA Healthcare's operating cash flow changed year-over-year?: HCA Healthcare's operating cash flow increased by 22.0% year-over-year, from $1.65B to $2.01B.
What is the long-term trend for HCA Healthcare's operating cash flow?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), HCA Healthcare's operating cash flow has grown at a 9.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $8.96B to $12.64B.
What does operating cash flow mean?: Total cash generated by or used in core business operations — the single most important cash flow metric for assessing business health.