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HCA Healthcare HCA Price / sales

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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×

Profitability

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Net margin8.9%+0.8pp

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 the most recent quarter.

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 price / sales?
HCA Healthcare (HCA) reported price / sales of 1.4× in Q1 2026.
How has HCA Healthcare's price / sales changed year-over-year?
HCA Healthcare's price / sales increased by 16.5% year-over-year, from 1.2× to 1.4×.
What is the long-term trend for HCA Healthcare's price / sales?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), HCA Healthcare's price / sales has grown at a 7.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1× to 1.4×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.