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HCA Healthcare HCA Return on assets

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8.8%+0.7pp
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8.7%+1.0pp
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CVS HealthCVS
1.2%-0.9pp

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 return on assets?
HCA Healthcare (HCA) reported return on assets of 11.2% in Q1 2026.
How has HCA Healthcare's return on assets changed year-over-year?
HCA Healthcare's return on assets increased by 13.2% year-over-year, from 9.9% to 11.2%.
What is the long-term trend for HCA Healthcare's return on assets?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), HCA Healthcare's return on assets has grown at a 6.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 8.1% to 11.3%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.