How do you interpret ambulatory care — cash paid to acquire businesses?

Higher spending indicates aggressive expansion, whereas lower spending may signal a focus on organic growth or capital preservation.

How does ambulatory care — cash paid to acquire businesses compare across companies?

Standard line item in the cash flow statement under 'investing activities' for all acquisitive healthcare companies.

Tenet Healthcare THC Ambulatory Care — Cash paid to acquire businesses

Discontinued — last reported Q3 '22

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EHCInpatient Rehabilitation — Payments To Acquire Businesses Gross

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WELLOutpatient Medical — Cash disbursed for acquisitions

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WELLOutpatient Medical — Business Acquisition Purchase Price Allocation Net Cash Invested

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EHCHome Healthand Hospice — Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired

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OHISC — Payments To Acquire Businesses Gross

$10.1M—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$5.4B+2.8%

Operating income$1.3B+37.4%

Net income$906.0M+45.7%

EPS (diluted)$8.01+87.6%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$3.0B-1.1%

Total debt$13.3B+0.2%

Total equity$4.8B+15.1%

Total assets$31.2B+6.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.6B+101%

CapEx$180.0M+4.0%

Free cash flow$1.5B+128%

Valuation

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Market cap$14.86B—

Enterprise value$25.19B—

P/E5.6×—

P/S0.7×—

Profitability

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Operating margin18%+0.4pp

Net margin12.4%+0.9pp

FCF margin15.6%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity58.9%-2.7pp

Debt / equity2.8×-0.4×

Current ratio1.4×-0.4×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Tenet Healthcare in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross.

The official record: Tenet Healthcare’s 10-K, filed February 18, 2025, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Tenet Healthcare's ambulatory care — cash paid to acquire businesses?: Tenet Healthcare (THC) reported ambulatory care — cash paid to acquire businesses of $104M in Q3 2022.
What does ambulatory care — cash paid to acquire businesses mean?: The total cash spent to purchase other businesses or facilities.
How do you interpret ambulatory care — cash paid to acquire businesses?: Higher spending indicates aggressive expansion, whereas lower spending may signal a focus on organic growth or capital preservation.
How does ambulatory care — cash paid to acquire businesses compare across companies?: Standard line item in the cash flow statement under 'investing activities' for all acquisitive healthcare companies.