HCA Healthcare, Inc. HCA
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What this company does
Written from the business description in HCA Healthcare, Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 10 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Growth
Revenue compounded at +8.0% a year over the five years to FY2025 — but profit grew faster: net income at +12.6%, earnings per share at +21.0%.
The share count fell from 0.34B to 0.22B — the buyback concentrates the same profit into fewer slices.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Profitability
No chart to show — the reason differs by year; see each year in the table below.
The 17-year record
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 75.6 | 70.6 | 65.0 | 60.2 | 58.8 | 51.5 | 51.3 | 46.7 | 43.6 | 41.5 | ◌ | 36.9 | 34.2 | 33.0 | 29.7 | 28.0 | 26.8 |
| Operating income $B | 9.8 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 9.8 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.9 | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ |
| EBITDA $B | 13.4 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 11.5 | 12.7 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ |
| Income tax $B | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Net income $B | 6.8 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Free cash flow $B | 7.7 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 28.33 | 22.00 | 18.97 | 19.15 | 21.16 | 10.93 | 10.07 | 10.66 | 5.95 | 7.30 | 4.99 | 4.16 | 3.37 | 3.49 | 4.97 | 2.76 | 2.44 |
| Dividend / sh $ | 2.88 | 2.64 | 2.40 | 2.24 | 1.92 | 0.43 | 1.60 | 1.40 | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | 6.50 | ◌ | 9.43 | ◌ |
| Payout % | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 1 | 196 | 1 | 353 | — |
| ROE % | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.1 | ◌ |
| Shares out B | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.43 | ◌ |
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This company against its peers
Company facts, as filed
Reconciled in 17 of the 17 fiscal years we could check. Six checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2010. Two checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2009.