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HCA Healthcare forward PE HCA

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
15.3×
10-year median
13.6×
Against its 10-year history
77th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
8.8× to 21.1×
Peer median
12.9×

HCA Healthcare's forward PE is 15.3× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 13.6×, higher than on 77% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 8.8× in Oct 2020 to 21.1× in Dec 2019.

The median for 6 hospital and care facility stocks of a similar size is 12.9×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far15.3×12.3×18.4×
202516.6×12.1×17.6×
202412.6×12.6×18.0×
202313.5×11.3×16.6×
202214.2×10.5×16.1×
202115.7×11.4×15.7×
202011.6×8.8×20.9×
201921.1×11.5×21.1×
201813.5×12.0×16.2×
201712.4×10.1×12.5×
201610.2×9.6×14.4×
201512.6×12.0×17.9×
201415.9×12.4×16.6×
201313.2×10.4×14.7×
20129.8×6.8×11.0×
20116.7×6.3×13.6×

Against its peers

Companies in Medical - Care Facilities nearest HCA Healthcare's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
HCAHCA Healthcare15.3×
THCTenet Healthcare12.9×
EHCEncompass Healthn/m
BTSGBrightSpring Health Servicesn/m
DVADavitan/m
UHSUniversal Health Servicesn/m
ENSGEnsignn/m
Peer median12.9×

Where HCA Healthcare ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.