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HCA Healthcare price to free cash flow HCA

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
16.9×
10-year median
14.3×
Against its 10-year history
79th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
3.5× to 129×
Peer median
18.7×

HCA Healthcare's price to free cash flow is 16.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 14.3×, higher than on 79% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 3.5× in Oct 2020 to 129× in Sep 2021.

The median for 6 hospital and care facility stocks of a similar size is 18.7×.

Price to free cash flow 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 far16.9×10.4×16.9×
202513.4×12.2×18.8×
202413.0×13.0×21.9×
202316.6×13.1×19.7×
202216.3×11.2×17.5×
2021125×4.6×129×
20204.7×3.5×15.7×
201915.6×12.4×17.9×
201814.4×12.4×20.7×
201712.5×10.0×12.7×
20169.8×9.2×13.6×
201510.9×10.4×16.4×
201416.5×12.1×20.2×
201311.7×5.6×14.5×
20125.3×4.2×6.3×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
HCAHCA Healthcare16.9×
THCTenet Healthcare7.2×
EHCEncompass Health29.6×
BTSGBrightSpring Health Services29.6×
DVADavita7.3×
UHSUniversal Health Services13.0×
ENSGEnsign24.4×
Peer median18.7×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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