HCAHCA Healthcare

$427.03

Is the price fair?

What HCA's price assumes

HCA Healthcare trades at 14.7× earnings against 19.7× for the median Medical Care Facilities name, cheaper than its own group.

14.7

Trailing P/E · Medical Care Facilities median 19.7 · cheaper than the typical name in its group

Price / sales
1.40

Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1

Free cash flow yield
9.5%

Free cash flow yield · Medical Care Facilities median 7.8%

Growth the price implies
−3.0%

Growth the price implies · The price pays for −3.0% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +23% a year over the last three.

Details
EV / sales2026-Q1
1.97
Healthcare median P/E362 names
31.5
Medical Care Facilities median P/E29 names
19.7
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$7.93B
Market capitalisation
$83.2B
3-year revenue growth
+7.9%
3-year free cash flow growth
+23%
What the market has paid for these earnings: 37 quarters of its own multiple × $29.04 of trailing earnings per share
MethodPer share
Its own P/E history, lower quartile$331.15
Its own P/E history, median$358.35
Its own P/E history, upper quartile$388.68
52-week range$360.60 – $543.23
Today$427.03

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.