As of today (2024-04-25), HCA Healthcare's share price is $314.655.
HCA Healthcare's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $17.02. Hence, HCA Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 18.49.
The historical rank and industry rank for HCA Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
HCA'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.09 Med: 14.2 Max: 124.93
Current: 18.49
During the past 13 years, HCA Healthcare's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 124.93. The lowest was 3.09. And the median was 14.20.
HCA's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 51.4% of 356
companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 18.355
vs HCA: 18.49
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of HCA Healthcare was 21.10% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -3.10% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 12.40% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 16.90% per year.
During the past 13 years, HCA Healthcare's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 233.90% per year. The lowest was -57.30% per year. And the median was 9.65% per year.
HCA Healthcare Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for HCA Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of HCA Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, HCA Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
HCA Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry
For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, HCA Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where HCA Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
HCA Healthcare's Share Price of today is $314.655. HCA Healthcare's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $17.02.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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HCA Healthcare (HCA Healthcare) Business Description
HCA Healthcare is a Nashville-based healthcare provider organization operating the largest collection of acute-care hospitals in the United States. As of December 2022, the firm owned and operated 182 hospitals, 126 freestanding outpatient surgery centers, and a broad network of physician offices, urgent-care clinics, and freestanding emergency rooms across 20 states and a small foothold in England.
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