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Back to HCA Healthcare, Inc.
How HCA Healthcare, Inc. stacks up
HCA · against 38 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Profitability
88/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #11 of 39 · scores higher than 71% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score10 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including HCA · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 88?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Healthcare peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 73% of peers. Operating margin: 15.8% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 87% of peers. Return on invested capital: 21.3% vs peer median 4.7%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 91% of peers. Return on assets: 10.8% vs peer median 1.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = HCA, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | HCA | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 38 reported | 21.3% | 10.2% | 78% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 38 reported | 15.8% | 20.7% | 32% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 38 reported | 10.8% | 6.7% | 78% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 34 reported | Not reported | 12.5% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 39 reported | 42.6% | 59.8% | 24% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around HCA| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11.26T JPY (≈$76.6B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 1 | 52.9B USD | 99 | 57 | |
| 1 | 177.5B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 4 | 8.24T JPY (≈$56.0B) | 98 | 75 | |
| 5 | 534.1B HKD (≈$68.4B) | 96 | 75 | |
| 8 | 56.7B USD | 93 | 79 | |
| 9 | 97.5B USD | 89 | 67 | |
| 9 | 4.25T INR (≈$51.0B) | 89 | 70 | |
| 11 | 126.1B USD | 88 | 62 | |
| 11 | 100.2B USD | 88 | 57 | |
| 13 | 116.5B USD | 87 | 57 | |
| 13 | 52.7B EUR (≈$58.0B) | 87 | 71 | |
| 15 | 58.6B USD | 85 | 52 | |
| 15 | 100.2B USD | 85 | 68 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score