HCA Healthcare, Inc.: dividend
Price
$499.05
November 13, 2026Market cap $104B
What Ploutos Investor adds for HCA Healthcare
Part of Ploutos Investor, €9.99 a month
- The full history: 10 fiscal years, from 2016
- The estimated fair value, with its range and its certainty
- The full analysis, 18 a month
- More questions to the chat on its filings
- Excel with every year
- An email when it reports, changes its dividend or an officer buys
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Yield
0.61%
$3.06 per share over the last 12 months, at a price of $499.05.
Forward yield0.63%($0.78 a quarter)
- FCF coverThe year's free cash flow was 9.3 times the dividend it paid.
- 9.3x
- Payout10% of the last 12 months' earnings went to the dividend.
- 10%
- No cutYears in a row without a cut, in 8 years of figures.
- 5
- 5-year growthFewer than five years of dividends.
- –
- Debt / EBITDAMoney that goes to interest does not go to the dividend.
- 3.7x
The dividend year by year
What it paid per share each fiscal year, how much that changed, and the yield it gave at the price at year end.
- 2025Dividend per share$2.88
- 2024Dividend per share$2.64
- 2023Dividend per share$2.40
| Year | Dividend per share | Change | Price | Yield then | As % of earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.88 | +9.1% | $466.86 | 0.62% | 10% |
| 2024 | $2.64 | +10.0% | $300.15 | 0.88% | 12% |
| 2023 | $2.40 | – | $270.68 | 0.89% | 13% |
Each fiscal year's dividend as the company states it in its filings, adjusted for stock splits. Special dividends count in the year they were paid.
The dividend year by year
HCA's dividend per share each fiscal year, from 2016 to 2022, 7 more fiscal years
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Everything it returns to shareholders
The dividend is one way. The other is buybacks, which reduce the number of shares.
Dividend yield
0.61%
$6.10 a year per $1,000 of shares
Buybacks
9.66%
$96.60 a year per $1,000 of shares
The share count fell by 10.0% over the year.
Total returned
10.27%
$102.70 a year per $1,000 of shares
dividend 6%buybacks 94%
HCA beside the other dividend payers
Where it stands among this week's 968 dividend payers, and in the Healthcare sector. The dot is the company, the white line the median.
Above 12% of the payers · median 2.03%
In Healthcare: above 34%, median 0.93%.
Above 85% of the payers · median 3.6x
In Healthcare: above 78%, median 4.4x.
Above 8% of the payers · median 35%
In Healthcare: above 15%, median 25%.
The full analysis
What do HCA Healthcare's filings show?
The dividend is one part of HCA Healthcare's picture. The full Ploutos AI analysis reads everything the company has filed and shows what stands behind it, with a source for every figure.
- A fair value range built from the filings
- Earnings quality, debt and red flags
- Insider and institutional moves
- The case for and the case against
What is HCA's dividend yield?
HCA Healthcare paid $3.06 per share over the last 12 months. At a price of $499.05, that is a yield of 0.61%.
Does HCA cover its dividend with the cash it makes?
Yes, over the last year. HCA Healthcare's free cash flow was 9.3 times the dividend it paid.
Has HCA ever cut its dividend?
HCA Healthcare has not cut its dividend for 5 years, in the 8 years of figures we hold.
Related pages
The other pages on US stocks, free to read. On the company pages, the last three fiscal years are open to everyone, five with a free account, and every year with Ploutos Investor.
The figures come from the company's SEC filings and the share price, and describe what it has reported. They are not a score or a fair value.