Mar 31, 2024

HCA Q1 2024 Earnings Report

HCA Healthcare's financial results for Q1 2024 were announced, showcasing revenue growth and increased net income.

Key Takeaways

HCA Healthcare reported strong first-quarter results, driven by broad-based volume growth. Revenues increased to $17.339 billion, and net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc. rose to $1.591 billion, or $5.93 per diluted share.

Revenues totaled $17.339 billion.

Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc. was $1.591 billion, or $5.93 per diluted share.

Adjusted EBITDA reached $3.353 billion.

Cash flows from operating activities amounted to $2.469 billion.

Total Revenue
$17.3B
Previous year: $15.6B
+11.2%
EPS
$5.36
Previous year: $4.93
+8.7%
Admissions
560.87K
Previous year: 525.24K
+6.8%
Number of Hospitals
188
Previous year: 180
+4.4%
Licensed Beds
49.72K
Previous year: 48.89K
+1.7%
Gross Profit
$2.56B
Previous year: $13.2B
-80.6%
Cash and Equivalents
$1.28B
Previous year: $842M
+52.5%
Free Cash Flow
$1.35B
Previous year: $606M
+122.9%
Total Assets
$57B
Previous year: $52.7B
+8.1%

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Forward Guidance

The Company reaffirmed its 2024 estimated guidance ranges issued on January 30, 2024. The Company’s 2024 guidance contains a number of assumptions, including, among others, the Company’s current expectations regarding patient volumes and payor mix as well as general economic conditions, including inflation, and excludes the impact of items such as, but not limited to, gains or losses on sales of facilities, losses on retirement of debt, legal claims costs and impairment of long-lived assets.