Tenet Healthcare Corp. (THC)
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Rating:67Neutral
Price Target:
$192.00
▼(-2.36% Downside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:05/01/26
The score is driven primarily by improving financial performance (strong TTM growth and cash generation) and a constructive earnings-call outlook with reaffirmed guidance and strong liquidity/capital returns. These positives are moderated by weak technicals (downtrend across major moving averages with negative MACD) and operational/policy headwinds cited on the call (exchange mix pressure, payer frictions, and volume softness).
Positive Factors
Strong cash generation
Sustained high operating and free cash flow provides durable internal funding for M&A, buybacks, and debt paydown. Strong cash conversion improves resilience to reimbursement timing and working-capital swings, enabling capital allocation flexibility and lowering refinancing dependence over the next several quarters.
Negative Factors
Exchange enrollment headwind
Declining exchange enrollments reduce higher-rate commercial-like volumes and depress revenue per admission. This structural payer-mix shift can persist through enrollment cycles, pressuring revenue and margin sustainability and complicating multi-quarter forecasting for admissions and realized reimbursement.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Strong cash generation
Sustained high operating and free cash flow provides durable internal funding for M&A, buybacks, and debt paydown. Strong cash conversion improves resilience to reimbursement timing and working-capital swings, enabling capital allocation flexibility and lowering refinancing dependence over the next several quarters.
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Tenet Healthcare Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
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Revenue by Segment
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Market Cap
$16.58B
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)1.53M
Price to Earnings (P/E)5.8
Beta (1Y)0.97
Revenue Growth4.56%
EPS Growth27.14%
CountryUS
Employees98,000
SectorHealthcare
Sector Strength45
IndustryMedical - Care Facilities
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)19.39
Shares Outstanding86,137,000
10 Day Avg. Volume1,463,192
30 Day Avg. Volume1,532,333
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio-0.24
Price to Book (P/B)4.25
Price to Sales (P/S)0.84
P/FCF Ratio7.08
Enterprise Value/Market Cap1.59
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.23
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit2.88
Enterprise Value/Ebitda5.99
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$248.27Price Target Upside26.25% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering15
EPS Forecast (FY)17.87
Revenue Forecast (FY)$21.98B
Tenet Healthcare Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Tenet Healthcare Corporation operates as a diversified healthcare services company. The company operates in three segments: Hospital Operations and Other, Ambulatory Care, and Conifer. Its general hospitals offer acute care services, operating and...
How the Company Makes Money
Tenet Healthcare makes money primarily by delivering healthcare services and collecting reimbursement from third-party payers and patients. A major revenue stream comes from its hospital operations, where it earns service revenue for inpatient adm...
Tenet Healthcare Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Apr 30, 2026
(Q1-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Jul 16, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call conveyed solid financial and operational performance in Q1 — strong revenue, EBITDA, cash generation, USPI M&A activity, and demonstrated productivity/AI gains — while acknowledging notable near-term headwinds from exchange enrollment declines, lower respiratory volumes, payer disputes and some market-specific Medicaid softness. Management beat expectations for the quarter, maintained financial discipline (deleveraging and share repurchases), and reaffirmed full-year guidance while signaling they will monitor exchange effectuation and regulatory developments. Overall, positive operational momentum and financial strength outweighed the headwinds described.Positive Updates
Strong Top-Line and Profitability
Reported Q1 2026 net operating revenues of $5.4 billion and consolidated adjusted EBITDA of $1.162 billion, yielding an adjusted EBITDA margin of 21.6%.
Negative Updates
Exchange Enrollment and Payer Mix Pressure
Same-store exchange admissions were down ~10% YoY; exchange revenues represented ~6% of consolidated revenues in Q1, a ~9% decline from Q1 2025. Management expects exchange-related headwinds of roughly $250 million for 2026 (full year).
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Q1-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Strong Top-Line and Profitability
Reported Q1 2026 net operating revenues of $5.4 billion and consolidated adjusted EBITDA of $1.162 billion, yielding an adjusted EBITDA margin of 21.6%.
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Company Guidance
Management reaffirmed full‑year 2026 guidance and said it will not update the outlook now despite Q1 outperformance, noting normalized 2026 adjusted EBITDA is expected to grow about 10% at the midpoint after excluding non‑recurring 2025 items and the premium tax credit expiration headwind; they expect Q2 consolidated adjusted EBITDA to be 24–25% of full‑year consolidated adjusted EBITDA at the midpoint (USPI also 24–25% of its full‑year EBITDA), reminded investors that Q1 represented ~22% of USPI’s full‑year EBITDA and 27.5% of Hospital full‑year EBITDA, and reaffirmed adjusted free cash flow after NCI of $1.6–$1.83 billion (which includes ~ $150 million of Conifer‑related tax payments; excluding that tax payment yields a midpoint of about $1.865 billion); capital priorities include a $250 million annual USPI M&A target (already invested $125 million in Q1 for seven ASC acquisitions), continued share repurchases (1.35 million shares for $318 million in Q1), potential debt retirement/refinancing, and the company cites $2.97 billion cash on hand, no draws on the credit facility, leverage of 2.24x EBITDA (2.83x EBITDA less NCI) and no significant maturities until late 2027.Tenet Healthcare Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
78
Positive
Balance Sheet
62
Positive
Cash Flow
81
Very Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 21.45B | 21.31B | 20.66B | 20.55B | 19.17B | 19.48B |
| Gross Profit | 9.18B | 17.53B | 8.21B | 7.80B | 7.05B | 7.27B |
| EBITDA | 4.40B | 4.48B | 6.89B | 3.39B | 3.08B | 3.67B |
| Net Income | 1.70B | 1.41B | 3.20B | 611.00M | 411.00M | 914.00M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 31.20B | 29.68B | 28.94B | 28.31B | 27.16B | 27.58B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 2.97B | 2.88B | 3.02B | 1.23B | 858.00M | 2.36B |
| Total Debt | 13.21B | 13.17B | 14.33B | 15.00B | 15.08B | 15.65B |
| Total Liabilities | 22.35B | 20.70B | 20.39B | 22.80B | 22.55B | 23.32B |
| Stockholders Equity | 4.81B | 4.22B | 4.17B | 1.61B | 1.14B | 1.03B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 3.35B | 2.53B | 1.12B | 1.62B | 321.00M | 910.00M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 4.37B | 3.54B | 2.05B | 2.37B | 1.08B | 1.57B |
| Investing Cash Flow | -1.41B | -1.27B | 3.43B | -969.00M | -808.00M | -714.00M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -2.99B | -2.40B | -3.69B | -1.03B | -1.78B | -936.00M |
Tenet Healthcare Technical Analysis
Negative
196.64
Price Trends
196.34
Negative
203.37
Negative
198.91
Negative
Market Momentum
-0.06
Negative
48.52
Neutral
55.08
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For THC, the sentiment is Negative. The current price of 196.64 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 188.88, above the 50-day MA of 196.34, and below the 200-day MA of 198.91, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of -0.06 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 48.52 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 55.08 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Negative sentiment for THC.
Tenet Healthcare Risk Analysis
Tenet Healthcare disclosed 25 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Tenet Healthcare reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Tenet Healthcare Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (51)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
74 Outperform | $10.53B | 12.33 | 25.35% | 0.65% | 10.05% | 23.59% | |
68 Neutral | $12.81B | 13.11 | -133.12% | ― | 6.68% | 2.79% | |
67 Neutral | $16.58B | 5.83 | 40.55% | ― | 4.56% | 27.14% | |
64 Neutral | $10.24B | 7.84 | 20.93% | 0.35% | 10.42% | 33.92% | |
60 Neutral | $12.85B | 22.85 | 7.16% | 3.29% | 7.24% | 67.43% | |
58 Neutral | $93.79B | 16.55 | -123.20% | 0.61% | 6.71% | 29.32% | |
51 Neutral | $7.86B | -0.30 | -43.30% | 2.27% | 22.53% | -2.21% |
* Healthcare Sector Average
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Tenet Healthcare Corporate Events
Executive/Board Changes
Tenet Healthcare Announces CIO Retirement and Transition Plan
Neutral
Apr 10, 2026
On April 9, 2026, Tenet Healthcare announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer Paola Arbour will retire from her CIO role effective December 31, 2026, and then remain with the company on a part-time, non-executive basis t...
Executive/Board Changes
Tenet Healthcare announces new senior vice president controller
Positive
Mar 31, 2026
Tenet Healthcare has adjusted the retirement timeline for its Senior Vice President and Controller, R. Scott Ramsey, who will now retire effective April 30, 2026, instead of March 31, 2026, and remain employed on a part-time basis through March 31...
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