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Earnings call · FY2025 Q4

Davita Inc. Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Davita Inc. Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Concluded Feb 2, 2026
Feb 2, 2026 46 turns
Period
FY2025 Q4
Runtime
Sources
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Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

DaVita delivered full-year 2025 results in the top half of guidance despite a cyber incident and elevated mortality, achieved its first profitable year in Integrated Kidney Care slightly ahead of schedule, and issued 2026 guidance for adjusted operating income of $2.085B–$2.235B and adjusted EPS of $13.60–$15.00.

Integrated Kidney Care (IKC) profitability milestone 37 2026 guidance and long-term targets 35 Clinical excellence and quality initiatives 29 Elara Caring strategic partnership 16 International business 15 Near-term headwinds 14

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +62 · moderate hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “we remain confident in our ability to sustain our track record of profit growth”
  • “we achieved adjusted operating income and adjusted earnings per share in the top half of our guidance range despite the impact of a cyber incident on our U.S. dialysis business”
  • “Our guidance for adjusted earnings per share is $13.60 to $15 even, reflecting a 33% growth at the midpoint”
  • “We're managing 2 near-term financial headwinds, continued pressure on treatment growth driven by elevated mortality and the revenue per treatment impact from the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits”

Forward guidance

5 guided metrics

Management's latest ranges and targets are included below.

Research coverage

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Revenue · derived Q4 $3.62B +9.9% YoY
Net income · derived Q4 $234.22M -9.7% YoY

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Full-year 2025 adjusted operating income of $2,094M and adjusted EPS of $10.78 landed in the top half of guidance despite the cyber incident.
  • IKC achieved its first profitable year in 2025, slightly ahead of the 2026 target set at the 2021 Capital Markets Day.
  • 2026 guidance calls for adjusted operating income of $2.085B–$2.235B (3.2% growth at midpoint) and adjusted EPS of $13.60–$15.00 (33% growth at midpoint), exceeding the long-term 8%–14% EPS target.
  • Repurchased 12.7M shares for $1.78B in 2025 at an average price of $140.09, including 2.7M shares in Q4 at $122.78.
  • Refinanced Term Loan A-1, revolver, Term Loan B-1 and issued 6.75% senior notes due 2033 during the year.
  • ESKD/MA population will receive a 6% reimbursement increase in 2027 per CMS notice, supporting future revenue per treatment.

Risks & pressure points

  • Continued pressure on U.S. treatment volume growth driven by elevated mortality is a near-term headwind.
  • Revenue per treatment is pressured by the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits.
  • Q4 results were partially offset by higher-than-expected health benefit costs.
  • 2025 operating income margin of 15.0% declined from 16.3% in 2024, and adjusted operating income margin of 15.3% was down from 15.5%.
  • IKC operating income improvement is expected to slow to ~$20M per year versus the $40M–$50M annual average over the prior three years.
  • Flu vaccination rate has fallen from a historical high above 90% to 80%, with new starts modeled flat for 2026.

Key moments

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“We expect adjusted operating income within a range of $2.085 billion to $2.235 billion, which represents 3.2% growth at the midpoint. Our guidance for adjusted earnings per share is $13.60 to $15 even, reflecting a 33% growth at the midpoint.” Javier Rodriguez, CEO
“We're managing 2 near-term financial headwinds, continued pressure on treatment growth driven by elevated mortality and the revenue per treatment impact from the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits.” Javier Rodriguez, CEO

Forward guidance

From the 8-K filed Feb 2, 2026.

Metric Guided
Adjusted operating income table
2026
$2.09B – $2.24B
Adjusted diluted net income from continuing operations per share table
2026
$13.60 – $15.00
Free cash flow table
2026
$1B – $1.25B

Guidance from the call

Stated verbally and extracted from the transcript.

Metric Guided
Incremental IKC operating income growth
2026
$20M
Free cash flow
2026
$1B – $1.25B

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Capital returned

Buybacks · derived
$274.48M
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