Company Analysis

DaVita Inc. (DVA)

NYSE: DVA · Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, NEC · Denver, CO · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade6.4
◀ Past 7.1● Present 6.4▶ Future 5.7

The grade of DaVita Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.4/10
◀ Past7.130% of the headline
● Present6.440% of the headline
▶ Future5.730% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

DaVita Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

DaVita Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $11 billion in fiscal 2016 to $14 billion in fiscal 2025, up 2.7% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 0% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.7%bottom 15% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 45% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 20% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.1%top 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 7.5% a year. 50% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 9 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 87th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, DaVita Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 7.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 50% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 9 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-29 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 6% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 104%: owes 104¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, DaVita Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 104 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 13.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 15% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 35% of 10 in its family; net margin 5.5%.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

DaVita Inc.'s standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $14 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 6% by size; a net margin of 5.5% ranks in the top 45%; revenue growth of 5.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 45% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$13.64Btop 6% of its family
  • net margin5.5%top 45% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth5.5%bottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 23% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2014.

weight 22% of this tense · 77th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

DaVita Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Rodriguez, Javier (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2014-04-28, 12.5 years (top 19% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.9 years (top 21%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (top 28%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge2 in three years among 14 peopletop 28% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.9 yearstop 21% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record12.5 yearstop 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 35% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

DaVita Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $676 million against debt of $10 billion leaves -54.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 15% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 9.6% of revenue (top 45%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-54.3%bottom 15% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue9.6%top 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 28% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

DaVita Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 5.5% a year over the last three filed years against 2.7% over all 10, speeding up (top 15% of its family); the newest year grew 6.5% (top 25%); capital spending grew -1.5% a year (top 45%) (its annual reports). DaVita Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: US Dialysis and Related Lab Services at $12 billion (86%), All Other at $1.9 billion (14%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.8 points a yeartop 15% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth6.5%top 25% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-1.5%top 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 48% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

DaVita Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $14 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 1.3% above the $13 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 15% of its family); net income of $747 million against a prior three-year average of $729 million (bottom 45%); a net margin of 5.5% against 5.9% before (bottom 25%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1.3%top 15% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+2%bottom 45% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.5 pointsbottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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