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Davita Inc.: Q3 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q3 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 29 October 2025: press release. Guidance figures: 1 kept. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Revenue and operating income reported: Total revenues were $3.420 billion, compared with $3.380 billion in the second quarter. Operating income was $506 million; adjusted operating income was $517 million. Source
  • Diluted EPS lower than second quarter: Diluted EPS was $2.04 and adjusted diluted EPS was $2.51, against $2.58 and $2.95 in the second quarter. Net income attributable to DaVita Inc. was $150 million. Source
  • U.S. treatments slightly lower per day: U.S. dialysis treatments totaled 7,242,725, or 91,680 per day, a per-day decrease of 0.5% from the second quarter, which averaged 92,131 per day. Source
  • Revenue per treatment rose: Average patient service revenue per treatment was $410.59, up $6.01 from the second quarter's $404.58. Source
  • Cost drivers named by management: Patient care costs rose on compensation, phosphate binder pharmaceuticals and health benefit expense, partly offset by lower insurance costs. Source
  • Quarterly free cash flow $604 million: Operating cash flow was $842 million and free cash flow $604 million, against $324 million and $157 million in the second quarter. Source
  • Shares repurchased in quarter: The company repurchased 3.3 million shares for $465 million, at an average price of $140.67, against 3.1 million shares at $144.00 in the second quarter. Source
  • Cybersecurity charges in quarter: Remediation charges of about $11.7 million were recorded in general and administrative expense in the quarter and are excluded from adjusted metrics. Source

“Our third quarter performance was in line with our expectations and keeps us on track to achieve our full-year guidance”

Javier Rodriguez, CEO of DaVita

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Adjusted operating income SourceFull-year 2025$2,035 million to $2,135 million
Adjusted diluted net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc. SourceFull-year 2025$10.35 to $11.15
Free cash flow SourceFull-year 2025$1,000 million to $1,250 millionKept

What changed from last quarter

  • Guidance raised: Lower end of the 2025 adjusted operating income range raised from $2,010 million to $2,035 million; lower end of adjusted diluted EPS range raised from $10.20 to $10.35. Source
  • Guidance lowered: Upper end of the 2025 adjusted operating income range lowered from $2,160 million to $2,135 million; upper end of adjusted diluted EPS range lowered from $11.30 to $11.15. Source
  • New: Term Loan B-1 refinanced in July 2025 with a $1.9 billion Term Loan B-2, including $250 million of incremental borrowing. Source
  • New: Board increased the share repurchase authorization by $2.0 billion, effective August 21, 2025. Source
  • New: Equity investment losses on Mozarc Medical Holding LLC recorded in the quarter, $51.3 million, including $25.9 million of impairment and restructuring charges. Source

Results and growth drivers

  • Revenue and operating income reported: Total revenues were $3.420 billion, compared with $3.380 billion in the second quarter. Operating income was $506 million; adjusted operating income was $517 million. Source
  • Operating margin below second quarter: Operating margin was 14.8%, against 15.9% in the second quarter. Adjusted operating margin was 15.1%, against 16.3%. Source
  • Diluted EPS lower than second quarter: Diluted EPS was $2.04 and adjusted diluted EPS was $2.51, against $2.58 and $2.95 in the second quarter. Net income attributable to DaVita Inc. was $150 million. Source
  • Nine-month results: Net income attributable to DaVita Inc. for the nine months was $513 million, against $677 million a year earlier. Adjusted diluted EPS for the nine months was $7.44, against $7.43. Source

Segments and regions

  • U.S. dialysis segment income higher: U.S. dialysis segment revenue was $2,980 million and segment operating income $530 million. Adjusted segment operating income was $542 million, against $536 million in the second quarter. Source
  • Integrated kidney care operating loss: Integrated kidney care revenue was $94 million, against $152 million in the second quarter. The segment recorded an operating loss of $21 million, against operating income of $26 million. Source
  • International revenue and income: International revenue was $352 million and operating income $27 million, against $325 million and $36 million in the second quarter. Source
  • Corporate support expenses lower: Corporate administrative support expenses were $26 million, against $42 million in the second quarter. Source

“Our consistent focus on providing outstanding care is the key to these results, enabling us to continuously invest in improving the lives of our patients and supporting our dedicated teammates and physician partners.”

Javier Rodriguez, CEO of DaVita

Treatment volume and demand

  • U.S. treatments slightly lower per day: U.S. dialysis treatments totaled 7,242,725, or 91,680 per day, a per-day decrease of 0.5% from the second quarter, which averaged 92,131 per day. Source
  • Normalized treatment growth negative: Normalized non-acquired treatment growth was (0.6)% year over year, compared with (0.8)% in the second quarter. Source
  • More treatment days than second quarter: The quarter had 79.0 treatment days, against 78.0 in the second quarter. Year-to-date average treatments per day were 91,868. Source

Costs, margins and pricing

  • Revenue per treatment rose: Average patient service revenue per treatment was $410.59, up $6.01 from the second quarter's $404.58. Source
  • Reimbursement rates lifted revenue: Management attributed the quarter's revenue change mainly to higher average reimbursement rates, normal fluctuations and more phosphate binder volume, partly offset by payor mix. Source
  • Patient care cost per treatment up: Patient care costs were $273.54 per treatment, up $5.18 from $268.36 in the second quarter. Source
  • Cost drivers named by management: Patient care costs rose on compensation, phosphate binder pharmaceuticals and health benefit expense, partly offset by lower insurance costs. Source
  • G&A per treatment higher: General and administrative expense per treatment was $44.51, up from $43.43. Quarter G&A rose mainly on IT-related costs, to $322 million in the U.S. dialysis segment. Source
  • Tax rates on income: Effective tax rate on income was 22.2%, against 25.4% in the second quarter. On adjusted income attributable to DaVita Inc., the effective rate was 27.9%. Source

Cash flow and balance sheet

  • Quarterly free cash flow $604 million: Operating cash flow was $842 million and free cash flow $604 million, against $324 million and $157 million in the second quarter. Source
  • Nine-month operating cash flow lower: Net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months was $1,345.8 million, against $1,474.4 million a year earlier. Nine-month free cash flow was $716 million. Source
  • Capital spending in the quarter: Quarter capital spending included maintenance of $119 million, development of $47 million and acquisitions of $108 million. Proceeds from sale of self-developed properties were $8 million. Source
  • Leverage ratio at 3.37 times: Leverage ratio was 3.37x, against 3.34x at June 30, under a 5.00x maximum. Net debt was $9,604 million and total debt $10,310 million. Source
  • DaVita shareholders' equity in deficit: Total DaVita Inc. shareholders' equity was a deficit of $571.9 million at September 30, 2025, against equity of $121.1 million at December 31, 2024. Source

Share repurchases and debt

  • Shares repurchased in quarter: The company repurchased 3.3 million shares for $465 million, at an average price of $140.67, against 3.1 million shares at $144.00 in the second quarter. Source
  • Repurchases continued after quarter end: Through October 28, 2025, the company repurchased a further 0.4 million shares for $54 million, at an average price of $135.36. Source
  • Term Loan B-2 proceeds repaid older debt: Proceeds repaid $1.6 billion of Term Loan B-1 and $250 million of Term Loan A-1. The new Term Loan B-2 is $1.9 billion, including $250 million of incremental borrowing. Source
  • Debt expense higher year over year: Debt expense was $150.6 million, against $134.6 million a year earlier. Weighted average effective interest rate was 5.70% at quarter end, against 5.73% at June 30. Source

Centers and integrated kidney care

  • Patients and centers both rose: At September 30, 2025, the company served about 293,200 patients at 3,247 outpatient centers, 2,662 in the United States and 585 in 14 countries outside. Source
  • Center openings and closures: In the United States, three centers opened and three closed. Outside the United States, 58 centers were acquired and nine closed. Source
  • Integrated kidney care patients rose: Risk-based integrated care arrangements covered about 64,900 patients, with annualized medical spend of about $5.5 billion. Another 9,400 patients were in other arrangements. Source

Cybersecurity and investment charges

  • Cybersecurity charges in quarter: Remediation charges of about $11.7 million were recorded in general and administrative expense in the quarter and are excluded from adjusted metrics. Source
  • Nine-month cybersecurity costs: For the nine months, cybersecurity costs were about $1.0 million in patient care costs and $24.2 million in general and administrative expenses. Source
  • Mozarc investment losses recorded: Equity investment losses on Mozarc Medical Holding LLC were $51.3 million, including $25.9 million of impairment and restructuring charges, excluded from adjusted metrics. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Patient volumes Source293,200 patients
Utilization trends Source91,680 treatments per day; per-day change (0.5)%
Same-facility treatment growth (normalized non-acquired) Source(0.6)%
Membership in risk-based integrated care Source64,900 patients

Risks management discussed

  • Operational: Reported results do not include business interruption from the cybersecurity incident, which management said is excluded from the figures. Source
  • Demand: Revenue increases in the quarter were partly offset by changes in payor mix, according to management. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • On track: Management said the quarter's performance kept the company on track to achieve full-year 2025 guidance. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.