---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000927066-22-000164"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DVA"
cik: "0000927066"
company_name: "DAVITA INC."
filed_at: "2022-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T23:07:52.223906+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DaVita Q3 EPS $1.13 vs $2.30 in prior quarter; cites COVID volume drag and labor pressure

## Summary
- Revenue $2.949B; diluted EPS $1.13, adjusted diluted EPS $1.45.
- Operating income $312M; adjusted operating income $351M.
- Net income $105M, down from $225M in Q2 2022.
- Repurchased 2.1M shares at avg cost $87.10.
- CEO cites negative COVID volume trends and labor pressure as headwinds.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000927066-22-000164
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DVA
- cik: 0000927066
- company_name: DAVITA INC.
- filed_at: 2022-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927066/000092706622000164/0000927066-22-000164-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927066/000092706622000164/dva-20221028.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000927066-22-000164
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000927066-22-000164.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000927066-22-000164.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DAVITA INC. reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
  - Period: the quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On October 28, 2022, DaVita Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927066/000092706622000164/0000927066-22-000164-index.htm

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