Healthcare / Medical Care FacilitiesUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

NHC stock hub

National HealthCare Corporation has a live ticker hub with the latest available market, valuation, profitability, growth, ownership, and risk indicators.

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Market cap

2.9B

NYSEAMERICAN

Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

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Forward P/En/a

P25 12.3P50 18.4P75 33.1

Trailing P/E24

P25 14.9P50 23.2P75 38.5

ROE12

P25 -105.6P50 -46.5P75 -3.1

ROIC11.3

P25 -63.1P50 -27.3P75 0.5

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Indicator catalog

All NHC market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

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Showing 261 of 261 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001047335
Company name	National HealthCare Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	635906100
Employees	15,278
Employees Change	316%
Employees Change Percent	2.11
Enterprise value	$2.7B
Exchange	NYSEAMERICAN
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Medical Care Facilities
Isin	US6359061008
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$2.9B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$189
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	99,875.97x
Sector	Healthcare
Sic	8051
Symbol	NHC
Website	https://www.nhccare.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	4.19%
EV Earnings	22.08x
EV/EBIT	21.03x
EV/EBITDA	15.57x
EV/FCF	16.21x
EV/Sales	1.79x
FCF yield	5.71%
P/B ratio	2.7x
P/E ratio	23.98x
P/S ratio	1.93x
PE Ratio10 Y	21.36x
PE Ratio3 Y	18.85x
PE Ratio5 Y	20.46x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	8.51%
EBITDA Margin	11.49%
FCF margin	11.04%
Gross margin	39.18%
Gross Profit	$597.9M
Gross Profit Growth	15.3%
Gross Profit Growth Q	0.81%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	15.09%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	11.09%
Net Income	$123.7M
Net Income Growth	14.59%
Net Income Growth Q	11.34%
Net Income Growth Quarters	2%
Net Income Growth Years	3%
Net Income Growth3 Y	87.2%
Net Income Growth5 Y	6.56%
Pretax Margin	10.72%
Profit Margin	8.1%
Profit Per Employee	$8,094
Profitable Years	27
ROA	5.28
Roa5y	2.39
ROCE	10.2
ROE	12.01
Roe5y	9.71
ROIC	11.26
Roic5y	4.59

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	14.51%
Cagr15y	13.3%
Cagr1y	101.4%
Cagr20y	10.37%
Cagr3y	52.77%
Cagr5y	25.47%
Div CAGR10	4.61%
Div CAGR3	4.04%
Div CAGR5	4.48%
EPS Growth	13.95
EPS Growth Q	9.66
EPS Growth Quarters	2
EPS Growth Years	3
EPS Growth3 Y	86.35
EPS Growth5 Y	6.14
FCF Growth	54.32%
FCF Growth Q	59.71%
FCF Growth3 Y	96.55%
FCF Growth5 Y	-2.23%
OCF Growth	52.18%
OCF Growth Q	59.3%
OCF Growth10 Y	9.61%
OCF Growth3 Y	60.86%
OCF Growth5 Y	0.03%
Revenue Growth	11.02x
Revenue Growth Q	2.17x
Revenue Growth Quarters	12x
Revenue Growth Years	13x
Revenue Growth3 Y	12.37x
Revenue Growth5 Y	9.94x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.99
Assets	$1.5B
Cash	$258.4M
Current Assets	$465.6M
Current Liabilities	$250.8M
Debt	$39.3M
Debt EBITDA	$0.18
Debt Equity	$0.04
Debt FCF	$0.23
Equity	$1.1B
Interest Coverage	28.64
Liabilities	$427.5M
Long Term Assets	$1.1B
Long Term Liabilities	$176.7M
Net Cash	$219M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$7.43
Net Cash Growth	444.19%
Net Debt EBITDA	$-1.25
Net Debt Equity	$-0.2
Net Debt FCF	$-1.3
Tangible Book Value	$900.6M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$57.7
WACC	7.85

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.86
Inventory Turnover	107.7
Net Working Capital	$-17.6M
Quick ratio	1.58
Working Capital	$214.8M
Working Capital Turnover	$7.09

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-0.51%
Dividend Growth	4.86%
Dividend Growth Years	12%
Dividend per share	$2.56
Dividend Years	23
Dividend Yield	1.36%
Ex Div Date	2026-06-30
Last Dividend	$0.67
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	32.9%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	287.44%
1Y total return	101.3%
200-day SMA	137.4
3Y total return	256.62%
50-day SMA	166.3
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	210.92%
All Time High	190
All Time High Change	-0.59%
All Time High Date	2026-05-08
All Time Low	2.25
All Time Low Change	8,292%
All Time Low Date	2000-10-18
ATR	7.18
Beta	0.65
Beta1y	0.46
Beta2y	0.55
Ch YTD	37.73
High	190
High52	190
High52 Date	2026-05-08
High52ch	-0.59%
Low	174.5
Low52	93.54
Low52 Date	2025-07-24
Low52ch	101.86%
Ma50ch	13.53%
Price vs 200-day SMA	37.4%
RSI	67.37
RSI Monthly	77.85
RSI Weekly	74.4
Sharpe ratio	2.22x
Sortino ratio	4.08
Total Return	0.85%
Tr YTD	38.28
Tr15y	550.91%
Tr1m	13.46%
Tr1w	7.98%
Tr3m	17.33%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Operating Income	$129.8M
Operating Income Growth	35.9
Operating Income Growth Q	4.83
Operating Income Growth3 Y	76.48
Operating Income Growth5 Y	43.06
Operating margin	8.51

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	12,774,558%
Float Percent	81.79%
Net Borrowing	-134,000,000
Shares Insiders	11.44%
Shares Institutions	64.51%
Shares Out	15,619,641
Shares Qo Q	0.17%
Shares Yo Y	0.51%
Short Float	5.99%
Short Ratio	5.8
Short Shares	4.9

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$163.8M
Average Volume	111,525.2x
Bv Per Share	69.9
CAPEX	$-39.9M
Ch10y	192.3
Ch15y	323.1
Ch1m	13.46
Ch1w	7.98
Ch1y	97.37
Ch20y	320.3
Ch3m	16.87
Ch3y	231.2
Ch5y	170.2
Ch6m	48.48
Change	10.15%
Change From Open	8.21
Close	171.4
Days Gap	1.8
Depreciation Amortization	45,556,000
Dollar Volume	28,362,274.6
Earnings Date	2026-05-08
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$129.8M
EBITDA	$175.4M
EPS	$7.87
F Score	6
FCF	$168.4M
FCF EV Yield	6.17x
FCF Per Share	$10.78
Financing CF	-177,766,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,971
Goodwill	170,478,000
Graham Number	111.27485
Graham Upside	-41.07
Income Tax	$37.1M
Investing CF	-40,423,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-08
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-26
Lynch Fair Value	$51.68
Lynch Upside	-72.63
Ma150	146.4
Ma150ch	28.96%
Ma20	170.4
Ma20ch	10.83%
Net CF	-9,833,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-07
Open	174.5
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	17.51
P OCF Ratio	14.16
Payment Date	2026-07-31
Position In Range	92.69
Ppne	711,610,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$16.82
Ptbv Ratio	3.27
Relative Volume	1.35x
Revenue	1,525,905,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.3x
Share Based Comp	4,652,000
Tax By Revenue	2.43x
Tax Rate	22.69%
Tr20y	619.76%
Tr6m	49.76%
Us State	Tennessee
Volume	150,208
Z Score	4.9

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Income

NHC dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+1.4%

$2.56 annual per share

Payout ratio

+32.9%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+4.5%

12 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+0.9%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-06-30

Performance

NHC stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns NHC?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+64.5%

Float: +81.8% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+11.4%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

NHC momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

67.4

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+37.4%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.65

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

2.22

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Questions

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