National HealthCare (NHC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) is a healthcare services company that provides post-acute and long-term care through a network of skilled nursing centers, rehabilitation facilities, assisted living communities and memory care services. The company also offers home health, hospice and palliative care, behavioral health services, and other related healthcare programs.

NHC serves patients and residents primarily across the southeastern United States. Its services are designed to support individuals recovering from illness or injury, managing chronic conditions, or requiring long-term assistance and residential care. The company also provides healthcare management and consulting services to certain affiliated and third-party facilities.

Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, National HealthCare Corporation has built its operations around coordinated care across institutional, residential and home-based settings. Its business includes direct patient care as well as services that support healthcare facilities and care providers.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $220.40 to $229.19
• 50-Day Range: $208.20 to $236.75
• 52-Week Range: $116.42 to $239.29
• Volume: 100,862 shs
• Average Volume: 110,110 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.46 billion
• P/E Ratio: 24.88
• Dividend Yield: 1.21%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

National HealthCare Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

National HealthCare scored higher than 52% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

National HealthCare has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

National HealthCare has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of National HealthCare is 24.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.86.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of National HealthCare is 24.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Healthcare sector average P/E ratio of about 274.56.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

National HealthCare has a P/B Ratio of 3.19. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.07% of the float of National HealthCare has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

National HealthCare has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.35.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in National HealthCare has recently decreased by 8.52%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

National HealthCare pays a meaningful dividend of 1.17%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

National HealthCare has been increasing its dividend for 10 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of National HealthCare is 61.89%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.72

News Sentiment

National HealthCare has a news sentiment score of 0.72. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.42 average news sentiment score of Healthcare companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for National HealthCare this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for NHC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added National HealthCare to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, National HealthCare insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $3,991,668.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

13.92% of the stock of National HealthCare is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

56.44% of the stock of National HealthCare is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/31 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/31 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/31/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Record date for 10/30 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/30 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Today: 10/08/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/06/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSEAMERICAN
• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Healthcare Providers & Services
• Sub-Industry: Healthcare Facilities
• Current Symbol: NYSEAMERICAN:NHC
• Previous Symbol: NYSEMKT:NHC
• CIK: 1047335
• Web: www.nhccare.com
• Phone: (615) 890-2020
• Fax: 615-890-0123
• Employees: 15,278
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.33
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 24.88
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $120.01 million
• Net Margins: 9.00%
• Pretax Margin: 11.89%
• Return on Equity: 10.03%
• Return on Assets: 7.09%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.86
• Quick Ratio: 1.83

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.52 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.28
• Cash Flow: $9.03 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 24.50
• Book Value: $69.25 per share
• Price / Book: 3.19

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 15,660,000
• Free Float: 13,481,000
• Market Cap: $3.46 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.60