National HealthCare (NHC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

National HealthCare's stock was trading at $93.74 at the beginning of the year. Since then, NHC shares have increased by 6.6% and is now trading at $99.97.
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National HealthCare Co. (NYSE:NHC) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May, 10th. The company reported $0.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business earned $297.18 million during the quarter. National HealthCare had a net margin of 6.95% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.28%.

National HealthCare announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 28th will be given a dividend of $0.61 per share on Thursday, August 1st. This represents a $2.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 28th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.59.
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National HealthCare (NYSE:NHC) pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.35%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 8 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 44.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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ETFs with the largest weight of National HealthCare (NYSE:NHC) stock in their portfolio include Small Cap US Equity Select ETF (RNSC), SPDR S&P Health Care Services ETF (XHS), Conductor Global Equity Value ETF (CGV), Sovereigns Capital Flourish Fund (SOVF), ETC 6 Meridian Small Cap Equity ETF (SIXS), Invesco S&P SmallCap Health Care ETF (PSCH), Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF (XSLV) and Hartford Multifactor Small Cap ETF (ROSC).

National HealthCare's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.35%), Lazard Asset Management LLC (0.36%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.35%), State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System (0.19%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.10%) and California State Teachers Retirement System (0.09%).

Shares of NHC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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