NHC

National Healthcare Corp

236.01

Oct 23 • 3:59 PM ET -7.06 (-2.90%)

236.15

Aftermarket • 7:30 PM ET +0.14 (0.06%)

Healthcare Medical Care Facilities USA Mid AMEX

Peers: PACS ENSG BKD PNTG ADUS CHE SNDA EHC BTSG OHI

| Held by: IJR SDVY VTI IWM VB DFSV DFAT VBR XSMO VXF

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Index	RUT
Market Cap	3.70B
Enterprise Value	3.47B
Income	140.26M
Sales	1.55B
Book/sh	71.66
Cash/sh	16.98
Dividend Est.	-
Dividend TTM	2.62 (1.11%)
Dividend Ex-Date	Sep 30, 2026
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	3.83% 3.99%
Payout	32.98%
Employees	15278
IPO	Jan 02, 1987

P/E	26.52
Forward P/E	-
PEG	-
P/S	2.38
P/B	3.29
P/C	13.90
P/FCF	25.23
EV/EBITDA	-
EV/Sales	2.23
Quick Ratio	1.83
Current Ratio	1.86
Debt/Eq	0.03
LT Debt/Eq	0.01
Option/Short	Yes / Yes

EPS (ttm)	8.90
EPS next Y	-
EPS next Q	-
EPS this Y	-
EPS next Y	-
EPS next 5Y	-
EPS past 3/5Y	74.12% 23.00%
Sales past 3/5Y	12.71% 9.68%
EPS Y/Y TTM	32.91%
Sales Y/Y TTM	7.19%
EPS Q/Q	67.13%
Sales Q/Q	8.87%
Earnings	May 08 BMO
EPS/Sales Surpr.	31.76% -0.06%

Insider Own	18.79%
Insider Trans	-1.36%
Inst Own	65.99%
Inst Trans	-0.54%
ROA	9.05%
ROE	13.08%
ROIC	12.35%
Gross Margin	53.41%
Oper. Margin	-7.51%
Profit Margin	9.04%
SMA20	1.76%
SMA50	3.61%
SMA200	22.87%
Trades

Shs Outstand	15.66M
Shs Float	12.72M
Short Float	6.42%
Short Ratio	7.55
Short Interest	0.82M
52W High	248.20 -4.91%
52W Low	118.14 99.77%
Volatility	4.33% 3.08%
ATR (14)	7.55
RSI (14)	53.04
Beta	0.64
Rel Volume	1.78
Avg Volume	108.21K
Volume	192,995

Perf Week	-2.80%
Perf Month	6.50%
Perf Quarter	4.39%
Perf Half Y	36.53%
Perf YTD	72.16%
Perf Year	93.34%
Perf 3Y	258.19%
Perf 5Y	231.43%
Perf 10Y	261.98%
Recom	-
Target Price	-
Prev Close	243.07
Price	236.01
Change %	-2.90%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Aug-01-11	Downgrade	Morgan Keegan	Outperform → Mkt Perform	$55 → $41
Dec-11-08	Initiated	Morgan Keegan	Outperform
Sep-23-08	Downgrade	RBC Capital Mkts	Outperform → Sector Perform

Aug-06-26 08:00PM	NHC Announces Common Dividend (Business Wire)
03:02PM	National HealthCare: Q2 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press)
Jul-01-26 07:00PM	NHC Completes Acquisition of Thirty-Five NHI Facilities (Business Wire)
Jun-04-26 02:56PM	National HealthCare Corporation Acquires Five Skilled Nursing Facilities in Strategic $50,500,000 Transaction (Business Wire)
May-08-26 07:19AM	National HealthCare: Q1 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press) +10.15%
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07:00AM	NHC Reports First Quarter 2026 Earnings (Business Wire)
May-07-26 04:28PM	NHC Announces 4.7% Increase in Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Apr-22-26 11:35AM	Blueprint acts as transaction advisor to National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE: NHI) in its planned $560 million disposition of a 35-property healthcare portfolio to National HealthCare Corporation (NYSE American: NHC). (PR Newswire) +8.11%
Apr-21-26 04:38PM	NHC to Acquire Thirty-Five NHI Facilities (Business Wire)
Feb-26-26 05:51PM	National HealthCare: Q4 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
05:30PM	NHC Reports 2025 Year End Earnings (Business Wire)
Feb-13-26 07:00AM	NHC Announces Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Nov-07-25 07:04AM	National HealthCare: Q3 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
Sep-04-25 02:18PM	National HealthCare Corporation (NHC): A Bull Case Theory (Insider Monkey)
Aug-08-25 07:06AM	National HealthCare: Q2 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
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07:00AM	NHC Reports Second Quarter 2025 Earnings (Business Wire)
Aug-07-25 08:00PM	NHC Announces Common Dividend (Business Wire)
May-09-25 07:17AM	National HealthCare: Q1 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance) +6.21%
07:00AM	NHC Reports First Quarter 2025 Earnings (Business Wire)
May-08-25 05:11PM	NHC Announces W. Andrew Adams Retirement from NHC Board of Directors (Business Wire)
04:44PM	NHC Announces 4.9% Increase in Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Feb-27-25 07:30AM	National HealthCare: Q4 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
07:00AM	NHC Reports 2024 Year End Earnings (Business Wire)
Feb-18-25 07:02PM	Activist Launches Proxy Fight at National Health Investors (The Wall Street Journal)
Feb-14-25 07:00AM	NHC Announces Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Nov-08-24 06:04AM	National HealthCare: Q3 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
06:00AM	NHC Reports Third Quarter 2024 Earnings (Business Wire)
Nov-07-24 08:00PM	NHC Announces Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Aug-17-24 01:01AM	Insider Selling: CEO Stephen Flatt Sells Shares of National Healthcare Corp (NHC) (GuruFocus.com)
Aug-15-24 11:38PM	Insider Sale: Director James Abernathy Sells Shares of National Healthcare Corp (NHC) (GuruFocus.com)
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Aug-09-24 06:05AM	National HealthCare: Q2 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
06:00AM	NHC Reports Second Quarter 2024 Earnings (Business Wire)
Aug-08-24 07:00PM	NHC Announces Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Aug-06-24 08:00PM	NHC Completes Acquisition of White Oak Senior Living Portfolio (Business Wire)
Jun-03-24 02:33PM	NHC to Acquire White Oak Senior Living Portfolio (Business Wire)
May-12-24 07:18AM	15 Best Places in Oregon For A Couple To Live On Only Social Security (Insider Monkey)
May-10-24 06:37AM	National HealthCare Q1 Non-GAAP Earnings, Revenue Advance (MT Newswires)
06:06AM	National HealthCare: Q1 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
06:00AM	NHC Reports First Quarter 2024 Earnings (Business Wire)
May-09-24 04:24PM	NHC Announces 3.4% Increase in Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Apr-11-24 04:22PM	Bausch Health to Announce First-Quarter 2024 Results on May 2 (ACCESSWIRE)
Feb-16-24 05:33PM	National Healthcare Corp (NHC) Reports Notable Earnings Growth for 2023 (GuruFocus.com)
07:17AM	National HealthCare: Q4 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
07:00AM	NHC Reports 2023 Year End Earnings (Business Wire)
Feb-09-24 07:00AM	NHC Announces Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Dec-12-23 11:05AM	Insider Sell Alert: Director Emil Hassan Sells 7,500 Shares of National Healthcare Corp (NHC) (GuruFocus.com)
Dec-06-23 11:05PM	Insider Sell Alert: Director Emil Hassan Sells 7,500 Shares of National Healthcare Corp (NHC) (GuruFocus.com)
Dec-05-23 05:28PM	National Healthcare Stock Jumps 12% In 2 Days In Massive Volume (Investor's Business Daily)
Dec-01-23 06:16PM	Uber Technologies, Jabil and Builders FirstSource Set to Join S&P 500; Others to Join S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 (PR Newswire) +11.23%
Nov-22-23 02:20PM	7 Elder Care Stocks to Take Advantage of Aging America (InvestorPlace)
Nov-03-23 12:38PM	National Healthcare Corp (NHC) Reports 6. ... (GuruFocus.com)
06:39AM	National HealthCare: Q3 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
06:30AM	NHC Reports Third Quarter 2023 Earnings (Business Wire)
Nov-02-23 05:30PM	NHC Announces Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Aug-11-23 07:01AM	Daily Vickers Top Buyers & Sellers for 08/11/2023 (Argus Research)
Aug-04-23 06:36AM	National HealthCare: Q2 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance) +5.67%
06:30AM	NHC Reports Second Quarter 2023 Earnings (Business Wire)
Aug-03-23 07:00PM	NHC Announces Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Jul-05-23 06:46AM	Daily Vickers Top Buyers & Sellers for 07/05/2023 (Argus Research)
May-05-23 06:42AM	National HealthCare: Q1 Earnings Snapshot (AP Finance)
06:30AM	NHC Reports First Quarter 2023 Earnings (Business Wire)
May-04-23 04:15PM	NHC Announces 3.5% Increase in Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Mar-04-23 10:19AM	15 Biggest Retirement Communities in the World (Insider Monkey)
Feb-17-23 06:30AM	NHC Reports 2022 Year End Earnings (Business Wire)
Feb-10-23 11:42AM	NHC Announces Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Jan-11-23 08:16AM	15 Biggest Nursing Home Companies in the US (Insider Monkey)
Jan-09-23 10:34PM	Pfizers Paxlovid will not be included in Chinas national insurance (MarketWatch)
Jan-08-23 08:18PM	UPDATE 1-SK Bioscience chief says unlikely China will source vaccines from it - FT (Reuters)
Nov-04-22 05:36AM	NHC Announces Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Nov-03-22 06:45PM	NHC Reports Third Quarter 2022 Earnings (Business Wire)
Aug-08-22 05:28PM	NHC Announces $25 Million Stock Repurchase Program (Business Wire)
Aug-05-22 05:09AM	NHC Reports Second Quarter 2022 Earnings (Business Wire)
Aug-04-22 05:02PM	NHC Announces Common Dividend (Business Wire)
May-06-22 06:34AM	NHC Reports First Quarter 2022 Earnings (Business Wire)
May-05-22 04:05PM	NHC Announces 3.6% Increase in Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Feb-22-22 10:33AM	Knoxville Center for Behavioral Medicine set to open in April (Business Wire)
Feb-18-22 12:37PM	National HealthCare Corporation Expands Behavioral Health Service Line (Business Wire)
06:08AM	NHC Reports 2021 Year End Earnings (Business Wire)
Feb-11-22 06:09AM	NHC Announces Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Feb-02-22 01:38PM	CM Management, LLC Buys Cadence Bank, Cadence Bank, Agnico Eagle Mines, Sells Cadence Bank, ... (GuruFocus.com)
Nov-05-21 05:05AM	NHC Reports Third Quarter 2021 Earnings (Business Wire) +7.40%
Nov-04-21 06:41PM	NHC Announces 5.8% Increase in Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Aug-18-21 10:07AM	10 Best Healthcare Dividend Stocks to Buy Now (Insider Monkey)
Aug-06-21 05:58AM	NHC Reports Second Quarter 2021 Earnings (Business Wire)
Aug-05-21 06:20PM	NHC Announces Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Jun-28-21 01:05PM	Where Do Hedge Funds Stand On National HealthCare Corporation (NHC)? (Insider Monkey)
Jun-18-21 09:20PM	NHC Acquires Outstanding Interest in Caris Healthcare (Business Wire) -6.50%
May-06-21 04:50PM	NHC Announces Common Dividend (Business Wire)
May-01-21 04:12AM	Most Shareholders Will Probably Agree With National HealthCare Corporation's (NYSEMKT:NHC) CEO Compensation (Simply Wall St.)
Apr-14-21 05:09AM	National HealthCare (NYSEMKT:NHC) Will Will Want To Turn Around Its Return Trends (Simply Wall St.)
Mar-23-21 11:30AM	Maryland Heights Center for Cognitive Disorders Breaks Ground (Business Wire)
Mar-09-21 03:55AM	National HealthCare (NYSEMKT:NHC) Shareholders Booked A 25% Gain In The Last Three Years (Simply Wall St.)
Feb-19-21 05:15AM	NHC Reports 2020 Year End Earnings (Business Wire)
Feb-12-21 05:32AM	NHC Announces Common Dividend (Business Wire)
Feb-01-21 05:36AM	What Type Of Shareholders Own The Most Number of National HealthCare Corporation (NYSEMKT:NHC) Shares? (Simply Wall St.)
Dec-25-20 03:19AM	National HealthCare Corporation's (NYSEMKT:NHC) Stock Financial Prospects Look Bleak: Should Shareholders Be Prepared For A Share Price Correction? (Simply Wall St.)
Dec-17-20 09:30AM	State Approves Certificate of Need for Geriatric Psychiatric Hospital in Dickson (Business Wire)
Dec-09-20 10:29PM	Is NHC A Good Stock To Buy Now? (Insider Monkey)
Dec-08-20 02:00PM	Knoxville Center for Behavioral Medicine Set to Break Ground (Business Wire)
Nov-25-20 02:35AM	How Does National HealthCare's (NYSEMKT:NHC) CEO Pay Compare With Company Performance? (Simply Wall St.)

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Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Dodson Vicki L	Sr.VP Patient Srvcs	Sep 22 '26	Sale	225.00	4,834	1,087,650	10,726	Sep 23 06:54 PM
McCreary Josh A	Senior VP & General Counsel	Sep 10 '26	Sale	224.23	2,719	609,669	9,979	Sep 14 04:36 PM
KIDD BRIAN F	SVP, CFO	Sep 11 '26	Sale	225.70	6,813	1,537,694	23,183	Sep 14 04:20 PM
McCreary Josh A	Officer	Sep 10 '26	Proposed Sale	220.97	2,719	600,817		Sep 10 02:23 PM
FLATT BEN ANDERSON SR	Senior VP & CIO	Aug 19 '26	Sale	237.18	1,000	237,180	18,636	Sep 02 04:07 PM
FLATT BEN ANDERSON SR	Senior VP & CIO	Aug 20 '26	Sale	237.00	1,000	237,000	17,636	Sep 02 04:07 PM
FLATT BEN ANDERSON SR	Senior VP & CIO	Aug 25 '26	Sale	227.00	1,000	227,000	16,636	Sep 02 04:07 PM
FLATT BEN ANDERSON SR	Senior VP & CIO	Aug 17 '26	Sale	226.00	1,000	226,000	19,636	Sep 02 04:07 PM
FLATT BEN ANDERSON SR	Senior VP & CIO	Aug 28 '26	Sale	222.50	1,000	222,500	15,636	Sep 02 04:07 PM
FLATT BEN ANDERSON SR	Senior VP & CIO	Aug 14 '26	Sale	222.11	1,000	222,110	20,636	Sep 02 04:07 PM
FLATT BEN ANDERSON SR	Senior VP & CIO	Aug 12 '26	Sale	221.21	1,000	221,210	21,636	Sep 02 04:07 PM
Gifford David R.	Director	Aug 25 '26	Sale	225.42	1,779	401,022	1,030	Aug 28 04:55 PM
Gifford David R.	Director	Aug 20 '26	Option Exercise	171.42	6,479	1,110,630	7,500	Aug 21 04:11 PM
Flatt Stephen Fowler	CEO	Aug 19 '26	Sale	237.08	1,500	355,620	65,487	Aug 20 04:17 PM
Gifford David R.	Director	Aug 13 '26	Option Exercise	171.42	1,021	175,020	1,021	Aug 17 05:11 PM
HASSAN EMIL E	Director	Jun 22 '26	Sale	200.00	5,937	1,187,400	65,595	Jun 23 04:07 PM
HASSAN EMIL E	Director	Jun 16 '26	Sale	199.97	1,563	312,561	71,532	Jun 18 04:03 PM
ADAMS ROBERT G	Director	Jun 08 '26	Option Exercise	69.19	4,000	276,760	17,579	Jun 10 04:24 PM
Piercey Lisa	Director	Jun 01 '26	Buy	184.26	949	174,859	949	Jun 02 04:20 PM
FLATT BEN ANDERSON SR	Senior VP & CIO	May 22 '26	Option Exercise	94.10	4,000	376,400	25,375	May 27 04:35 PM
LAROCHE RICHARD F JR	Director	May 21 '26	Sale	195.14	7,500	1,463,566	205,760	May 22 04:07 PM
Richard F. LaRoche	Director	May 21 '26	Proposed Sale	195.09	7,500	1,463,155		May 21 04:27 PM
Shelly Timothy J.	Sr.VP Operations	May 19 '26	Sale	197.22	1,853	365,444	1,294	May 20 04:04 PM
Flatt Stephen Fowler	CEO	May 14 '26	Option Exercise	93.52	6,000	561,120	71,505	May 18 04:46 PM
KIDD BRIAN F	SVP, CFO	May 14 '26	Option Exercise	93.71	4,500	421,710	33,630	May 18 04:38 PM
Trail Sandra Y.	Director	May 06 '26	Option Exercise	55.75	3,140	175,055	10,640	May 08 04:12 PM
LAROCHE RICHARD F JR	Director	May 05 '26	Option Exercise	71.64	7,500	537,300	213,260	May 06 04:10 PM
HASSAN EMIL E	Director	Apr 30 '26	Option Exercise	71.64	7,500	537,300	73,095	May 01 04:45 PM
Dodson Vicki L	Sr.VP Patient Srvcs	Apr 22 '26	Option Exercise	94.10	4,000	376,400	18,413	Apr 24 04:14 PM
FLATT BEN ANDERSON SR	Senior VP & CIO	Apr 09 '26	Option Exercise	53.94	3,734	201,412	23,284	Apr 13 04:35 PM
Dodson Vicki L	Sr.VP Patient Srvcs	Mar 16 '26	Option Exercise	53.94	3,734	201,412	16,447	Mar 18 04:24 PM
Flatt Stephen Fowler	CEO	Mar 12 '26	Option Exercise	53.94	1,853	99,951	65,505	Mar 16 04:10 PM
KIDD BRIAN F	SVP, CFO	Mar 12 '26	Option Exercise	53.94	1,853	99,951	29,130	Mar 16 04:08 PM
ABERNATHY JAMES PAUL	Director	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	55.75	3,140	175,055	43,302	Mar 10 04:02 PM
Dodson Vicki L	Sr.VP Patient Srvcs	Mar 04 '26	Option Exercise	90.62	4,500	407,790	15,872	Mar 06 04:34 PM
FLATT BEN ANDERSON SR	Senior VP & CIO	Mar 04 '26	Option Exercise	80.56	12,233	985,548	27,692	Mar 06 04:27 PM
McCreary Josh A	Senior VP & General Counsel	Mar 04 '26	Option Exercise	90.62	4,500	407,790	15,900	Mar 06 04:26 PM
Shelly Timothy J.	Sr.VP Operations	Mar 04 '26	Option Exercise	92.09	6,334	583,268	7,628	Mar 06 04:25 PM
KIDD BRIAN F	SVP, CFO	Mar 04 '26	Option Exercise	78.39	6,000	470,360	31,224	Mar 06 04:23 PM
Flatt Stephen Fowler	CEO	Mar 02 '26	Option Exercise	90.62	5,000	453,100	67,237	Mar 03 04:48 PM
ABERNATHY JAMES PAUL	Director	Jan 15 '26	Option Exercise	69.82	7,500	523,650	43,894	Jan 16 04:01 PM
Shelly Timothy J.	Sr.VP Operations	Dec 17 '25	Sale	139.42	2,454	342,137	0	Dec 18 04:32 PM
FLATT BEN ANDERSON SR	Senior VP & CIO	Dec 01 '25	Option Exercise	63.96	3,734	238,827	16,905	Dec 03 04:48 PM
Dodson Vicki L	Sr.VP Patient Srvcs	Nov 25 '25	Option Exercise	94.10	4,000	376,400	13,749	Nov 28 03:41 PM
HASSAN EMIL E	Director	Nov 25 '25	Sale	138.52	7,500	1,038,873	65,595	Nov 26 04:02 PM
Flatt Stephen Fowler	CEO	Nov 25 '25	Option Exercise	53.94	1,853	99,951	60,983	Nov 25 04:18 PM
Flatt Stephen Fowler	CEO	Nov 21 '25	Sale	130.33	1,000	130,330	59,130	Nov 25 04:18 PM
Ussery Robert Michael	President & COO	Nov 11 '25	Option Exercise	74.02	9,000	666,180	165,243	Nov 13 05:51 PM
Shelly Timothy J.	Sr.VP Operations	Nov 11 '25	Option Exercise	57.28	7,200	412,416	5,545	Nov 13 05:25 PM
McCreary Josh A	Senior VP & General Counsel	Nov 11 '25	Option Exercise	94.10	4,000	376,400	13,716	Nov 13 05:15 PM
KIDD BRIAN F	SVP, CFO	Nov 11 '25	Option Exercise	94.10	4,000	376,400	27,714	Nov 13 04:27 PM
Flatt Stephen Fowler	CEO	Nov 11 '25	Option Exercise	94.10	3,000	282,300	62,610	Nov 13 04:23 PM
HASSAN EMIL E	Director	Nov 12 '25	Sale	133.00	5,500	731,500	73,095	Nov 12 06:42 PM

National HealthCare Corp. engages in the provision of nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, independent living facilities and homecare programs. It provides sub and post-acute nursing care, intermediate nursing care, rehabilitative care, senior living services and home health care services. The company operates through the following segments: Inpatient Services and Homecare and Hospice Services. The Inpatient Services segment includes the operation of skilled nursing facilities and assisted and independent living facilities. The Homecare and Hospice Services segment focuses on the revenues from rental income, management and accounting services fees, insurance services, and costs of the corporate office. National HealthCare was founded by Carl E. Adams in 1971 and is headquartered in Murfreesboro, TN.

CEODr. Stephen Fowler Flatt

Senior VP & CFOMr. Brian Frederick Kidd CPA

Senior VP & Chief Information OfficerMr. B. Anderson Flatt Sr.

Senior VPMr. Josh A. McCreary

FounderDr. Carl E. Adams

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