National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) Stock

About National HealthCare Corporation

National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) stock trades at $236.01 with a market capitalization of $3.70B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.21, price-to-book of 3.17, price-to-sales of 2.28. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $116.42 and $247.94, and currently trades 4.8% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.18%.

On profitability, National HealthCare Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 12.94%, return on capital employed of 9.53%, an operating margin of 9.46%, a net profit margin of 9.00%.

National HealthCare Corporation by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 National HealthCare Corporation reported revenue of $924.0M rising to $1.5B, a change of +64.3% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 9.1% a year over five years, 12.2% over three, 16.9% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $120.0M.

Operating margin went from 6.6% in 2016 to 8.5% in 2025, a gain of 1.9 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 9.00%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $1.6B and net profit $140.0M.

Borrowings fell from $150.0M to $87.0M, cash from operations was $185.0M in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 9.4% over five years, and was 11.2% in the most recent year.

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Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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