National Healthcare CorpNHC

NYSEHealthcareServices-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities
Price (close)
$221.60
Market cap
$3.5B
P/E
24.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.6B
Net income
$140.3M
Dividend yield
1.17%
1-year total return
84.3%
Net margin
9.0%
Revenue growth
6.9%
Debt / equity
0.00x

What National Healthcare Corp does.

National HealthCare Corporation, which we also refer to as NHC or the Company, began business in 1971. Our principal business is the operation of skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, independent living facilities, homecare and hospice agencies, and behavioral health hospitals. Our business activities include providing sub–acute and post–acute skilled nursing care, intermediate nursing care, rehabilitative care, memory and Alzheimer’s care, senior living services, home health care services, hospice services, and behavioral health services. In addition, we provide management services, accounting and financial services, as well as insurance services to third party operators of health care facilities. We also own the real estate of 10 healthcare properties and lease these properties to third party operators. We operate in 9 states and our operations are primarily located in the Southeastern and Midwestern parts of the United States.

Net Patient Revenues. The services we provide include a comprehensive range of health care services. In fiscal year 2025, 96.8% of our net operating revenues were derived from such health care services. Highlights of health care services activities during 2025 were as follows:

Revenue and profit, by fiscal year.

Fiscal year202020212022202320242025
Revenue$1.0B$1.1B$1.1B$1.1B$1.3B$1.5B
Net income$41.9M$138.6M$22.4M$66.8M$101.9M$120.0M
Free cash flow$181.4M$23.0M-$21.5M$83.3M$79.7M$148.6M

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Figures from National Healthcare Corp's filings with the U.S. SEC, standardised automatically; prices are end-of-day closes. Not financial advice.