National HealthCare Corporation

NHC Healthcare Medical Care Facilities

National HealthCare Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.5 billion, up 16.1% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+6.61%
EPS
−65.6%
Free cash flow
+75.5%
Total debt
+216.7%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

207.47 4.93 −2.32%
Market cap
$3.3B
P/E
28.2×
Fwd P/E
8.4×
Dividend yield
1.26%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
5.02
Beneish M
−2.57
Dividend safety
74/100
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
22.52 16.74 20.22 19.38 24.33 7.52 41.15 21.39 16.25 17.69
Piotroski F-Score
7 7 6 5 4 5 5 8 5 7
P/S ratio
1.24 0.98 1.22 1.32 0.99 0.97 0.85 1.25 1.27 1.40
Altman Z-Score
3.35 3.20 4.01 3.21 2.69 2.96 3.19 4.05 3.73 5.02
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
4.10 4.53 5.16 4.03 3.92 4.49 4.97 5.35 4.73 5.74
P/FCF ratio
40.38 15.15 17.40 17.91 5.60 45.34 0.00 17.13 20.24 14.27
Beneish M-Score
(2.64) (2.64) (2.59) (2.42) (3.22) (2.06) (2.36) (2.59) (2.45) (2.57)
P/Operating CF
43.75 40.09 55.89 52.33 52.51 67.17 77.05 55.47 129.47 126.20
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 74
P/B ratio
1.71 1.34 1.63 1.69 1.27 1.15 1.05 1.57 1.68 1.97
EV/Sales
1.06 0.77 1.03 1.12 0.68 0.71 0.66 1.09 1.16 1.24
EV/EBITDA
9.48 7.30 9.79 11.76 7.67 8.29 9.10 12.53 11.54 10.88
EV/FCF
34.70 11.94 14.64 15.09 3.87 33.33 (41.55) 14.97 18.61 12.68
Current Ratio
1.93 2.12 2.04 1.75 1.62 1.62 1.79 1.89 1.81 1.82
Net Debt/EBITDA
(1.55) (1.95) (1.84) (2.19) (3.43) (2.99) (2.55) (2.82) (1.01) (1.74)
Debt/Equity
0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.00 0.14 0.01
ROE
7.77% 8.19% 8.20% 9.01% 5.31% 16.24% 2.51% 7.47% 10.77% 11.67%
ROA
4.74% 5.15% 5.42% 5.76% 3.16% 10.02% 1.68% 5.17% 7.19% 7.87%
ROIC
7.92% 7.30% 6.96% 5.70% 6.39% 5.12% 3.00% 5.70% 6.61% 10.38%
Return on Tangible Assets
7.22% 7.77% 8.44% 10.01% 6.02% 20.25% 3.39% 9.75% 11.66% 13.61%
Average Days of Receivables
34.46 34.93 36.22 34.06 31.83 32.66 33.61 34.71 37.78 33.43
Earnings Yield
4.44% 5.97% 4.95% 5.16% 4.11% 13.29% 2.43% 4.68% 6.15% 5.65%
Free Cash Flow Yield
2.48% 6.60% 5.75% 5.58% 17.84% 2.21% (1.88%) 5.84% 4.94% 7.01%
Free Cash Flow per Share
1.87 4.09 4.51 4.83 11.85 1.50 (1.12) 5.44 5.31 9.61
Book value per Share
44.24 46.31 48.24 51.02 52.15 59.19 56.94 59.47 63.87 69.45
Free Cash Flow
28.28 62.12 68.66 73.70 181.39 23.00 (17.28) 83.32 81.80 148.63
EV/EBIT
15.22 12.57 16.54 21.32 14.18 14.80 22.12 21.71 16.93 14.69
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Columns are period end dates · fundamentals updated 5 Nov 2026