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