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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
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National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 16.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.0× (August 2015) to 19.4× (October 2026); the current reading is higher than 97% of that period. That is above the Medical Care Facilities industry median of 11.9× and above the Healthcare sector median of 8.4×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 10.9× (5.75%)
FY2024 11.5× (7.86%)
FY2023 12.5× 37.73%
FY2022 9.1× 9.71%
FY2021 8.3× 8.05%
FY2020 7.7× (34.76%)
FY2019 11.8× 20.15%
FY2018 9.8× 34.13%
FY2017 7.3× (23.03%)
FY2016 9.5× 42.95%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 17.1× 4.77%
Jun 2026 16.3× 27.62%
Mar 2026 12.8× 17.58%
Dec 2025 10.9× 14.21%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 6.0× High 19.4×
Ten-year median 9.2×
Current reading's percentile 97

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
ACHC Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. compare 9.9×
MD Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. compare 11.0×
SGRY Surgery Partners, Inc. compare 11.2×
ADUS Addus HomeCare Corporation compare 13.0×
OPCH Option Care Health, Inc. compare 13.7×
AVAH Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. compare 14.1×
BKD Brookdale Senior Living Inc. compare 14.9×
NHC National HealthCare Corporation 16.1×
GRDN Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. compare 20.7×
Medical Care Facilities industry median 11.9×
Healthcare sector median 8.4×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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