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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/FCF

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As of 5 November 2026, National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) trades at a EV/FCF of 17.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −44.4× (July 2022) to 69.2× (December 2016); the current reading is higher than 59% of that period.

EV/FCF, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/FCF Change
FY2025 12.7× (31.85%)
FY2024 18.6× 24.28%
FY2023 15.0× —
FY2022 −41.5× —
FY2021 33.3× 760.42%
FY2020 3.9× (74.34%)
FY2019 15.1× 3.13%
FY2018 14.6× 22.56%
FY2017 11.9× (65.59%)
FY2016 34.7× 22.11%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/FCF Change
Sep 2026 18.1× (14.47%)
Jun 2026 21.2× 59.22%
Mar 2026 13.3× 5.05%
Dec 2025 12.7× 17.54%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −44.4× High 69.2×
Ten-year median 15.3×
Current reading's percentile 59

EV/FCF against peers

Company EV/FCF
BKD Brookdale Senior Living Inc. compare −46.1×
MD Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. compare 12.4×
ADUS Addus HomeCare Corporation compare 15.5×
NHC National HealthCare Corporation 17.1×
OPCH Option Care Health, Inc. compare 19.8×
GRDN Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. compare 25.6×
AVAH Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. compare 27.4×
SGRY Surgery Partners, Inc. compare 34.1×
ACHC Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. compare 499×

What EV/FCF is

EV/Free CF shows how the value of a whole company, debt included, compares with the free cash its business produces.

((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)) ÷ (Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM))

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