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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
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National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) Free cash flow margin
National HealthCare Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 14.0%, up 4.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.79%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.59% (fiscal 2022) to 17.6% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Medical Care Facilities industry median of 6.97% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 9.79% | 3.53 |
| FY2024 | 6.26% | (1.04) |
| FY2023 | 7.30% | 8.89 |
| FY2022 | −1.59% | (3.73) |
| FY2021 | 2.14% | (15.50) |
| FY2020 | 17.6% | 10.24 |
| FY2019 | 7.40% | 0.40 |
| FY2018 | 7.00% | 0.56 |
| FY2017 | 6.44% | 3.38 |
| FY2016 | 3.06% | 0.31 |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| NHC National HealthCare Corporation | 14.0% |
| MD Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. compare | 10.7% |
| ADUS Addus HomeCare Corporation compare | 9.61% |
| GRDN Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. compare | 7.83% |
| AVAH Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. compare | 6.09% |
| SGRY Surgery Partners, Inc. compare | 5.69% |
| OPCH Option Care Health, Inc. compare | 4.90% |
| ACHC Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. compare | 0.31% |
| BKD Brookdale Senior Living Inc. compare | −4.62% |
| Medical Care Facilities industry median | 6.97% |
| Healthcare sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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