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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) P/E ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) trades at a P/E ratio of 28.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.3× (September 2021) to 61.5× (April 2020); the current reading is higher than 83% of that period. That is above the Medical Care Facilities industry median of 17.4× and above the Healthcare sector median of 25.2×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 17.7× 8.87%
FY2024 16.2× (24.02%)
FY2023 21.4× (48.03%)
FY2022 41.2× 446.95%
FY2021 7.5× (69.07%)
FY2020 24.3× 25.53%
FY2019 19.4× (4.16%)
FY2018 20.2× 20.78%
FY2017 16.7× (25.67%)
FY2016 22.5× 21.19%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Sep 2026 29.8× 27.28%
Jun 2026 23.4× 16.94%
Mar 2026 20.0× 13.28%
Dec 2025 17.7× (4.79%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 6.3× High 61.5×
Ten-year median 19.8×
Current reading's percentile 82

P/E ratio against peers

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NHC National HealthCare Corporation 28.2×
GRDN Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. compare 37.8×
Medical Care Facilities industry median 17.4×
Healthcare sector median 25.2×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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