National Research Corporation

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National Research Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $137.4 million, down 3.96% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 3.98%, EPS fell 3,091.5%, free cash flow grew 101.5% and total debt rose 11.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

20.15 0.96 −4.55%
Market cap
$466.9M
P/E
80.6×
Fwd P/E
4.9×
Dividend yield
3.18%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.33
Beneish M
−3.10
Dividend safety
45/100
Dec '25 Dec '24 Dec '23 Dec '22 Dec '21 Dec '20 Dec '19 Dec '18 Dec '17 Dec '16
P/E ratio
37.15 16.80 32.70 30.41 28.24 28.89 50.34 32.07 38.95 22.19
Piotroski F-Score
6 4 6 6 6 6 9 6 7 9
Altman Z-Score
3.33 4.11 9.75 11.71 10.70 10.96 13.78 7.57 17.43 10.05
P/S ratio
3.06 2.92 6.80 6.40 7.13 8.04 12.78 8.63 7.60 4.16
P/FCF ratio
26.69 21.80 45.27 36.71 25.85 29.36 45.11 30.50 37.99 19.91
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
0.03 0.88 1.45 3.58 4.03 2.73 (0.23) (1.92) 7.36 6.82
Beneish M-Score
(3.10) (2.99) (2.99) (2.46) (2.79) (2.34) (2.84) (3.65) (2.47) (2.54)
P/Operating CF
58.52 65.55 86.36 119.72 87.42 66.35 136.98 74.27 135.18 51.60
Dividend Safety Score
45 — — — — — — — — —
P/B ratio
30.03 13.37 20.65 13.47 12.37 16.73 49.74 54.14 9.92 5.50
Price to Tangible BV
0.00 0.00 0.00 110.15 48.12 190.45 0.00 0.00 30.55 20.87
EV/Sales
3.57 3.30 6.96 6.35 6.92 7.98 12.91 8.81 7.31 3.87
EV/EBITDA
16.20 11.44 22.48 18.58 18.07 21.28 34.01 25.88 22.14 11.95
EV/Operating CF
18.56 13.63 27.13 26.55 22.08 26.28 40.38 26.46 30.58 15.76
EV/FCF
31.19 24.60 46.29 36.43 25.07 29.14 45.56 31.12 36.52 18.50
Quick Ratio
0.43 0.43 0.53 1.20 1.70 1.57 0.66 0.54 1.54 1.44
Current Ratio
0.55 0.55 0.67 1.31 1.83 1.71 0.76 0.60 1.62 1.49
Net Debt/EBITDA
2.34 1.30 0.50 (0.14) (0.57) (0.16) 0.34 0.52 (0.90) (0.91)
Debt/Assets
55.62% 43.68% 24.07% 13.56% 14.14% 19.90% 26.92% 31.64% 0.00% 0.71%
Debt/Equity
5.36 1.85 0.60 0.25 0.26 0.41 0.91 1.79 0.00 0.01
Asset Turnover
1.03 1.12 1.18 1.05 1.02 1.10 1.17 1.02 0.95 0.88
Operating CF/Net income
2.34 1.40 1.23 1.14 1.24 1.09 1.27 1.33 1.22 1.31
Capex/Depreciation
(1.39) (2.55) (2.66) (1.86) (0.87) (0.53) (0.84) (1.09) (1.05) (0.94)
Interest Coverage
4.74 13.56 46.46 38.50 30.16 23.54 20.58 23.31 417.30 164.19
ROE
49.88% 61.77% 51.18% 40.41% 50.07% 76.54% 124.28% 55.07% 26.55% 26.13%
ROA
8.45% 19.44% 24.49% 22.08% 25.75% 30.48% 29.53% 25.53% 18.51% 16.50%
ROIC
16.64% 25.89% 34.87% 44.96% 59.01% 47.48% 54.70% 54.75% 38.67% 38.50%
Return on Tangible Assets
46.93% 112.58% 189.24% 115.44% 81.96% 108.92% 712.64% (660.95%) 71.01% 75.00%
Average Days of Receivables
30.91 28.56 30.80 36.59 35.72 41.35 33.39 37.42 47.13 41.46
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
39.89% 31.39% 31.38% 28.17% 26.33% 25.74% 25.76% 26.21% 25.25% 25.95%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.51 0.52 0.52 0.48 0.40 0.44 0.54 0.55 0.48 0.51
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
2.41% 0.20% 0.63% 0.79% 0.42% 0.51% 0.96% 1.26% 1.57% 1.76%
Graham Net Nets
(0.24) (0.20) (0.05) (0.02) 0.00 (0.01) (0.03) (0.06) 0.02 0.02
Graham Number
2.67 5.58 7.52 9.12 10.54 9.22 6.25 4.34 8.88 8.07
Earnings Yield
2.69% 5.95% 3.06% 3.29% 3.54% 3.46% 1.99% 3.12% 2.57% 4.51%
Free Cash Flow Yield
3.75% 4.59% 2.21% 2.72% 3.87% 3.41% 2.22% 3.28% 2.63% 5.02%
Revenue per Share
6.14 6.04 6.05 6.08 5.82 5.32 5.16 4.42 4.84 4.52
Operating CF per Share
1.18 1.46 1.55 1.46 1.82 1.61 1.65 1.47 1.16 1.11
Capex per Share
(0.48) (0.65) (0.64) (0.39) (0.22) (0.16) (0.19) (0.22) (0.20) (0.16)
Free Cash Flow per Share
0.70 0.81 0.91 1.06 1.61 1.46 1.46 1.25 0.96 0.94
Cash per Share
0.18 0.18 0.27 1.00 2.14 1.38 0.54 0.48 1.43 1.36
Shareholders Equity per Share
0.63 1.32 1.99 2.89 3.36 2.56 1.33 0.70 3.71 3.42
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Book value per Share
0.63 1.32 1.99 2.89 3.36 2.56 1.33 0.70 3.71 3.42
Free Cash Flow
15.74 19.18 22.34 26.43 40.83 36.65 36.26 33.88 23.27 22.87
Working Capital
(16.41) (16.26) (11.84) 10.30 33.32 22.43 (9.00) (18.70) 19.95 15.55
Capital Expenditures
(10.71) (15.45) (15.78) (9.83) (5.51) (3.98) (4.66) (5.97) (4.82) (3.97)
Net Current Asset Value
(100.68) (81.65) (49.12) (14.71) 1.50 (15.00) (48.64) (60.54) 14.98 9.25
EV/EBIT
21.74 13.41 25.82 20.69 20.36 25.02 38.39 29.89 25.11 13.56
Capex to Sales
0.08 0.11 0.11 0.06 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.04
Price to Operating Income
18.60 11.88 25.25 20.85 21.00 25.21 38.01 29.29 26.12 14.59
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Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.19 0.16 0.21 0.31 0.51 0.64 0.41 0.39 0.37 0.36
Cash ROIC
16.90% 20.53% 26.25% 23.03% 25.21% 29.19% 47.58% 51.14% 18.65% 19.60%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
12.04 12.06 10.72 10.22 9.98 9.96 10.68 8.72 8.52 9.18
Accounts Payable Turnover
44.33 45.64 45.65 36.85 34.46 41.44 49.09 78.90 72.27 66.10
Inventory Turnover
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average Days of Payables
8.15 7.65 8.48 7.38 13.55 8.13 10.05 4.70 4.41 6.13
Days of Inventory on Hand
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average Receivables
11.42 11.87 13.87 14.84 14.82 13.43 11.99 13.73 13.80 11.91
Average Payables
1.18 1.25 1.23 1.55 1.52 1.19 0.95 0.60 0.68 0.69
Average Assets
133.71 127.49 126.45 144.00 145.48 122.05 109.36 117.67 123.97 124.34
Average Common Equity
22.64 40.12 60.49 78.69 74.83 48.60 25.99 54.56 86.42 78.51

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