National Research Corporation

NRC Healthcare Health Information Services

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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.10
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — 1 — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 43.07%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 466.94
Revenue 140.00
Net Income 5.86
Free Cash Flow 21.64
Net Debt 82.69
Current Ratio 0.65 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 13.13 (above 2: weak)
P/E ratio 80.60 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 4.89
P/S ratio 3.17
P/B ratio 67.72 (above 6: high)
Past 5Y EPS Growth (19.18%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth —
Next Y EPS Growth —
Next Y revenue growth 3.79%
Next 5Y EPS Growth (7.79%) (below 0%: weak)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 97.60%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 15.41%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 97.60%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 26.24%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 25.58%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 2.56
Annual Dividend Rate 0.64
Annual Dividend Yield 3.18%
total individual payouts
2026 0.99
0.16
0.16
0.16
2025 0.72
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.16
2024 0.48
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.12
2023 0.48
0.12
0.12
1.00
0.12
0.12
2022 0.84
0.24
0.24
0.24
0.12
2021 0.48
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.12
2020 0.21
0.21
2019 0.78
0.19
0.19
0.19
0.21
2018 0.63
0.10
0.17
0.17
0.19
2017 0.40
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
2016 0.34
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.10
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 7 4 4 3
Receivables 13 11 12 14
Inventory — — — —
Other 1 1 1 0
24 20 20 23
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1 1 1 1
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other 1 1 1 0
36 36 37 35

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 2.99% 0.53% (3.22%)
Cash Flow 1.91% (8.23%) (9.99%)
Earnings (4.35%) (21.22%) (29.19%)
Book Value (15.37%) (26.29%) (42.09%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 35 35 — — —
’25 34 34 35 35 137
’24 35 35 36 37 143
’23 36 36 38 38 149
’22 38 37 38 38 152
’21 35 36 38 38 148
’20 34 31 34 35 134
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 7 1 — — —
’25 7 (1) 14 7 26
’24 12 7 9 6 35
’23 8 9 10 12 38
’22 8 10 10 8 36
’21 14 11 9 12 46
’20 6 8 11 16 41
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 5 0 — — —
’25 4 (4) 10 6 16
’24 8 2 8 2 19
’23 5 4 5 8 22
’22 6 8 6 6 26
’21 13 10 8 10 41
’20 5 8 10 15 37
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.14 (0.15) — — —
’25 0.25 0.00 0.18 0.08 0.50
’24 0.27 0.26 0.24 0.28 1.04
’23 0.28 0.29 0.32 0.36 1.25
’22 0.34 0.33 0.33 0.27 1.27
’21 0.36 0.35 0.38 0.38 1.46
’20 0.46 0.30 0.37 0.32 1.45
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 12.53 16.50 26.35 36.51 34.00 39.27 30.93 37.19 16.74 9.76

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 20.00 41.99 42.85 68.86 71.35 55.67 42.96 47.60 42.18 19.39
People
People Employees 404 430 434 464 485 511 491 435 368 357
Revenue/emp, $m 0.27 0.27 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.29 0.31 0.34 0.39 0.38
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 109 118 120 128 134 148 152 149 143 137
Gross margin, % 58.33 58.26 60.25 63.72 63.24 64.62 62.36 62.30 60.20 61.88
EBT 31 34 35 41 41 49 43 40 33 18
EBT margin, % 28.67 29.16 29.00 31.66 30.99 32.86 28.25 26.90 22.85 12.99
Net income 21 23 30 32 37 37 32 31 25 12
Depreciation 4 5 5 6 8 6 5 6 6 8
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 4.52 4.84 4.42 5.16 5.32 5.82 6.08 6.05 6.04 6.14
Earnings 0.85 0.94 1.08 1.30 1.48 1.47 1.28 1.26 1.05 0.50
Cash flow 1.11 1.16 1.47 1.65 1.61 1.82 1.46 1.55 1.46 1.18
Capex (0.16) (0.20) (0.22) (0.19) (0.16) (0.22) (0.39) (0.64) (0.65) (0.48)
Free cash flow 0.94 0.96 1.25 1.46 1.46 1.61 1.06 0.91 0.81 0.70
Book value 3.42 3.71 0.70 1.33 2.56 3.36 2.89 1.99 1.32 0.63
Shares, m 24 24 27 25 25 25 25 25 24 22
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 22.19 38.95 32.07 50.34 28.89 28.24 30.41 32.70 16.80 37.15
P/S 4.16 7.60 8.63 12.78 8.04 7.13 6.40 6.80 2.92 3.06
P/B 5.50 9.92 54.14 49.74 16.73 12.37 13.47 20.65 13.37 30.03
EV/Sales 3.87 7.31 8.81 12.91 7.98 6.92 6.35 6.96 3.30 3.57
EV/FCF 18.50 36.52 31.12 45.56 29.14 25.07 36.43 46.29 24.60 31.19
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 27 28 40 41 41 46 36 38 35 26
Capex (4) (5) (6) (5) (4) (6) (10) (16) (15) (11)
Free cash flow 23 23 34 36 37 41 26 22 19 16
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 16 20 (19) (9) 22 33 10 (12) (16) (16)
Total debt 1 1 34 30 27 22 18 29 58 75
Net debt (32) (35) 21 16 (8) (32) (7) 23 54 71
Shareholders’ equity 83 90 19 33 64 85 72 49 31 14
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 16.50 18.51 25.53 29.53 30.48 25.75 22.08 24.49 19.44 8.45
ROIC 38.50 38.67 54.75 54.70 47.48 59.01 44.96 34.87 25.89 16.64
ROE 26.13 26.55 55.07 124.28 76.54 50.07 40.41 51.18 61.77 49.88
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

National Research Corporation vs peers in Health Information Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
PHR Phreesia, Inc. $685.3M 64.4× 23.5× +10.41% (above 0%: growing) +200.00% (above 0%: growing) +43.51% (above 0%: growing) 66.64% 5.88% Compare
MDRX Veradigm Inc. $654.5M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −9.74% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −66.33% (below 0%: shrinking) 50.53% (37.41%) Compare
SOPH SOPHiA GENETICS SA $620.6M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +27.22% (above 0%: growing) n/m +6.50% (above 0%: growing) 64.61% (86.03%) Compare
WEAV Weave Communications, Inc. $594.5M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +15.52% (above 0%: growing) n/m +94.33% (above 0%: growing) 72.03% (6.49%) Compare
EVH Evolent Health, Inc $550.6M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +46.86% (above 0%: growing) n/m +58.67% (above 0%: growing) 12.39% (1.47%) Compare
NRC National Research Corporation $466.9M 80.6× 4.9× +3.98% (above 0%: growing) n/m +101.49% (above 0%: growing) 61.67% (9.15%)
CTEV Claritev Corporation $404.4M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +6.59% (above 0%: growing) n/m +49.10% (above 0%: growing) 73.72% 9.09% Compare
CARL Carlsmed, Inc. $380.9M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +56.75% (above 0%: growing) n/m −6.84% (below 0%: shrinking) 76.78% (58.27%) Compare
CSLT Castlight Health, inc. $332.4M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −0.86% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +106.49% (above 0%: growing) 66.20% (5.42%) Compare
Median of peers $572.6M — — +12.97% — +46.30% 66.42% (5.95%)

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National Research Corporation (NRC) key facts

  • Concern: National Research Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $137.4 million, down 3.96% from fiscal 2024.
  • National Research Corporation (NRC) is a Health Information Services company in the Healthcare sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, NRC traded at $20.15, a market capitalization of $466.9 million.
  • National Research Corporation pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share, a yield of 3.18%.
  • Return on equity was 49.9% and debt-to-equity 13.13.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.33 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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