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