NHC

AMEX National HealthCare Corporation
Oct 24, 2026 · 6:25 AM ET EOD Market Closed

$236.01 ↑ +0.00 (+0.00%) Trading Up from the previous close of $236.01, $7.51 below the day’s high of $243.52

YTD change
+72.16%
vs 20-day SMA
+1.95%
vs 200-day SMA
+23.21%

Price ranges

Previous day
$235.49 $243.52
open $242.78 close $236.01
-$6.77 (-2.79%)
Today
$235.49 $243.52
$236.01
Past week
$233.68 $248.20
from $245.53 now $236.01
-$9.52 (-3.88%)
Past month
$219.51 $248.20
from $221.60 now $236.01
+$14.41 (+6.50%)
This year
$128.00 $248.20
from $137.09 now $236.01
+$98.92 (+72.16%)

Price & Performance

+63.15 (+36.53%) / 6M

$160.58$191.86$223.13$254.41Apr 24Jul 27Oct 23

Signals & Sentiment

Momentum, market sentiment, and recent alerts

Neutral
  • The stock is 4.9% away from all-time highs of $248.20
  • NHC is up 72% since the beginning of the year
  • NHC is up 93% over the past 12 months
  • NHC is up 7% over the past 1 month
  • 6% of all NHC investors are betting against NHC
  • Number of investors short NHC has gone up 9% versus last month

NHC reads neutral: price sits above both the 20- and 200-day averages, short interest is rising month over month, the 12-month move is +92.3%.

Financial Strength

Earnings, valuation, and balance sheet

Earnings

Profitable Yes
EPS $2.5415
Earnings momentum N/A Quarterly EPS growth
Quarterly change N/A

Valuation

P/E ratio 26.53
Enterprise value $3.6B
Beta 0.90

Balance sheet & scale

Income$140.3K
Revenue$1.6B
Cash$265.9M
Debt$31.4K
Income / Debt 4.47×

Company & Peers

Company profile and competitor comparison

Company profile

ExchangeAMEX
Sector Health Care and Social Assistance
Sub Sector Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
Market cap $3.7B

National HealthCare Corp. engages in the provision of nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, independent living facilities and homecare programs. It provides sub and post-acute nursing care, intermediate nursing care, rehabilitative care, senior living services and home health care services. The company operates through the following segments: Inpatient Services and Homecare and Hospice Services. The Inpatient Services segment includes the operation of skilled nursing facilities and assisted and independent living facilities. The Homecare and Hospice Services segment focuses on the revenues from rental income, management and accounting services fees, insurance services, and costs of the corporate office. National HealthCare was founded by Carl E. Adams in 1971 and is headquartered in Murfreesboro, TN.

Competitor comparison

TickerCompany PriceChange
ENSG Ensign Group, Inc. $175.59 -1.55%
PACS PACS Group, Inc. $47.64 +0.29%
CSH.UN.CAT CHARTWELL RETIREMENT RESIDENCE TR UNIT $21.23 -0.38%
ACHC Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. $31.51 -1.16%
EXE.CAT EXTENDICARE INC CDA $27.73 +0.11%

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