NHC

AMEX National HealthCare Corporation
Oct 3, 2026 · 2:44 PM ET EOD Market Closed

$227.66 ↑ +0.00 (+0.00%) Trading Up from the previous close of $227.66, $1.87 below the day’s high of $229.53

YTD change
+66.07%
vs 20-day SMA
+1.69%
vs 200-day SMA
+23.48%

Price ranges

Previous day
$223.80 $229.53
open $225.08 close $227.66
+$2.58 (+1.15%)
Today
$223.80 $229.53
$227.66
Past week
$219.51 $229.45
from $221.60 now $227.66
+$6.06 (+2.73%)
Past month
$215.02 $230.09
from $217.34 now $227.66
+$10.32 (+4.75%)
This year
$128.00 $239.29
from $137.09 now $227.66
+$90.57 (+66.07%)

Price & Performance

+63.53 (+38.71%) / 6M

$153.00$182.98$212.97$242.95Apr 6Jul 6Oct 2

Signals & Sentiment

Momentum, market sentiment, and recent alerts

Very Good
  • The stock is 4.9% away from all-time highs of $239.29
  • NHC is up 66% since the beginning of the year
  • NHC is up 87% over the past 12 months
  • NHC is up 5% over the past 1 month
  • 5% of all NHC investors are betting against NHC
  • Number of investors short NHC has gone down 9% versus last month

NHC reads very good: price sits above both the 20- and 200-day averages, short interest is falling month over month, the 12-month move is +87.7%.

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 27.93
Enterprise value $3.3B
Beta 0.91

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 $3.6B

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

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ENSG Ensign Group, Inc. $171.78 +1.27%
PACS PACS Group, Inc. $42.85 +4.44%
CSH.UN.CAT CHARTWELL RETIREMENT RESIDENCE TR UNIT $20.00 -1.67%
EXE.CAT EXTENDICARE INC CDA $28.29 -5.35%
ACHC Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. $28.06 +4.20%

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