National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of National HealthCare Corporation (NHC): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
About National HealthCare Corporation
National HealthCare Corporation engages in the operation of services to skilled nursing facilities, assisted and independent living facilities, homecare and hospice agencies, and health hospitals. It operates through two segments: Inpatient and Homecare and Hospice Services. The company's skilled nursing facilities offer licensed therapy services, nutrition services, social services, activities, and housekeeping and laundry services, as well as medical services prescribed by physicians; and rehabilitative services, such as physical, speech, respiratory, and occupational therapy for patients recovering from strokes, heart attacks, orthopedic conditions, neurological illnesses, or other illnesses, injuries, or disabilities. It provides medical specialty units comprise memory care units and sub-acute nursing units that provide specialized care and programs for persons with Alzheimer's or related disorders; and assisted living facilities offer personal care services and assistance with general activities of daily living, such as dressing, bathing, meal preparation, and medication management.
Sector: Healthcare · Industry: Medical Care Facilities · United States · 15,278 employees · nhccare.com
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-05
As of 2026-09-05, National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) had a market capitalization of $3.42B, a trailing P/E of 24.6 (forward 508.5), a dividend yield of 1.21% and a beta of 0.63; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $112.40 – $239.29 (88.6% over the year).
- Market cap
- $3.42B
- Enterprise value
- $3.25B
- Trailing P/E
- 24.6
- Forward P/E
- 508.5
- PEG ratio
- 0.82
- Price / book
- 3.05
- EPS (trailing)
- $8.90
- EPS (forward)
- $0.43
- Dividend yield
- 1.21%
- Payout ratio
- 29.1%
- Ex-dividend date
- 2026-09-30
- 52-week range
- $112.40 – $239.29
- 52-week change
- 88.6%
- Beta
- 0.63
- Average volume
- 129,858
- Shares outstanding
- 15.7M
- Short % of float
- 5.96%
- Profit margin
- 9.0%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-11
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-11 scan of the US universe, National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) last closed at $224.92 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 53 (neutral territory), price -0.0% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread +1.5%, MACD histogram -0.34.
Sentiment inputs: StockTwits 100% bullish.
Next scheduled company event: in 49 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
Members of Congress disclosed 0 buys and 0 sells of NHC; corporate insiders filed 0 buys and 9 sells (3 distinct filers, latest disclosure 2026-09-02). Filings arrive days to weeks after the trade and are not a live signal. Most active filers: Ben Anderson Flatt Sr. (0B/7S), David R. Gifford (0B/1S), Stephen Fowler Flatt (0B/1S). Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
NHC has not appeared in the daily picks yet. Full scoreboard
What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell NHC.
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