At the time of writing, National Healthcare Corp [NHC] stock is trading at $137.15, down -1.34%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The NHC shares have gain 5.70% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.28%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
National Healthcare Corp [AMEX: NHC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on August 01, 2011, when Morgan Keegan downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform and also revised its price target to $41 from $55. On September 23, 2008, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Sector Perform.
For the past year, the stock price of National Healthcare Corp fluctuated between $89.14 and $144.52. National Healthcare Corp [AMEX: NHC] shares were valued at $137.15 at the most recent close of the market.
Analyzing the NHC fundamentals
According to National Healthcare Corp [AMEX:NHC], the company’s sales were 1.49B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 13.70% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.39% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.08%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.09%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.07%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.09. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.12.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that National Healthcare Corp [AMEX:NHC] has a current ratio of 1.75. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.72, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.46. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.42, the price to book ratio is 2.02 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 21.16.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Shelly Timothy J., Sr.VP Operations, that happened on Dec 17 ’25 when 2454.0 shares were sold. Director, HASSAN EMIL E completed a deal on Nov 25 ’25 to sell 7500.0 shares. Meanwhile, CEO Flatt Stephen Fowler sold 1000.0 shares on Nov 21 ’25.
