NHCNational HealthCare Corporation

$224.55

Is the price fair?

What NHC's price assumes

National HealthCare Corporation trades at 25.3× earnings against 19.7× for the median Medical Care Facilities name, more expensive than its own group.

25.3

Trailing P/E · Medical Care Facilities median 19.7 · 1.29× the median: the market pays up for this one

Price / sales
1.65

Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1

Free cash flow yield
4.7%

Free cash flow yield · Medical Care Facilities median 7.8%

Growth the price implies
+6.6%

Growth the price implies · The price pays for +6.6% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +58% a year over the last three.

Details
Price / book2026-Q1
2.31
EV / EBIT2026-Q1
18.7
EV / sales2026-Q1
1.59
Healthcare median P/E362 names
31.5
Medical Care Facilities median P/E29 names
19.7
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$147M
Market capitalisation
$3.15B
3-year revenue growth
+13%
3-year free cash flow growth
+58%
What the market has paid for these earnings: 38 quarters of its own multiple × $8.88 of trailing earnings per share
MethodPer share
Its own P/E history, lower quartile$137.78
Its own P/E history, median$147.11
Its own P/E history, upper quartile$191.52
52-week range$99.00 – $235.83
Today$224.55

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.