National HealthCare Financial Ratios
NYSE: NHCHealth CareHospital/Nursing ManagementUSD
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National HealthCare ratio analysis
National HealthCare earned a net margin of 7.9% in FY 2025, up from 7.8% a year earlier. Return on equity reached 11.2%, meaning National HealthCare generated 0.11 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity. Debt-to-equity stood at 0.04 versus 0.14 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.82.
At the end of FY 2025, NHC traded at 17.0 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 7.6 to 41.0, with a median of 19.8. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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National HealthCare financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 17.00 | 16.36 | 21.29 | 41.03 | 7.56 | 24.42 | 19.44 | 20.09 | 16.51 | 22.83 |
| Price / sales | 1.33 | 1.26 | 1.24 | 0.84 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 1.32 | 1.21 | 0.96 | 1.24 |
| Price / book | 1.89 | 1.68 | 1.56 | 1.05 | 1.15 | 1.28 | 1.69 | 1.61 | 1.32 | 1.71 |
| Operating margin | 8.5% | 6.9% | 5.0% | 2.9% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 4.9% | 5.7% | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| Net margin | 7.9% | 7.8% | 5.9% | 2.1% | 12.9% | 4.1% | 6.8% | 6.0% | 5.8% | 5.5% |
| Free cash flow margin | 9.8% | 6.1% | 7.3% | -2.0% | 2.1% | 17.6% | 7.4% | 7.0% | 6.4% | 3.1% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 11.2% | 10.4% | 7.4% | 2.6% | 15.3% | 5.3% | 8.8% | 8.0% | 8.0% | 7.5% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 7.9% | 6.7% | 5.1% | 1.8% | 9.9% | 3.1% | 5.3% | 5.5% | 5.1% | 4.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.00 | — | — | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.18 |
| Current ratio | 1.82 | 1.81 | 1.89 | 1.79 | 1.62 | 1.62 | 1.75 | 2.04 | 2.12 | 1.93 |
| Revenue growth | 16.1% | 14.5% | 5.1% | 1.1% | 4.5% | 3.2% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 4.4% | 1.9% |
| EPS growth | 17.5% | 50.5% | 199.3% | -83.9% | 230.5% | -38.7% | 14.7% | 4.9% | 11.1% | 3.7% |