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National HealthCare Stock Price History

NYSE: NHCHealth CareHospital/Nursing ManagementUSD

227.11+1.94 (+0.86%)

At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min

NHC price history at a glance

The price history for National HealthCare (NHC) on this page begins on December 29, 1986, when the stock closed at $16.88; it most recently closed at $227.11 on October 5, 2026. The highest price in this record is $239.29, reached on August 17, 2026; the latest close is 5.1% below that peak. Across the 39 complete calendar years in the table, NHC finished higher in 25 and lower in 14. Its best year was 2001 (+97.7%) and its worst was 1998 (-72.2%).

Over roughly 40 years the share price changed +1245.8%, a 6.8% compound annual price return (excluding dividends). In the last 12 months alone, NHC has gained 93.4%. Prices are split-adjusted closing prices; daily open, high, low, close and volume for the past year are listed below.

Summary generated from market data by MetaCap's automated system. Methodology

Key price levels

High since 1986
$239.29
Date of high
Aug 17, 2026
Low since 1986
$2.25
Date of low
Oct 16, 2000
IPO year
1986
Last close
$227.11

NHC returns

1 week

-0.24%

1 month

-0.06%

3 months

+7.95%

6 months

+32.93%

Year to date

+65.66%

1 year

+93.40%

3 years

+253.75%

5 years

+214.69%

NHC price return, excluding dividends.

NHC annual returns

Calendar-year price returns
YearYear-end closeReturn
2026227.11+74.15%
2025130.41+22.11%
2024106.80+15.56%
202392.42+55.33%
202259.50-12.42%
202167.94+2.30%
202066.41-23.07%
201986.32+11.01%
201877.76+27.60%
201760.94-19.59%
201675.79+22.84%
201561.70-1.03%
201462.34+16.22%
201353.64+10.21%
201248.67+16.16%
201141.90-9.44%
201046.27+28.14%
200936.11-28.64%
200850.60+0.24%
200750.48-8.55%
200655.20+47.67%
200537.38+5.89%
200435.30+79.74%
200319.64+9.35%
200217.96+18.16%
200115.20+97.72%
20007.69+46.43%
19995.25-66.13%
199815.50-72.20%
199755.75+23.89%
199645.00+15.38%
199539.00+50.00%
199426.00-0.95%
199326.25+64.06%
199216.00+31.96%
199112.13-7.62%
199013.13-13.93%
198915.25+62.67%
19889.38-5.06%
19879.88-41.48%
1986*16.880.00%

* Partial year: the record begins after the start of 1986; return measured from the first available close.

2026 return is year to date.

NHC daily prices (past year)

Daily open, high, low, close and volume
DateOpenHighLowCloseChange
224.74227.95223.76227.11+0.86%
221.08226.76220.53225.17+1.80%
225.99229.19220.45221.19-3.10%
231.31231.94227.26228.27-0.91%
227.11232.17223.40230.37+1.19%
225.08229.53223.80227.66+1.93%
220.27224.91220.14223.35+1.75%
224.21224.30219.51219.51-2.07%
225.90227.58220.55224.16-0.80%
226.20228.96223.12225.97-0.61%
221.42229.45221.42227.36+2.60%
224.20225.16219.72221.60-1.45%
222.62227.10220.45224.87+0.90%
224.01225.72220.71222.86-0.20%
223.34225.29221.80223.31+0.54%
224.21229.05220.54222.11-1.21%
226.08226.08223.74224.84-0.23%
226.32230.09224.21225.36-0.55%
226.85227.57223.61226.61-0.50%
223.98228.69222.49227.76+1.47%
224.48227.89222.63224.47-0.20%
226.55229.96222.50224.92-1.02%
221.30229.57219.58227.24+2.84%
217.28222.63216.26220.97+1.07%
218.49222.77215.90218.64-1.35%
218.57221.91215.02221.64+1.98%
220.42222.39216.08217.34-0.74%
217.40222.68215.86218.97+1.13%
222.87222.87214.15216.53-2.77%
224.45224.75221.28222.70+0.20%
223.07224.99220.47222.26-1.26%
224.98228.00222.46225.09+0.16%
228.84228.84223.51224.73-1.60%
233.63236.00227.88228.38-2.15%
237.08237.80229.30233.40-1.41%
232.88239.29232.88236.75+1.16%
235.57239.19231.62234.04-0.06%
229.43234.17227.76234.17+2.62%
223.66228.90223.66228.20+2.06%
209.33226.33209.33223.59+1.71%
220.69224.89219.03219.84-0.81%
216.84223.60216.84221.64+2.28%
220.27222.31215.47216.69-1.97%
213.24222.06213.24221.04+2.55%
222.73226.87211.59215.54-1.78%
221.21227.41218.09219.45-0.90%
208.00222.15202.74221.45+6.36%
220.85223.15208.16208.20-6.54%
225.84228.48222.02222.76-1.45%
229.45229.45220.66226.03-1.28%
230.43231.00227.03228.97+0.14%
232.00232.67227.91228.66-1.01%
226.57231.34226.57231.00+2.17%
226.80230.11225.18226.09+0.18%
223.41227.12221.32225.69+1.89%
220.00222.39217.78221.51+0.53%
222.75222.90216.39220.34-1.13%
220.62225.39217.76222.85+1.35%
230.33232.25219.41219.88-3.63%
224.97231.73222.90228.16+1.57%
216.57229.16216.57224.64+3.92%
209.35217.09208.16216.17+2.55%
208.50211.92204.20210.79+1.40%
210.75213.54207.27207.87-1.19%
215.00215.33207.67210.38-1.77%
213.29214.71210.14214.18+1.13%
214.18216.85209.37211.78-2.13%
217.50219.70212.97216.40-0.47%
219.12220.86216.27217.43-0.46%
213.86219.03213.56218.44+2.69%
212.37215.76212.37212.71+0.64%
205.50213.31203.85211.36+2.44%
205.28207.32198.60206.33-0.10%
202.05206.54198.38206.54+2.49%
202.61203.04198.00201.53-0.63%
197.41204.77197.41202.81+1.64%
200.81205.66198.28199.54-0.92%
199.20202.86196.52201.40-0.06%
193.13205.90190.86201.53+5.46%
191.10192.70186.65191.10-0.45%
196.04200.66190.25191.97-1.85%
198.14199.81194.50195.59-1.08%
197.44202.82196.25197.72+0.90%
194.07197.24193.19195.95+2.16%
193.55196.70191.81191.81-0.16%
188.94193.18188.94192.12+2.34%
193.33195.90187.65187.73-2.29%
187.80194.88187.80192.13+2.19%
186.46190.17185.17188.02+0.85%
187.19188.57183.46186.44+1.69%
180.11183.61176.75183.35+2.20%
183.44185.91179.31179.40-2.72%
184.00185.16181.11184.42-0.23%
192.90192.90182.94184.84-3.73%
191.21193.95189.10192.00+1.05%
193.97195.67182.01190.00-3.06%
194.90197.45193.11196.000.00%
197.32197.32191.50196.00-1.76%
205.06205.06195.47199.51+1.79%
196.10200.09192.88196.00-0.15%
193.65199.53193.65196.30+1.37%
195.60197.00190.93193.65-2.18%
196.35199.62195.40197.96+1.67%
190.88194.76189.20194.71+2.77%
190.71191.91185.34189.47-0.15%
190.71193.20185.50189.75+0.49%
174.50189.95174.50188.82+10.15%
170.61173.64169.80171.42+1.19%
168.39172.00168.39169.41+1.41%
172.09173.33166.56167.05-2.09%
173.87173.87168.88170.61-2.43%
173.31179.01172.03174.86+0.91%
174.08174.08168.34173.29-1.02%
173.13175.47172.30175.07+0.25%
176.38177.47174.14174.64-0.99%
171.79177.04171.79176.38+2.04%
169.78173.98169.64172.86+1.34%
174.87178.85169.11170.58-1.76%
161.86184.08161.86173.63+8.11%
167.31167.52157.28160.61-3.58%
167.13168.99166.05166.58-0.84%
162.95168.45162.95167.99+4.14%
158.53161.66156.82161.31+1.33%
162.87163.80156.44159.20-2.63%
169.44169.44162.80163.50-3.60%
170.84171.29167.52169.60-0.73%
176.03176.03168.11170.85-3.37%
171.03177.47169.86176.81+2.58%
169.79172.39168.17172.37+3.58%
164.63168.00164.57166.42+1.40%
163.28167.75161.57164.13+0.85%
156.77163.22154.91162.75+3.03%
159.15160.11156.30157.97-1.08%
162.95163.26159.00159.70-1.66%
162.32163.26159.00162.39+0.84%
159.64164.41159.64161.03-0.16%
160.75162.90159.30161.28-0.09%
164.43164.51160.91161.42-0.35%
159.07164.42159.07161.99+0.15%
160.54165.06160.54161.75+1.85%
159.24159.24154.12158.81+0.68%
158.20160.65156.29157.73+0.01%
161.20164.53157.32157.72-3.04%
165.83167.42160.62162.67-1.39%
164.15168.23162.48164.96+2.18%
157.04161.44157.04161.44+3.57%
152.54158.40152.54155.88-0.29%
156.60158.30155.09156.34-0.81%
159.10163.38156.68157.62-1.81%
164.38165.08152.15160.52-4.39%
164.29167.90162.86167.89-0.12%
172.54174.54163.72168.09-2.74%
170.62174.51169.24172.83+1.36%
168.32171.14165.50170.51-0.37%
162.95173.19162.95171.15+4.68%
155.75164.74155.75163.50+2.08%
161.44161.44158.67160.17-0.10%
157.49160.97155.34160.33+1.83%
157.58159.63155.60157.45+0.20%
157.88159.50155.02157.13-0.44%
157.76160.06153.93157.82-0.38%
160.91162.52156.17158.42-2.27%
164.75165.44159.96162.10-1.73%
170.10171.35163.28164.96-2.79%
169.53171.15168.61169.69+0.81%
168.40171.64167.56168.33-0.01%
162.92168.88162.70168.34+3.51%
164.08164.08160.85162.63+0.05%
162.32164.55158.28162.55+0.61%
162.44163.11158.44161.57+1.04%
151.53161.80151.53159.90+5.58%
149.50153.85149.45151.45+1.72%
149.02151.29146.75148.89-0.27%
143.52149.29143.52149.29+4.32%
138.91145.38138.91143.11+2.09%
138.45140.49138.12140.18+0.78%
141.09141.14138.69139.09-0.60%
145.12145.12139.67139.93-3.98%
145.41146.74141.49145.73+1.75%
144.78144.78141.37143.23-1.19%
143.28146.45142.07144.95+0.81%
138.22144.27138.11143.79+4.36%
135.22138.09135.22137.78+0.46%
140.34140.34136.05137.15-1.34%
134.38139.76134.38139.01+2.73%
135.03135.34132.49135.31-0.26%
134.71135.66132.96135.66+1.31%
130.00134.38128.33133.91+3.20%
128.49130.99128.35129.76+0.83%
130.87132.93128.00128.69-2.46%
134.58135.45131.57131.93-1.89%
130.06135.41129.48134.47+2.70%
129.92135.25129.92130.93+0.40%
136.57136.57129.44130.41-4.87%
139.29139.29136.10137.09-0.95%
138.49139.53137.07138.41-0.26%
139.26139.26137.61138.77+0.06%
138.62139.80137.72138.68+0.08%
139.72140.33138.06138.57-0.47%
141.49142.90138.92139.23-2.07%
141.76144.25141.39142.17+0.37%
140.16142.62139.31141.64-0.02%
142.25144.53141.08141.67+0.86%
138.08141.45138.08140.46+1.10%
139.76142.11136.68138.93-0.67%
139.99143.56137.93139.87+0.94%
138.00139.54136.81138.57+0.60%
135.50138.13135.01137.75+2.03%
134.63137.37134.63135.01+0.87%
132.21136.40132.06133.84+1.23%
135.18135.74131.81132.21-1.87%
137.97139.06132.95134.73-1.36%
138.68138.68136.06136.59-0.79%
137.99138.70135.54137.68+0.36%
138.82140.30135.84137.18-0.08%
134.56138.55134.56137.29+0.73%
137.00137.32135.09136.29-0.65%
137.02140.41136.92137.18-0.56%
134.76139.64133.50137.95+4.41%
130.92133.44128.81132.12+1.29%
126.79131.60126.79130.44+2.42%
127.69128.65125.78127.36+0.96%
125.02126.82124.95126.15+0.98%
125.33126.74124.57124.93-0.75%
127.90128.16125.15125.87-1.76%
125.88129.24125.88128.12+1.18%
127.69127.97124.26126.62-2.07%
132.43133.03129.12129.29-2.20%
132.09132.59129.88132.20+1.09%
126.84131.45124.86130.77+2.83%
124.83131.23124.83127.17+1.74%
124.70127.10122.47125.00+0.06%
123.82125.58121.19124.93+2.29%
120.23122.97120.23122.13+0.90%
119.72121.04118.14121.04+1.34%
120.57121.18118.88119.44-1.93%
120.87122.62120.16121.79+0.78%
121.74123.43119.80120.85-0.94%
120.47122.81120.08122.00+1.35%
122.72122.72119.99120.38-1.91%
123.39123.88122.15122.73+0.54%
123.64123.64121.09122.07-1.17%
121.25123.86121.00123.51+1.80%
122.66124.22121.17121.33-1.70%
122.86124.00121.70123.43+1.21%
121.90122.56120.53121.95+0.06%
123.22123.22121.13121.88-0.50%
122.95123.41121.16122.49+0.81%
119.00122.26117.22121.50+1.67%
118.27120.41117.59119.51+1.77%
119.02120.65116.42117.43—

Prices are adjusted for stock splits. See adjusted closing price for how dividends and splits affect history, and the NHC chart for longer ranges.