
National HealthCare Corporation Financial Ratios 2025-2008 | NHC
Brief overview of National HealthCare Corporation's multiples and efficiency
Ratios are assessed across five available annual reports in the 2021–2025 interval.
The latest available valuation ratios are P/E 20.46x (median 20.46x), EV/EBITDA 16.24x (median 16.24x), P/S 1.62x (median 1.1x). Current valuation broadly matches recent historical reference points; the difference from five-year medians is 0%.
Earnings yield calculated as 1/P/E is about 4.9%, showing current profit per unit of share price.
End-period return metrics are ROE 11.2%, ROA 7.9%, ROCE 12%. Fundamental efficiency is balanced: profitability supports valuation but does not remove the need for future growth.
Price, earnings and growth produce a PEG of 1.26x, a neutral level if forecasts are realistic.
The cash return period is stable at 24.4 days initially and 26.8 days at the end.
What the ratios show
National HealthCare Corporation's valuation and business quality look relatively balanced, with no pronounced distortion in either direction.
Annual Financial Ratios National HealthCare Corporation
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P/E |
20.5 | 14.1 | 21.3 | 40.6 | 7.5 | 23.4 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 16.9 | 22.3 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 9.7 | 8.9 | 13.4 | - |
P/S |
1.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | - | - | - |
EPS |
7.8 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 9.0 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.3 | - |
EV (Enterprise Value) |
2.81 B | 1.9 B | 1.72 B | 1.25 B | 1.42 B | 1.4 B | 1.76 B | 1.51 B | 1.28 B | 1.52 B | 1.25 B | 1.14 B | 945 M | 869 M | 811 M | 442 M | 496 M | -49 M |
EBITDA per Share |
11.2 | 8.57 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 5.97 | 5.89 | 6.19 | 6.74 | 6.69 | 6.84 | 7.69 | 7.57 | 7.69 | 6.95 | 7.75 | 6.2 | 5.63 | - |
EV/EBITDA |
16.2 | 14.4 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 15.5 | 11.2 | 13.3 | 11.9 | 9.7 | 11.8 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 6.5 | - |
PEG |
1.26 | 1.56 | 20.02 | -6.31 | -2.85 | -4.58 | 1.23 | 4.39 | 1.57 | 4.94 | 5.35 | -0.82 | 0.83 | -1.02 | 2.25 | - | - | - |
P/B |
2.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | - | - |
P/CF |
13.3 | 13.4 | 12.8 | 104.3 | 16.6 | 4.8 | 17.6 | 17.6 | 15.3 | 39.8 | 56.4 | 38.8 | 12.5 | 15.8 | 10.8 | 7.4 | 6.3 | - |
ROE % |
11.23 | 10.40 | 7.35 | 2.57 | 15.26 | 5.25 | 8.76 | 8.04 | 8.00 | 7.55 | 8.42 | 7.27 | 9.39 | 8.79 | 10.47 | 9.49 | 7.62 | - |
ROA % |
7.86 | 6.69 | 5.10 | 1.76 | 9.88 | 3.07 | 5.30 | 5.45 | 5.13 | 4.65 | 5.08 | 4.97 | 6.59 | 6.30 | 7.40 | 6.35 | - | - |
ROCE % |
12.01 | 9.17 | 6.32 | 3.65 | 5.61 | 6.03 | 4.78 | 6.58 | 6.27 | 6.89 | 7.79 | 7.88 | 10.66 | 9.59 | 11.97 | 10.38 | 9.68 | - |
Current Ratio |
3.4 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | - | - | - |
DSO |
33.0 | 34.0 | 33.3 | 33.0 | 31.6 | 32.4 | 35.6 | 36.7 | 35.4 | 35.6 | 35.3 | 35.2 | 39.8 | 41.5 | 34.6 | - | - | - |
DIO |
3.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13.6 | 3.6 | - | - |
DPO |
9.6 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 11.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18.1 | 5.0 | - | - |
Operating Cycle |
36.3 | 37.7 | 37.0 | 37.1 | 36.3 | 37.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 48.3 | 3.6 | - | - |
Cash Conversion Cycle |
26.8 | 27.7 | 27.8 | 26.6 | 24.4 | 25.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30.2 | -1.4 | - | - |
All numbers in USD currency
Quarterly Financial Ratios National HealthCare Corporation
| 2026-Q2 | 2026-Q1 | 2025-Q3 | 2025-Q2 | 2025-Q1 | 2024-Q4 | 2024-Q3 | 2024-Q2 | 2024-Q1 | 2023-Q4 | 2023-Q3 | 2023-Q2 | 2023-Q1 | 2022-Q4 | 2022-Q3 | 2022-Q2 | 2022-Q1 | 2021-Q4 | 2021-Q3 | 2021-Q2 | 2021-Q1 | 2020-Q4 | 2020-Q3 | 2020-Q2 | 2020-Q1 | 2019-Q4 | 2019-Q3 | 2019-Q2 | 2019-Q1 | 2018-Q4 | 2018-Q3 | 2018-Q2 | 2018-Q1 | 2017-Q4 | 2017-Q3 | 2017-Q2 | 2017-Q1 | 2016-Q4 | 2016-Q3 | 2016-Q2 | 2016-Q1 | 2015-Q4 | 2015-Q3 | 2015-Q2 | 2015-Q1 | 2014-Q4 | 2014-Q3 | 2014-Q2 | 2014-Q1 | 2013-Q4 | 2013-Q3 | 2013-Q2 | 2013-Q1 | 2012-Q4 | 2012-Q3 | 2012-Q2 | 2012-Q1 | 2011-Q4 | 2011-Q3 | 2011-Q2 | 2011-Q1 | |
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EPS |
2.58 | 2.31 | 2.53 | 1.53 | 2.09 | - | 2.78 | 1.74 | 1.71 | - | 0.68 | 1.06 | 0.76 | - | -0.16 | 0.21 | 0.99 | - | -0.22 | 6.83 | 1.39 | - | 0.84 | 1.85 | -1.76 | 0.91 | 1.27 | 0.9 | 1.39 | 1.19 | 1.39 | 1.47 | -0.18 | 1.41 | 0.75 | 0.7 | 0.84 | 0.92 | 0.73 | 0.78 | 0.92 | 1.03 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 0.8 | 0.92 | 0.77 | 0.75 | 0.8 | 1.04 | 1.28 | 0.88 | 0.84 | 0.99 | 1.08 | 0.82 | 0.76 | 0.89 | 1.09 | 0.83 | 1.21 |
EBITDA per Share |
4.59 | 2.82 | 2.68 | 2.92 | 2.7 | - | 2.17 | 2.07 | 1.71 | - | 1.51 | 1.57 | 1.31 | - | 0.93 | 0.94 | 1.56 | - | 2.82 | 1.56 | 1.66 | - | 2.52 | 2.19 | 1.72 | 1.08 | 2.49 | 2.03 | 1.72 | 1.13 | 2.76 | 2.16 | 1.72 | 1.07 | 2.72 | 2.17 | 1.72 | 1.17 | 2.59 | 2.19 | 1.81 | 1.35 | 2.99 | 1.81 | 1.92 | 1.43 | 1.69 | 1.78 | 1.8 | 1.41 | 1.9 | 1.74 | 1.66 | 1.45 | 1.73 | 1.72 | 1.6 | 1.19 | 1.83 | 1.75 | 2.4 |
ROE % |
12.93 | 12.54 | 13.59 | 12.69 | 13.20 | 10.00 | 11.17 | 8.67 | 7.17 | 4.34 | 4.06 | 3.25 | 3.10 | 1.76 | 1.39 | 13.20 | 15.48 | 13.79 | 15.41 | 19.34 | 4.43 | 1.80 | 3.57 | 4.45 | 2.65 | 8.76 | 9.47 | 9.85 | 11.15 | 8.04 | 8.62 | 7.35 | 5.81 | 8.00 | 7.01 | 7.06 | 7.31 | 7.55 | 7.85 | 8.18 | 8.37 | 8.42 | 8.06 | 7.82 | 7.57 | 7.27 | 7.66 | 8.81 | 9.19 | 9.39 | 9.40 | 9.13 | 9.12 | 9.04 | 9.01 | 9.20 | 9.36 | 10.49 | 2.81 | 2.22 | 3.06 |
ROA % |
8.99 | 8.45 | 8.83 | 8.34 | 8.81 | 6.73 | 7.54 | 6.07 | 4.99 | 3.01 | 2.82 | 3.14 | 1.63 | 0.71 | 7.93 | 8.12 | 9.69 | 8.56 | 9.51 | 11.82 | 2.62 | 1.05 | 2.12 | 2.69 | 1.68 | 5.30 | 5.91 | 6.35 | 7.37 | 5.45 | 5.73 | 4.81 | 3.71 | 5.13 | 4.44 | 4.43 | 4.55 | 4.65 | 4.81 | 4.99 | 5.08 | 5.08 | 5.03 | 5.02 | 5.00 | 4.97 | 5.28 | 6.10 | 6.39 | 6.57 | 6.60 | 6.44 | 6.45 | 6.42 | 6.37 | 6.49 | 6.60 | 7.39 | 1.99 | 1.57 | 2.16 |
ROCE % |
13.54 | 12.24 | 11.59 | 11.08 | 9.44 | 6.38 | 7.85 | 7.11 | 5.87 | 4.18 | 4.65 | 3.68 | 3.67 | 2.53 | 3.94 | 4.99 | 6.36 | 4.80 | 5.69 | 5.85 | 6.33 | 4.45 | 6.57 | 6.53 | 6.26 | 6.30 | 6.52 | 7.16 | 7.51 | 7.65 | 7.63 | 7.54 | 7.61 | 7.70 | 8.02 | 8.21 | 8.67 | 9.04 | 9.60 | 10.20 | 10.51 | 10.64 | 10.19 | 10.01 | 9.71 | 9.26 | 9.39 | 10.18 | 10.46 | 10.48 | 10.72 | 10.46 | 10.48 | 10.40 | 9.99 | 10.39 | 10.68 | 12.67 | 2.93 | 2.79 | 4.23 |
Current Ratio |
3.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | - | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
DSO |
30.8 | 32.3 | 32.7 | 34.5 | 33.8 | - | 31.9 | 35.7 | 36.0 | - | 32.2 | 33.0 | 34.4 | - | 16.7 | 17.1 | 32.4 | - | 32.5 | 33.3 | 33.4 | - | 32.6 | 31.3 | 32.5 | 33.4 | 34.3 | 34.3 | 35.0 | 35.7 | 36.0 | 36.7 | 34.6 | 32.1 | 32.8 | 33.2 | 32.4 | - | 4170.0 | 4663.1 | 5051.4 | - | 4989.4 | 6051.8 | 6643.5 | - | 5088.0 | 4132.4 | 3785.0 | - | 631.3 | 993.4 | 1947.6 | - | 696.8 | 1150.1 | 2381.9 | - | 882.2 | 1341.1 | - |
DIO |
3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | - | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | - | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | - | 1.9 | 2.2 | 4.6 | - | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 | - | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.0 | - | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | - | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | - | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | - | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | - | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | - | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.4 | - | 5.7 | 6.0 | 5.9 | - | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.0 | - | 6.3 | 6.5 | - |
DPO |
8.1 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 9.4 | - | 9.5 | 10.8 | 9.9 | - | 7.7 | 7.2 | 8.1 | - | 5.1 | 6.7 | 12.9 | - | 14.8 | 11.2 | 11.4 | - | 12.7 | 12.3 | 12.4 | - | 11.3 | 11.7 | 12.5 | - | 12.1 | 12.4 | 11.6 | - | 10.0 | 10.2 | 11.4 | - | 12.1 | 12.6 | 13.6 | - | 13.6 | 13.9 | 13.1 | - | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.0 | - | 10.5 | 10.9 | 10.1 | - | 9.0 | 9.2 | 8.7 | - | 8.4 | 8.6 | - |
Operating Cycle |
- | - | 35.8 | 37.8 | 37.2 | - | 35.0 | 39.1 | 39.5 | - | 35.8 | 36.6 | 38.2 | - | 18.6 | 19.4 | 37.0 | - | 36.9 | 38.0 | 38.6 | - | 37.9 | 36.4 | 37.6 | 33.4 | 38.8 | 38.9 | 39.8 | 35.7 | 40.6 | 41.4 | 39.3 | 32.1 | 37.3 | 37.7 | 37.2 | - | 4174.8 | 4668.2 | 5056.7 | - | 4994.5 | 6057.0 | 6648.8 | - | 5093.0 | 4137.5 | 3790.4 | - | 637.1 | 999.4 | 1953.5 | - | 702.4 | 1155.9 | 2388.0 | - | 888.5 | 1347.6 | - |
Cash Conversion Cycle |
- | - | 27.2 | 29.1 | 27.8 | - | 25.5 | 28.3 | 29.5 | - | 28.1 | 29.5 | 30.1 | - | 13.5 | 12.6 | 24.0 | - | 22.1 | 26.8 | 27.2 | - | 25.2 | 24.1 | 25.2 | 33.4 | 27.5 | 27.3 | 27.3 | 35.7 | 28.5 | 29.0 | 27.7 | 32.1 | 27.3 | 27.5 | 25.8 | - | 4162.8 | 4655.6 | 5043.1 | - | 4980.9 | 6043.1 | 6635.7 | - | 5081.8 | 4126.0 | 3779.4 | - | 626.6 | 988.5 | 1943.5 | - | 693.4 | 1146.7 | 2379.2 | - | 880.1 | 1339.0 | - |
All numbers in USD currency
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