CCM vs NHC vs NUTX Stock Comparison

Concord Medical Services Holdings, National Healthcare and Nutex Health Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NHC National Healthcare Corp
$212.79 -6.1% 1M +76.8% 1Y
Market cap
$3.33B
P/E
23.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.56B
Div. yield
1.23%
Home Health and Senior Care Healthcare
5 wins
NUTX Nutex Health Inc.
$208.25 -5.4% 1M +60.8% 1Y
Market cap
$1.43B
P/E
8.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$846.72M
Div. yield
–
Hospitals Healthcare
4 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

National Healthcare leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (National Healthcare 5, Nutex Health 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCCMNHCNUTXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $15.15M $3.33B $1.43B NHC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1.1x 23.7x 8.0x NUTX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 7.4x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +6.9% +6.9% NHC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 9.0% 21.2% NUTX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 10.0% 56.1% NUTX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -0.4x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 1.23% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -36.8% +76.8% +60.8% NHC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -33.1%/yr +25.5%/yr — NHC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 87.0% 34.7% 89.2% NHC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 78/100 82/100 NUTX

Percentile Scorecard

CCMNHCNUTX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCCMNHCNUTX
Valuation 25 #69 of 92 77 #22 of 92 96 #5 of 92
Growth – 79 #19 of 87 91 #9 of 87
Profitability – 80 #18 of 86 99 #2 of 86
Financial Health 7 #90 of 97 88 #13 of 97 89 #12 of 97
Shareholder Returns – 67 #19 of 56 36 #36 of 56
Overall – 78 82
  • CCM ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • NHC ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • NUTX ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCCMNHCNUTXSPY
1 month -3.1%-6.1%-5.4% -0.2%
3 months -22.8%-7.8%+39.7% +3.9%
6 months -8.4%+21.8%+80.9% +8.2%
Year to date -9.6%+55.2%+26.5% +12.9%
1 year -36.8%+76.8%+60.8% +12.3%
3 years -68.6%+221.9%+662.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year -32.0%+47.7%+96.9% +23.3%
5 years -86.6%+211.4%— +67.9%
5 years, per year -33.1%+25.5%— +10.9%
10 years -92.1%+228.6%— +261.1%
10 years, per year -22.4%+12.6%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCCMNHCNUTXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 87.0%34.7%89.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 80.4%32.3%87.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.630.131.77 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.422.210.68 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -88.7%-34.4%-99.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -39.2%-14.0%-7.4% -1.2%
52-week high $5.74$247.31$225.00 $779.14
52-week low $2.95$119.44$87.01 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCCMNHCNUTX
P/E now vs peer median -1.1xmedian 24.6x 23.7xmedian 24.6x 8.0xmedian 24.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 1.6x 2.1xmedian 1.6x 1.7xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.6x 16.4xmedian 14.6x 3.3xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median -0.4xmedian 21.6x 22.7xmedian 21.6x 5.2xmedian 21.6x
P/B now vs peer median -0.1xmedian 3.2x 3.0xmedian 3.2x 2.8xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.66 0.38median 0.66 0.26median 0.66

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCCMNHCNUTX
Revenue – $1.56B $846.72M
Gross profit – – $434.03M
Operating income – $144.68M $364.27M
Net income – $142.84M $272.49M
Free cash flow – $146.53M $274.17M
EPS (diluted) – $8.84 $25.62
Cash & equivalents $42.56M $39.21M $205.21M
Total debt $1.76B – $39.70M
Shares (diluted) 4.37M 15.86M 7.02M
Enterprise value $419.83M $2.32B $774.04M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCCMNHCNUTX
P/E -1.1x 23.7x 8.0x
P/FCF -0.4x 22.7x 5.2x
P/Operating cash flow – 17.7x 5.1x
P/S 0.2x 2.1x 1.7x
P/B -0.1x 3.0x 2.8x
P/Tangible book 0.0x 3.0x 2.9x
EV/EBITDA – 16.4x 3.3x
EV/EBIT – 21.6x 3.5x
EV/Revenue – 2.0x 1.5x
EV/FCF – 21.3x 4.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – 16.5x 4.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.38 0.26

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCCMNHCNUTX
Revenue growth (1Y) – 6.9% 6.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 12.8% 62.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 6.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 273.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 24.1% 52.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 57.4% 41.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – 35.9% 119.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 68.9% 37.7%
EPS growth (1Y) – 31.6% 206.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 61.9% 31.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 26.7% 228.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 44.1% 446.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 23.2% 229.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 58.0% 266.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCCMNHCNUTX
Gross margin – – 51.3%
EBITDA margin – 12.2% 45.5%
Operating margin – 9.3% 43.0%
Pretax margin – 11.9% 40.6%
Net margin – 9.0% 21.2%
FCF margin – 9.4% 32.4%
Operating cash flow margin – 12.1% 33.0%
Return on equity – 12.8% 57.4%
Return on assets – 9.3% 28.4%
Return on invested capital – 10.0% 56.1%
Return on capital employed – 11.2% 43.2%
Asset turnover – 1.0x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.3% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCCMNHCNUTX
Debt / assets 52.6% – 4.1%
Debt / equity -1.6x – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -0.4x
Debt / FCF – – 0.1x
Liabilities / assets 132.1% 26.6% 47.4%
Equity / assets -32.1% 73.4% 52.6%
Interest coverage – 56.6x 18.4x
Current ratio 0.5x 1.9x 5.0x
Quick ratio 1.2x 1.5x 4.8x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.9x 1.8x
Altman Z-score – 7.18 4.32

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCCMNHCNUTX
Dividend yield – 1.2% –
Net buyback yield – 0.1% -0.1%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 1.4% -0.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 27.8% 30.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 27.1% 30.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 5.6% 260.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 4.3% 140.0%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCCMNHCNUTX
Forward P/E – – 7.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – – $27.99FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +167.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – -8.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year – – $824.09MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – – -5.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – – +19.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCCMNHCNUTX
Held by institutions – 65.3% 42.8%
Institutions holding – 250 153
Change in shares held, QoQ – -0.6% +5.8%
Institutions buying – 136 99
Institutions selling – 72 36
Buyers to sellers – 1.89 2.75

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CCMNHCNUTX
CCM 1.00 0.05 -0.01
NHC 0.05 1.00 0.07
NUTX -0.01 0.07 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CCM, NHC and NUTX?

National Healthcare (NHC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Concord Medical Services Holdings (CCM) $15.15M, National Healthcare (NHC) $3.33B, Nutex Health (NUTX) $1.43B.

Which stock is cheaper, CCM, NHC and NUTX?

Nutex Health (NUTX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Concord Medical Services Holdings (CCM) -1.1x, National Healthcare (NHC) 23.7x, Nutex Health (NUTX) 8.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

National Healthcare (NHC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: National Healthcare (NHC) +6.9%, Nutex Health (NUTX) +6.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nutex Health (NUTX) has the highest net margin (National Healthcare (NHC) 9.0%, Nutex Health (NUTX) 21.2%). On return on invested capital, Nutex Health (NUTX) leads (National Healthcare (NHC) 10.0%, Nutex Health (NUTX) 56.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year National Healthcare (NHC) returned the most: Concord Medical Services Holdings (CCM) -36.8%, National Healthcare (NHC) +76.8%, Nutex Health (NUTX) +60.8%. Over five years, National Healthcare (NHC) compounded fastest (Concord Medical Services Holdings (CCM) -33.1%/yr, National Healthcare (NHC) +25.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Concord Medical Services Holdings (CCM) 0.00%, National Healthcare (NHC) 1.23%. Concord Medical Services Holdings (CCM) and Nutex Health (NUTX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, National Healthcare (NHC) has been the steadiest (Concord Medical Services Holdings (CCM) 87.0%, National Healthcare (NHC) 34.7%, Nutex Health (NUTX) 89.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CCM, NHC and NUTX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, National Healthcare (NHC) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.