National Healthcare (NHC) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

National Healthcare has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.19 in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 33.92% year-over-year to 0.19; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.24 (down 32.34% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.26, down 44.41% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.19, down from 1.55 in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 2.46 in Q1 2024, with the low at 0.92 in Q3 2022.
• Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.63 across 5 years, with a median of 0.33 in 2024.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio sank 124.12% — and 2023, when it soared 617.91%.
• National Healthcare's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.43 in 2022, then plunged by 61.97% to 0.55 in 2023, then soared by 287.39% to 2.11 in 2024, then retreated by 26.67% to 1.55 in 2025, then tumbled by 87.87% to 0.19 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.19 (Q1 2026), 1.55 (Q4 2025), and 0.18 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.