Growth Metrics

National Healthcare (NHC) Net Margin (2010 - 2026)

National Healthcare posted quarterly Net Margin of 9.46% for Q1 2026, up 53.0% year-on-year from 6.18% in Q1 2025, and up 58.32% on a QoQ basis from 5.97% in Q4 2025.

National Healthcare (NHC) has 17 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 9.46% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Net Margin rose 53.0% year-over-year to 9.46%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 8.16% (down 82.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 8.08%, down 110.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 9.46%, up from 5.97% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 12.99% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 1.15% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 5.97% (2025), against an average of 6.4%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Net Margin plunged 3919 bps; it then jumped 948 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 2.68% in 2022, then soared by 210 bps to 8.3% in 2023, then sank by 30 bps to 5.8% in 2024, then climbed by 3 bps to 5.97% in 2025, then jumped by 58 bps to 9.46% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 9.46% (Q1 2026), 5.97% (Q4 2025), and 11.05% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 84.64 Bn 87.02 Bn 16.26 Bn 9.72%
2 Tenet Healthcare 15.22 Bn 14.39 Bn 4.41 Bn 13.08%
3 Davita 13.10 Bn 13.96 Bn 1.07 Bn 8.05%
4 Encompass Health 10.50 Bn 11.12 Bn 1.34 Bn 1.00%
5 Ensign 9.69 Bn 9.09 Bn 293.37 Mn 6.93%
6 Universal Health Services 8.92 Bn 8.88 Bn 3.21 Bn 7.76%
7 Fresenius Medical Care AG 7.31 Bn 4.93 Bn 22,843.10 Bn 0.00%
8 Chemed 5.83 Bn 5.81 Bn 215.76 Mn 10.08%
9 Pacs 5.76 Bn 5.51 Bn 345.96 Mn 5.68%
10 National Healthcare 2.87 Bn 2.61 Bn 290.58 Mn 9.46%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 9.46%
Dec 31, 2025 5.97%
Sep 30, 2025 11.05%
Jun 30, 2025 6.43%
Mar 31, 2025 8.93%
Dec 31, 2024 5.80%
Sep 30, 2024 12.99%
Jun 30, 2024 9.02%
Mar 31, 2024 9.18%
Dec 31, 2023 8.30%
Sep 30, 2023 3.51%
Jun 30, 2023 5.90%
Mar 31, 2023 4.37%
Dec 31, 2022 2.68%
Sep 30, 2022 -1.15%
Jun 30, 2022 0.83%
Mar 31, 2022 5.50%
Dec 31, 2021 5.64%
Sep 30, 2021 -1.28%
Jun 30, 2021 40.03%
Mar 31, 2021 8.49%
Dec 31, 2020 6.33%
Sep 30, 2020 5.13%
Jun 30, 2020 12.64%
Mar 31, 2020 -10.99%
Dec 31, 2019 5.42%
Sep 30, 2019 7.88%
Jun 30, 2019 5.83%
Mar 31, 2019 9.01%
Dec 31, 2018 7.29%
Sep 30, 2018 8.58%
Jun 30, 2018 9.28%
Mar 31, 2018 -1.15%
Dec 31, 2017 8.72%
Sep 30, 2017 4.71%
Jun 30, 2017 4.46%
Mar 31, 2017 5.34%
Dec 31, 2016 5.82%
Sep 30, 2016 4.80%
Jun 30, 2016 5.21%
Mar 31, 2016 5.97%
Dec 31, 2015 6.26%
Sep 30, 2015 4.62%
Jun 30, 2015 4.53%
Mar 31, 2015 4.98%
Dec 31, 2014 5.58%
Sep 30, 2014 4.89%
Jun 30, 2014 4.78%
Mar 31, 2014 5.25%
Dec 31, 2013 6.97%
Sep 30, 2013 9.05%
Jun 30, 2013 6.34%
Mar 31, 2013 5.99%
Dec 31, 2012 7.08%
Sep 30, 2012 7.94%
Jun 30, 2012 6.07%
Mar 31, 2012 5.52%
Dec 31, 2011 6.41%
Sep 30, 2011 7.63%
Jun 30, 2011 6.00%
Mar 31, 2011 8.58%
Dec 31, 2010 9.78%
Sep 30, 2010 7.23%
Jun 30, 2010 5.47%