National Healthcare NHC
NYSE NHC
$220.28 -3.21 (-1.44%)
As of: Sep 30, 2026 · 3:52 PM EDT

National Healthcare (NHC) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

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National Healthcare's Operating Expenses came in at $359.09 million for Q2 2026, up 5.4% from $340.82 million a year earlier and up 2.7% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

National Healthcare (NHC) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, National Healthcare reported Operating Expenses of $1.41 billion, up 5.4% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $1.39 billion, up 14.1% from FY2024.

  • Operating Expenses has increased in each of the last 13 years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 7.2% (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • Going back by year, Operating Expenses was $1.22 billion in FY2024 (+12.3%), $1.08 billion in FY2023 (+2.9%), $1.05 billion in FY2022 (+3.0%) and $1.02 billion in FY2021 (+4.4%).
  • The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Operating Expenses in data going back to Q2 2010.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Expenses has increased for 13 consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 12.9% over the last eight quarters.
  • The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Expenses over five years came in Q2 2025 (growth of 22.5%), and the weakest in Q4 2022 (a decline of 6.8%).
  • Business Quant data shows NHC's Operating Expenses at $349.57 million (Q1 2026), $353.4 million (Q4 2025) and $352.28 million (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 94.08 Bn 93.52 Bn - 17.74 Bn
2 Natera 59.53 Bn 55.21 Bn 485.19 Mn 828.54 Mn
3 Quest Diagnostics 25.60 Bn 24.03 Bn 1.03 Bn 2.58 Bn
4 Labcorp Holdings 24.98 Bn 22.75 Bn 1.11 Bn 582.30 Mn
5 Guardant Health 23.75 Bn 19.81 Bn 219.03 Mn 464.10 Mn
6 Tenet Healthcare 20.75 Bn 11.90 Bn - -
7 Tempus AI 14.47 Bn 11.50 Bn 246.50 Mn 458.40 Mn
8 Encompass Health 12.19 Bn 12.65 Bn - 1.31 Bn
9 Davita 11.20 Bn 9.97 Bn 1.16 Bn 2.98 Bn
10 National Healthcare 3.51 Bn 2.50 Bn - 359.09 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 359.09 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 349.57 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 353.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 352.28 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 340.82 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 342.93 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 340.44 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 317.41 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 278.14 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 281.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 280.47 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 275.46 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 268.61 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 259.55 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 255.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 266.77 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 266.81 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 264.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 274.29 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 263.98 Mn
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