Growth Metrics

National Healthcare (NHC) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

National Healthcare (NHC) has disclosed Operating Margin for 16 consecutive years, with 8.57% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 65.0% year-over-year to 8.57%, compared with a TTM value of 8.46% through Dec 2025, up 121.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 8.46%, up 128.0% over the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 8.57% for Q4 2025 at National Healthcare, up from 7.48% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 9.71% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 1.51% in Q3 2022.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 5.87%, with a median of 5.67% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin skyrocketed 347bps in 2021, then crashed -506bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 3.56% in 2021, then grew by 16bps to 4.13% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 75bps to 7.22% in 2023, then rose by 28bps to 9.22% in 2024, then dropped by -7bps to 8.57% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for NHC at 8.57% in Q4 2025, 7.48% in Q3 2025, and 9.71% in Q2 2025.