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

National Healthcare (NHC) has reported Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.26 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Payout Ratio fell 37.01% year-over-year to 0.26; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 stood at 0.29 (down 22.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.32, down 12.52% from the prior year.
• Payout Ratio retreated to 0.26 in Q2 2026 per NHC's latest filing, from 0.28 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Payout Ratio topped out at 4.09 in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 2.82 in Q3 2022.
• Historically, Payout Ratio has averaged 0.58 across 5 years, with a median of 0.38 in 2025.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Payout Ratio surged 5265.19% in 2022, then tumbled 86.1% in 2023.
• Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 1.62 in 2022, then slumped by 79.37% to 0.33 in 2023, then jumped by 385.93% to 1.62 in 2024, then plunged by 74.45% to 0.41 in 2025, then slumped by 37.6% to 0.26 in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.26, 0.28, and 0.41 for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.