Growth Metrics

National Healthcare (NHC) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026)

National Healthcare posted quarterly Tax Rate of 19.44% for Q1 2026, down 671.0% year-on-year from 3.4% in Q1 2025, and down 9.98% on a QoQ basis from 21.59% in Q4 2025.

National Healthcare (NHC) has 17 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 19.44% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate fell 671.0% year-over-year to 19.44%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 22.69% (up 998.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 24.52%, up 1250.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 stood at 19.44%, down from 21.59% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 38.66% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 295.59% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 25.94% (2024), against an average of 7.31%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Tax Rate tumbled 31932 bps; it then surged 31719 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 24.81% in 2022, then fell by 4 bps to 23.73% in 2023, then tumbled by 1346 bps to 295.59% in 2024, then soared by 107 bps to 21.59% in 2025, then decreased by 10 bps to 19.44% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 19.44% (Q1 2026), 21.59% (Q4 2025), and 24.63% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 84.64 Bn 87.02 Bn 16.26 Bn 18.80
2 Tenet Healthcare 15.22 Bn 14.39 Bn 4.41 Bn 19.96
3 Davita 13.10 Bn 13.96 Bn 1.07 Bn 19.40
4 Encompass Health 10.50 Bn 11.12 Bn 1.34 Bn 19.54
5 Ensign 9.69 Bn 9.09 Bn 293.37 Mn 22.41
6 Universal Health Services 8.92 Bn 8.88 Bn 3.21 Bn 23.54
7 Fresenius Medical Care AG 7.31 Bn 4.93 Bn 22,843.10 Bn 88.41
8 Chemed 5.83 Bn 5.81 Bn 215.76 Mn 25.37
9 Pacs 5.76 Bn 5.51 Bn 345.96 Mn 29.07
10 National Healthcare 2.87 Bn 2.61 Bn 290.58 Mn 19.44

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 19.44
Mar 31, 2026 19.44
Dec 31, 2025 21.59
Dec 31, 2025 21.59
Sep 30, 2025 24.63
Sep 30, 2025 24.63
Jun 30, 2025 25.04
Jun 30, 2025 25.04
Mar 31, 2025 26.15
Mar 31, 2025 26.15
Dec 31, 2024 -295.59
Dec 31, 2024 -295.59
Sep 30, 2024 26.43
Sep 30, 2024 26.43
Jun 30, 2024 25.94
Jun 30, 2024 25.94
Mar 31, 2024 26.49
Mar 31, 2024 26.49
Dec 31, 2023 23.73
Dec 31, 2023 23.73
Sep 30, 2023 27.86
Sep 30, 2023 27.86
Jun 30, 2023 28.70
Jun 30, 2023 28.70
Mar 31, 2023 28.22
Mar 31, 2023 28.22
Dec 31, 2022 24.81
Dec 31, 2022 24.81
Sep 30, 2022 26.84
Sep 30, 2022 26.84
Jun 30, 2022 38.66
Jun 30, 2022 38.66
Mar 31, 2022 25.28
Mar 31, 2022 25.28
Dec 31, 2021 23.97
Dec 31, 2021 23.97
Sep 30, 2021 53.56
Sep 30, 2021 53.56
Jun 30, 2021 2.56
Jun 30, 2021 2.56
Mar 31, 2021 25.34
Mar 31, 2021 25.34
Dec 31, 2020 55.58
Dec 31, 2020 55.58
Sep 30, 2020 2.95
Sep 30, 2020 2.95
Jun 30, 2020 26.02
Jun 30, 2020 26.02
Mar 31, 2020 26.41
Mar 31, 2020 26.41
Dec 31, 2019 -4.48
Dec 31, 2019 -4.48
Sep 30, 2019 14.05
Sep 30, 2019 14.05
Jun 30, 2019 25.67
Jun 30, 2019 25.67
Mar 31, 2019 25.83
Mar 31, 2019 25.83
Dec 31, 2018 26.06
Dec 31, 2018 26.06
Sep 30, 2018 7.46
Sep 30, 2018 7.46
Jun 30, 2018 26.07
Jun 30, 2018 26.07
Mar 31, 2018 -7.41
Mar 31, 2018 -7.41
Dec 31, 2017 27.71
Dec 31, 2017 27.71
Sep 30, 2017 29.55
Sep 30, 2017 29.55
Jun 30, 2017 39.00
Jun 30, 2017 39.00
Mar 31, 2017 38.77
Mar 31, 2017 38.77
Dec 31, 2016 38.56
Dec 31, 2016 38.56
Sep 30, 2016 29.15
Sep 30, 2016 29.15
Jun 30, 2016 39.35
Jun 30, 2016 39.35
Mar 31, 2016 38.84
Mar 31, 2016 38.84
Dec 31, 2015 44.18
Dec 31, 2015 44.18
Sep 30, 2015 31.37
Sep 30, 2015 31.37
Jun 30, 2015 37.70
Jun 30, 2015 37.70
Mar 31, 2015 38.86
Mar 31, 2015 38.86
Dec 31, 2014 39.83
Dec 31, 2014 39.83
Sep 30, 2014 31.30
Sep 30, 2014 31.30
Jun 30, 2014 38.56
Jun 30, 2014 38.56
Mar 31, 2014 38.64
Mar 31, 2014 38.64
Dec 31, 2013 34.93
Dec 31, 2013 34.93
Sep 30, 2013 34.69
Sep 30, 2013 34.69
Jun 30, 2013 39.31
Jun 30, 2013 39.31
Mar 31, 2013 38.95
Mar 31, 2013 38.95
Dec 31, 2012 37.86
Dec 31, 2012 37.86
Sep 30, 2012 26.45
Sep 30, 2012 26.45
Jun 30, 2012 39.21
Jun 30, 2012 39.21
Mar 31, 2012 38.50
Mar 31, 2012 38.50
Dec 31, 2011 34.73
Dec 31, 2011 34.73
Sep 30, 2011 25.44
Sep 30, 2011 25.44
Jun 30, 2011 38.68
Jun 30, 2011 38.68
Mar 31, 2011 38.49
Mar 31, 2011 38.49
Dec 31, 2010 38.29
Dec 31, 2010 38.29
Sep 30, 2010 23.41
Sep 30, 2010 23.41
Jun 30, 2010 39.47
Jun 30, 2010 39.47