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National HealthCare Corporation Stock Quote & Summary Data

NHC 
$47.36
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0.12
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0.25%
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*Delayed - data as of May 23, 2013 
Exchange: AMEX
Industry: Health Care
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90 Day Avg. Daily Volume This is the average share volume for the past 50 trading days, for NASDAQ stocks and 90 trading days for Non-NASDAQ stocks. This field allows you to compare today’s trading to the average daily volume. 11,922
Previous Close: $ 47.48
52 Week High /Low: $ 50.17 / $ 40.75
Market cap “Market Capitalization” is a measure of the estimated value of the common equity securities of the company or their equivalent. It does not include securities convertible into the common equity securities. “Market Capitalization” is derived from the last sale price for the displayed class of listed securities and the total number of shares outstanding for both listed and unlisted securities (as applicable). NASDAQ does not use this value to determine compliance with the listing requirements. 666,127,967
P/E Ratio: 13.34
Forward P/E(1y) A widely used stock evaluation measure. For a security, the Price/Earnings Ratio is given by dividing the Last Sale Price by the Average EPS (Earnings Per Share) Estimate for the specified fiscal time period. The forward P/E refers to the value for the next full year.
Earnings Per Share (EPS) The EPS listed on our infoquote and Summary Quote page is "12-mos Rolling". EPS represents the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. Net income (reported or estimated) for a period of time is divided by the total number of shares outstanding (TSO) during that period; See growth rate measures for EPS. Our vendor's methodology for the EPS on the infoquote and Summary Quote pages follows the EPS used by the majority of the analysts following the stock, in many cases this is EBITDA EPS. $ 3.55
Annualized dividend $ 1.20
Ex Dividend Date Mar. 26, 2013
Dividend Payment Date May 31, 2013
Current Yield 2.53 %
Beta 0.89

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 Company Description (as filed with the SEC)

National HealthCare Corporation, which we also refer to as NHC or the Company, began business in 1971. Our principal business is the operation of long-term health care centers with associated assisted living and independent living centers. Our business activities include providing subacute skilled and intermediate nursing and rehabilitative care, senior living services, and home health care services. We also have a non-controlling ownership interest in a hospice care business that services NHC owned health care centers and others. In addition, we provide management services, accounting and financial services and insurance services to third party owners of health care facilities. We operate in 11 states, and our owned and leased properties are located primarily in the southeastern United States. Narrative Description of the Business Our business is long-term health care services.  ... More ...  



News Headlines for NHC

NHC Announces a 6.7% Increase in Common Dividend and Announces Preferred Dividend
5/8/2013 5:06:00 PM - Business Wire
NHC Reports First Quarter Earnings
5/8/2013 5:05:00 PM - Business Wire
Healthcare Providers With High Insider Ownerships
5/1/2013 9:24:00 AM - Seeking Alpha
NHC Announces Settlements in Nonprofit Lawsuits
4/26/2013 11:15:00 AM - Business Wire
National Health Investors Hikes Q2 Dividend; Lifts FY13 Normalized FFO View
4/26/2013 11:04:00 AM - RTT News