National Healthcare, Corp.
S&P 600
$224.47
-0.20%
Delayed · cached 15 min
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✓Strengths
- Low debt: debt-to-equity of 0.04.
- Comfortable interest cover: operating profit covers interest about 20.2 times.
- Return on equity is moderate at 10.7%.
- Return on capital employed is moderate at 10%.
- Net profit margin is 8.2%.
- Current assets comfortably cover current liabilities (current ratio 1.82).
- Has paid a dividend in each of the last 5 years on record.
!Watch-points
No notable watch-points flagged by the automated checks.
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Forensic Checks
Altman Z-ScoreSafe zone
6.83
In Altman’s original study, companies in this range showed a low incidence of financial distress.
Piotroski F-ScoreStrong
7 / 7
The F-Score adds one point for each of several year-on-year signs of improving profitability, lower leverage and better efficiency. Higher is generally stronger.
Based on 7 of the 9 signals — the rest need data not available for this stock.
These are well-known academic screening models, shown for educational context only. They describe historical financial patterns and are not predictions, advice, or a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold.
Key Ratios
Market Cap$3.52B
Current Price$ 224.47
High / Low$ 239.29 / 114.59
Stock P/E25.249718
Book Value$ 70.74
Dividend Yield1.15%
ROCE10.00%
ROE10.69%
Debt to Equity0.04
Current Ratio1.82
P/B Ratio3.1324308
EPS$ 7.67
Debt$40.00M
PAT Margin8.17%
Cash PAT$164.94M
ICR20.15