NHC — NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP

US Healthcare Healthcare providers equity mkt cap 3.7B
233.40 -1.41% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 110.30 · high 236.75

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Performance

1 day-1.41%
1 week+4.39%
1 month+5.37%
3 months+19.08%
6 months+47.89%
Year to date+78.97%
1 year+112.41%
3 years+235.92%
5 years+211.24%

Technicals

RSI 1457.5
vs 50-day avg+8.05%
vs 200-day avg+36.08%
Volatility 1y33.6%
Max drawdown 1y-10.08%
Avg volume 30d110.6K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)1.40%
Paid last 12m3.2600
Payments in 12m5
Paying since2016-03-29

Measured signals that fired on NHC

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-19Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-18Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-29Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-29Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-22Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-19Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-20Gifford David R.
Director
Option exercise6.5K171.421.1M
2026-08-20Gifford David R.
Director
Grant or award4.7K236.751.1M
2026-08-19Flatt Stephen Fowler
CEO
Open-market sale1.5K237.08355.6K
2026-08-13Gifford David R.
Director
Option exercise1.0K171.42175.0K
2026-06-22HASSAN EMIL E
Director
Open-market sale5.9K200.001.2M
2026-06-16HASSAN EMIL E
Director
Open-market sale1.6K199.97312.6K
2026-06-16KIDD BRIAN F
SVP, CFO
Gift5000.000
2026-06-08ADAMS ROBERT G
Director
Option exercise4.0K69.19276.8K
2026-06-08ADAMS ROBERT G
Director
Gift4.0K0.000
2026-06-01Piercey Lisa
Director
Open-market purchase949184.26174.9K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.302.7M1.9M
Morgan Stanley Institutional Investment Advisors LLC165.9M1.0M
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP151.2M947.0K
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC126.1M789.4K
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC87.8M549.5K
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP84.7M530.3K
STATE STREET CORP78.8M491.6K
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC53.6M335.5K
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC51.6M323.3K
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC28.5M178.6K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
42026-08-172026-08-13on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-08-112026-08-06on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-08-112026-08-07on EDGAR ↗
10-Q2026-08-062026-06-30on EDGAR ↗
SCHEDULE 13G2026-07-27on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-07-012026-06-29on EDGAR ↗
42026-06-232026-06-22on EDGAR ↗
42026-06-182026-06-16on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d78.2% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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