National HealthCare Corporation

NHC stock score: 65/100

$247.94 · +3.64% · Scored Oct 20, 2026

Technical
73
Fundamental
57
News
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The reading

National HealthCare (NHC) scores 65 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 94% of Healthcare stocks and 90% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 73, fundamentals 57.

Among the fundamentals, Inventory Turnover at 100 and Institutional Ownership at 100 score highest, while Forward P/E at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 72 and contrarian oscillators 26 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 61 to 68, and it is down 2 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward NHC’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

57

Pulling it up

  • Inventory Turnover100

    Inventory turnover is how many times a year a company sells through its inventory.

  • Institutional Ownership100

    Institutional ownership measures the percentage held by professional investors.

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)98

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

Holding it back

  • Forward P/E0

    Forward P/E ratio uses estimated future earnings to calculate valuation.

  • Fair Value0

    Fair value score synthesizes multiple valuation methods (DCF, P/E, P/B, P/S) to estimate intrinsic worth.

  • Gross Margins3

    Gross margins show profitability after cost of goods sold.

36 weighted scorers; 5 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

68

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • EMA 200100

    Exponential Moving Average (200-period) is a crucial long-term trend indicator that reacts faster than SMA-200.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (50)0

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

  • Bollinger Bands (20)0

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • Money Flow Index (14)8

    Money Flow Index (14-period) is a volume-weighted RSI that identifies overbought and oversold conditions.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly611
Daily683
Weekly722
Monthly782
Quarterly812

Composite score, last 90 days

05010065Jul 25, 2026Oct 20, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 67Jul 26, 2026: 67Jul 27, 2026: 68Jul 28, 2026: 67Jul 29, 2026: 67Jul 30, 2026: 67Jul 31, 2026: 66Aug 2, 2026: 64Aug 3, 2026: 64Aug 5, 2026: 64Aug 6, 2026: 63Aug 7, 2026: 63Aug 8, 2026: 63Aug 9, 2026: 63Aug 10, 2026: 63Aug 11, 2026: 63Aug 12, 2026: 64Aug 13, 2026: 65Aug 14, 2026: 64Aug 15, 2026: 65Aug 16, 2026: 64Aug 17, 2026: 66Aug 18, 2026: 67Aug 19, 2026: 65Aug 20, 2026: 66Aug 22, 2026: 66Aug 23, 2026: 65Aug 24, 2026: 64Aug 25, 2026: 64Aug 26, 2026: 65Aug 27, 2026: 63Aug 28, 2026: 64Aug 29, 2026: 64Aug 30, 2026: 64Aug 31, 2026: 64Sep 1, 2026: 65Sep 2, 2026: 64Sep 3, 2026: 61Sep 4, 2026: 64Sep 5, 2026: 64Sep 6, 2026: 64Sep 7, 2026: 63Sep 8, 2026: 65Sep 9, 2026: 65Sep 10, 2026: 65Sep 11, 2026: 65Sep 12, 2026: 65Sep 13, 2026: 64Sep 14, 2026: 64Sep 15, 2026: 64Sep 16, 2026: 65Sep 17, 2026: 63Sep 18, 2026: 63Sep 19, 2026: 63Sep 20, 2026: 63Sep 21, 2026: 64Sep 22, 2026: 63Sep 23, 2026: 66Sep 24, 2026: 64Sep 25, 2026: 65Sep 26, 2026: 65Sep 27, 2026: 64Sep 28, 2026: 64Sep 29, 2026: 64Sep 30, 2026: 62Oct 1, 2026: 64Oct 2, 2026: 65Oct 3, 2026: 65Oct 4, 2026: 64Oct 5, 2026: 64Oct 6, 2026: 64Oct 7, 2026: 62Oct 8, 2026: 63Oct 9, 2026: 64Oct 10, 2026: 64Oct 11, 2026: 64Oct 12, 2026: 65Oct 13, 2026: 64Oct 14, 2026: 64Oct 15, 2026: 66Oct 16, 2026: 64Oct 17, 2026: 65Oct 18, 2026: 65Oct 19, 2026: 64Oct 20, 2026: 65
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Key facts

Market cap
$3.9B
Sector
Healthcare
Industry
Medical Care Facilities
Beta
0.61
Risk grade (1–10)
6
Next earnings
Nov 6, 2026

Questions

What is NHC's stock score today?

NHC scores 65/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 20, 2026: technical 73, fundamental 57. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is NHC a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 65 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the NHC score calculated?

98 weighted scorers feed it today: 36 fundamental, scored against Healthcare ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.