National Healthcare's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.59.
The historical rank and industry rank for National Healthcare's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:
NHC'
s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.5 Med: 8.3 Max: 54.2
Current: 4
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of National Healthcare was 54.20% per year. The lowest was 0.50% per year. And the median was 8.30% per year.
NHC's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is ranked worse than 68.18% of 154
companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 13.55
vs NHC: 4.00
During the past 12 months, National Healthcare's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.30% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.50% per year.
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National Healthcare's Dividend Payout Ratio for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.57. As of today, National Healthcare's Dividend Yield % is 2.59%.
Warning Sign:
National Healthcare Corp stock dividend yield is close to 5-year low.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Competitive Comparison
For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, National Healthcare's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
National Healthcare 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution
For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, National Healthcare's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where National Healthcare's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.
National Healthcare 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation
This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.
Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.
National Healthcare (AMEX:NHC) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation
1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.
National Healthcare's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of National Healthcare was 0.93. The lowest was 0.47. And the median was 0.53.
2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
National Healthcare Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.590
2024-03-27
2024-03-29
2024-05-01
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.590
2023-12-28
2023-12-29
2024-02-01
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.590
2023-09-28
2023-09-29
2023-11-01
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.590
2023-06-29
2023-06-30
2023-07-31
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
National Healthcare's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Current Share Price is $91.18.
National Healthcare's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $2.36.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of National Healthcare was 4.26%. The lowest was 2.05%. And the median was 2.76%.
Warning Sign:
National Healthcare Corp stock dividend yield is close to 5-year low.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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National Healthcare (National Healthcare) Business Description
National Healthcare Corp Provides long-term care facilities. Its principal business includes the operation of skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, independent living facilities, and home care programs. The company's activities include providing sub-acute and post-acute skilled nursing care, intermediate nursing care, rehabilitative care, memory and Alzheimer's care, senior living services, and home health care services. In addition, the company also provides management services, accounting, and financial services, as well as insurance services to third-party operators of healthcare facilities. Its reportable segments include Inpatient services, and Home care hospice services. Generating, a majority of its revenue from Inpatient services.
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