National HealthCare Corporation (NHC): Price and Financial Metrics

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National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) Company Bio

National Healthcare Corp. operates, manages, or provides services to skilled nursing facilities and associated assisted living centers, retirement centers, and home health care programs. The company was founded in 1971 and is based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

NHC Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation

We started the process of determining a valid price forecast for National Healthcare Corp with a discounted cash flow analysis -- the results of which can be found in the table below. To summarize, we found that National Healthcare Corp ranked in the 84th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. More precisely, our analysis suggests the stock is undervalued by approximately 569.5% on a DCF basis. As for the metrics that stood out in our discounted cash flow analysis of National Healthcare Corp, consider:

• Interest coverage, a measure of earnings relative to interest payments, is 38.39; that's higher than 89.34% of US stocks in the Healthcare sector that have positive free cash flow.
• National Healthcare Corp's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 9%; for context, that number is higher than merely 23.24% of tickers in our DCF set.
• NHC's estimated cost of debt, based largely on its market capitalization and its interest coverage ratio, is 3%; for context, that number is higher than merely 23.24% of tickers in our DCF set.

For other companies in the Healthcare that have a similar discounted cashflow valuation profile (and ensuing price forecasts) as NHC, try MODV, AMRX, HNGR, ARGX, and QDEL.