NHC - National HealthCare Corporation
National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) is a prominent provider in the healthcare sector, involved in the operation, management, and service provision for a wide array of elder care and health facilities. Its diverse portfolio includes skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities, independent living residences, homecare and hospice agencies, and a specialized behavioral health hospital. Within its skilled nursing environments, NHC offers extensive therapeutic and medical care.
As of Jun 30, 2026: spot at $209.44, ATM IV 37.5%, max pain $195.00, net GEX $1.4K.
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Medical - Care Facilities
- Market Cap
- $3.23B
- P/E Ratio
- 25.96
- Beta
- 0.67
- 52-Week Range
- 93.54-206.54
- Dividend Yield
- $2.56
- CEO
- Stephen Fowler Flatt
- Employees
- 14,962
- IPO Date
- Jan 2, 1987
- Exchange
- AMEX
What NHC Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 45.9% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($1.4K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.057) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The NHC overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked NHC overview questions
- What is NHC?
- NHC is the ticker symbol for National HealthCare Corporation, a listed security. National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) is a prominent provider in the healthcare sector, involved in the operation, management, and service provision for a wide array of elder care and health facilities. Its diverse portfolio includes skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities, independent living residences, homecare and hospice agencies, and a specialized behavioral health hospital. Listed on AMEX. NHC is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the NHC options snapshot look like today?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, the NHC options snapshot shows spot at $209.44, ATM IV 37.5%, IV rank 45.9%, max pain $195.00, net GEX $1.4K, expected move 10.75%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are NHC's key statistics?
- National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) carries a market capitalization of $3.23B, trailing P/E ratio of 25.96, beta of 0.67 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 93.54-206.54. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does NHC belong to?
- National HealthCare Corporation operates in the Healthcare sector, in the Medical - Care Facilities industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare NHC's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the NHC data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated Jun 30, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).