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NRC Health (NRC)

Healthcare | Health Information Services | Lincoln, United States | NasdaqGS
21.85 USD -0.16 (-0.727%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 21.85

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:13 a.m. EDT

The investment case for NRC Health is currently broken by a severe fundamental deterioration masked by a desperate dividend policy. While the stock trades at a forward P/E of roughly 21, the trailing P/E of 92 and negative operating margins reveal a company burning cash despite reported revenue growth. The balance sheet is precarious, with debt-to-equity exceeding 1,300% and a current ratio below 0.7, signaling liquidity stress. The price action confirms this distress: after a massive run-up, the stock has entered a multi-year decline, dropping nearly 50% in the last two years and sitting below its 200-day moving average. This is not a temporary setback; it is a structural implosion where the market has correctly priced out the business model. The dividend is a red flag, not a safety net. With a payout ratio of 250%, the company is distributing more than a quarter of its earnings to shareholders while posting net losses. This is capital destruction, likely funded by the massive debt load. The recent cut in the quarterly dividend from 12 cents to 16 cents (wait, looking at data: 2023 was 1.0 special + 0.12 regular; 2024/2025 is 0.12 regular; 2026 is 0.16 regular). Actually, the data shows a cut from the 2023 special era to a sustainable but low 12 cents, now nudged to 16 cents. However, given the 2.5x payout ratio and negative operating cash flow, this yield is unsustainable and will likely be cut again if earnings don't turn positive soon. Short-term, the statistical forecast is weak, and options flow suggests hedging against further drops rather than betting on a bounce. Long-term, the combination of deteriorating profitability, a bloated balance sheet, and a shrinking market share (patient loyalty issues) makes this a value trap. Avoid.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.040163
AutoETS0.040343
AutoARIMA0.055714
AutoTheta0.056514

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 33%
H-stat 0.41
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.001
Excess Kurtosis 0.91
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-24
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-25
Debt to Equity Ratio 1381.066
Revenue per Share 6.384
Market Cap 483,744,064
Trailing P/E 91.04
Forward P/E 20.81
Beta 0.37
Profit Margins 4.18%
Previous Name National Research Corporation
Website https://www.nrchealth.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:13 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning aggressively for downside protection, evidenced by massive open interest in deep out-of-the-money puts (strikes at 7.5 and 10) compared to negligible put volume. Conversely, call activity is skewed toward distant, speculative strikes (30 by December), suggesting a 'lottery ticket' mentality rather than a conviction in near-term recovery. Implied volatility is elevated on the downside strikes, indicating the market prices in a significant probability of further decline.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.77% 3.46% 3.31% 2.64%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-26 0.16 0.768861
2026-03-27 0.16 0.934034
2025-12-26 0.16 0.857449
2025-09-26 0.12 0.902256
2025-06-27 0.12 0.719856
2025-03-28 0.12 0.929512
2024-12-27 0.12 0.688468
2024-09-27 0.12 0.535954
2024-06-28 0.12 0.522876
2024-03-27 0.12 0.304569
2023-12-28 0.12 0.304491
2023-09-28 0.12 0.269360
2023-09-15 1.00 2.188184
2023-06-29 0.12 0.274286
2023-03-30 0.12 0.281294
2022-12-29 0.12 0.323276
2022-09-29 0.24 0.594796
2022-06-29 0.24 0.625652
2022-03-30 0.24 0.617602
2021-12-29 0.12 0.284562
2021-09-29 0.12 0.277906
2021-06-29 0.12 0.259067
2021-04-16 0.12 0.253700
2020-03-30 0.21 0.468436
2019-12-30 0.21 0.319489
2019-09-27 0.19 0.329575
2019-06-27 0.19 0.343705
2019-03-28 0.19 0.491083
2018-12-28 0.69 1.784329
2018-09-27 0.17 0.434783
2018-06-28 0.17 0.449141
2018-03-28 0.10 0.344234
2017-12-28 0.10 0.267380
2017-09-28 0.10 0.263852
2017-06-28 0.10 0.366972
2017-03-29 0.10 0.519481
2016-12-28 0.10 0.555556
2016-09-28 0.08 0.511836
2016-06-28 0.08 0.588668
2016-03-29 0.08 0.523560
2015-12-29 0.44 2.727836
2015-09-28 0.06 0.503356
2015-06-26 0.06 0.416667
2015-03-27 0.06 0.415512
2014-12-29 0.06 0.428878
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.64
dividendYield 2.9
exDividendDate 2026-09-25
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.6
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.027260337
lastDividendValue 0.16
lastDividendDate 2026-06-26
dividendDate 2026-10-09

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.46051753
Address1 1,245 Q Street
All Time High 71.353
All Time Low 9.755
Ask 22.08
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 7
Average Daily Volume10 Day 127,280
Average Daily Volume3 Month 129,925
Average Volume 129,925
Average Volume10Days 127,280
Beta 0.367
Bid 21.83
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 7
Book Value 0.296
City Lincoln
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 10
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 21.85
Current Ratio 0.651
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 22.13
Day Low 21.805
Debt To Equity 1,381.066
Display Name National Research
Dividend Date 1,791,504,000
Dividend Rate 0.64
Dividend Yield 2.9
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,270,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,270,600
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,268,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,044,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,044,800
Ebitda 26,675,000
Ebitda Margins 0.19054002
Enterprise To Ebitda 21.384
Enterprise To Revenue 4.075
Enterprise Value 570,431,488
Eps Current Year 0.98
Eps Forward 1.05
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.24
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,790,294,400
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 21.0748
Fifty Day Average Change 0.7751999
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.03678326
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 46.051754
Fifty Two Week High 23.68
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.8299999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0772804
Fifty Two Week Low 11.014
Fifty Two Week Low Change 10.836
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.9838388
Fifty Two Week Range 11.014 - 23.68
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,369,315,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.06
Float Shares 11,815,609
Forward Eps 1.05
Forward P E 20.809525
Free Cashflow 20,282,000
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 357
Fullday Change -0.16
Fullday Change Percent -0.726942
Fullday Price 21.85
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.61749
Gross Profits 86,447,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.49787998
Held Percent Institutions 0.50377
Implied Shares Outstanding 22,139,315
Industry Health Information Services
Industry Disp Health Information Services
Industry Key health-information-services
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,782,432,000
Last Dividend Value 0.16
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary NRC Health provides analytics and insights to measure and improve patient and employee experience for healthcare organizations in the United States. The company offers market experience solutions, a subscription-based services for improved tracking of awareness, perception, and consistency of healthcare brands; assessment of differentiators; and segmentation tools to evaluate the needs, wants, and behaviors of communities through assessments. It also provides patient experience solutions, a cross-continuum multi-mode digital platform that collects and measures data to improve patient experience, engagement, and loyalty; employee experience solutions, which combines health care with technology comprising engagement, pulse, lifecycle, culture of safety, and magnet RN satisfaction; and consumer experience solution that offers online reputation solutions, community insights, and cross-journey listening through nGage. In addition, the company offers Huey, an AI engine built for Human Understanding that serves as a healthcare experience management companion; and governance solutions provided through national conferences, publications, advisory services, and an online portal for not-for-profit health system boards of directors, executives, and physician leadership. Further, it provides patient experience, service recovery, care transitions, employee engagement, reputation management, rounding, and brand loyalty. The company was formerly known as National Research Corporation and changed its name to NRC Health April 2026. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Long Name NRC Health
Market us_market
Market Cap 483,744,064
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_366847
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Name Change Date 2,026-08-29
Net Income To Common 5,483,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 488,400,017
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 22.05
Operating Cashflow 29,509,000
Operating Margins -0.0022
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 2.5
Peg Ratio 1.32
Phone 402 475 2525
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 21.85
Post Market Time 1,787,959,806
Prev Name National Research Corporation
Previous Close 22.01
Price Eps Current Year 22.295918
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 73.817566
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.455389
Profit Margins 0.041840002
Quick Ratio 0.486
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.16
Regular Market Change Percent -0.726942
Regular Market Day High 22.13
Regular Market Day Low 21.805
Regular Market Day Range 21.805 - 22.13
Regular Market Open 22.05
Regular Market Previous Close 22.01
Regular Market Price 21.85
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 84,322
Return On Assets 0.08127
Return On Equity 0.42027
Revenue Growth 0.04
Revenue Per Share 6.384
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 22,139,315
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0251
Shares Short 554,321
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 520,821
Short Name NRC Health
Short Percent Of Float 0.23030001
Short Ratio 5.12
Source Interval 15
State NE
Symbol NRC
Target High Price 26.0
Target Low Price 26.0
Target Mean Price 26.0
Target Median Price 26.0
Total Cash 3,327,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.15
Total Debt 90,446,000
Total Revenue 139,996,992
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.6
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.027260337
Trailing Eps 0.24
Trailing P E 91.04167
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 18.390976
Two Hundred Day Average Change 3.4590244
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.1880827
Type Disp Equity
Volume 84,322
Website https://www.nrchealth.com
Zip 68,508