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NRC Health (NRC)

Healthcare | Health Information Services | Lincoln, United States | NasdaqGS
20.17 USD -0.24 (-1.176%) ⇩ (Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 2:34 a.m. EDT

The investment case for NRC Health is currently broken by a severe disconnect between its reported profitability and its actual financial reality. While the headline numbers show a 42% return on equity, the operating margins are negative, and the company is posting net losses despite rising revenue. This suggests the high ROE is an accounting artifact, likely driven by a depressed book value rather than genuine operational efficiency. The balance sheet is dangerously impaired, with debt-to-equity exceeding 1,300%, meaning the company is leveraged against a tiny equity base. The price action confirms this distress; the stock has erased nearly 60% of its value over the last two years and is now trading at a trailing P/E of 85x, a valuation that makes no sense for a company losing money on operations. The recent surge in put buying reflects the market's growing realization that the 'value' here is an illusion. While the dividend yield looks attractive at 3%, it is a trap; the payout ratio is unsustainable given the losses, and cutting the dividend is inevitable if the debt burden forces a restructuring. The statistical models see no short-term bounce, and the options flow screams capitulation. This is a classic value trap where the fundamentals are deteriorating faster than the price can fall.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.038134
AutoETS0.038409
MSTL0.038433
AutoTheta0.038501

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 41%
H-stat 0.27
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.086
Excess Kurtosis -0.10
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-24
Last Dividend Date 2026-09-24
Debt to Equity Ratio 1381.066
Revenue per Share 6.384
Market Cap 446,550,016
Trailing P/E 84.04
Forward P/E 19.21
Beta 0.28
Profit Margins 4.18%
Previous Name National Research Corporation
Website https://www.nrchealth.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 2:34 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for downside protection rather than upside participation. Put open interest is heavily concentrated deep out-of-the-money (strikes at 7.5 and 10.0), suggesting a fear of a significant collapse to multi-year lows. Conversely, call activity is sparse and focused on near-term strikes around the current price, with very little interest in higher strikes (e.g., 30.0), indicating a lack of conviction in a recovery.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.82% 3.38% 2.76% 2.75%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-09-25 0.16 0.817578
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
dividendYield 3.17
exDividendDate 2026-09-25
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.6
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.029397355
lastDividendValue 0.16
lastDividendDate 2026-09-25
dividendDate 2026-10-09

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.77170134
Address1 1,245 Q Street
All Time High 71.353
All Time Low 9.755
Ask 25.98
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 7
Average Daily Volume10 Day 104,580
Average Daily Volume3 Month 115,321
Average Volume 115,321
Average Volume10Days 104,580
Beta 0.282
Bid 14.72
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 20.17
Current Ratio 0.651
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 20.59
Day Low 20.0788
Debt To Equity 1,381.066
Dividend Date 1,791,504,000
Dividend Yield 3.17
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,793,131,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,793,131,200
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,131,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,131,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,131,200
Ebitda 26,675,000
Ebitda Margins 0.19054002
Enterprise To Ebitda 19.991
Enterprise To Revenue 3.809
Enterprise Value 533,270,656
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 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 21.0124
Fifty Day Average Change -0.8423996
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.040090594
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 77.170135
Fifty Two Week High 23.68
Fifty Two Week High Change -3.5100002
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.14822637
Fifty Two Week Low 11.014
Fifty Two Week Low Change 9.156
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.8313056
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 1.85
Float Shares 11,815,609
Forward Eps 1.05
Forward P E 19.209524
Free Cashflow 20,282,000
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 357
Fullday Change -0.23999977
Fullday Change Percent -1.1758931
Fullday Price 20.17
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.61749
Gross Profits 86,447,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.49787998
Held Percent Institutions 0.50416
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 1,790,294,400
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 446,550,016
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_366847
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Name Change Date 2,026-10-14
Net Income To Common 5,483,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 477,340,234
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 20.58
Operating Cashflow 29,509,000
Operating Margins -0.0022
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 2.5
Peg Ratio 1.32
Phone 402 475 2525
Prev Name National Research Corporation
Previous Close 20.41
Price Eps Current Year 20.581633
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 68.14189
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.1897116
Profit Margins 0.041840002
Quick Ratio 0.486
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.24
Regular Market Change Percent -1.17589
Regular Market Day High 20.59
Regular Market Day Low 20.0788
Regular Market Day Range 20.0788 - 20.59
Regular Market Open 20.58
Regular Market Previous Close 20.41
Regular Market Price 20.17
Regular Market Time 1,791,921,600
Regular Market Volume 58,929
Return On Assets 0.08127
Return On Equity 0.42027
Revenue Growth 0.04
Revenue Per Share 6.384
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17502642
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 22,139,315
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.031
Shares Short 685,621
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 636,681
Short Name NRC Health
Short Percent Of Float 0.2849
Short Ratio 5.38
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 0.029397355
Trailing Eps 0.24
Trailing P E 84.04167
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 19.0161
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.1539001
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.06068017
Type Disp Equity
Volume 58,929
Website https://www.nrchealth.com
Zip 68,508