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NRC Health (NRC)

Healthcare | Health Information Services | Lincoln, United States | NasdaqGS
21.83 USD +0.18 (0.831%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 2:38 a.m. EDT

The long-term investment case is severely compromised by a deteriorating business trajectory. Despite a recent surge in headlines, the underlying reality shows five consecutive years of negative annual returns, with the last two years representing a brutal structural decline. The company is hemorrhaging clients, with operating costs eating into margins and earnings growth plummeting by nearly half year-over-year. The balance sheet is fragile, carrying debt nearly 580 times its equity, which makes any further operational stumble potentially fatal. While the stock trades at a low multiple relative to its historical highs, this is the market correctly pricing in a value trap where the business quality has eroded significantly. The dividend, though yielding nearly 3%, is unsustainable given the payout ratio exceeds 140%; the company is paying out more than it earns, likely burning through cash reserves to maintain the payout. On the short end, the technicals show a recent bounce off lows, but the overwhelming options activity—specifically the massive concentration of deep out-of-the-money puts—signals that smart money is betting on a continuation of this decline rather than a recovery.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.134728
AutoTheta0.142326
MSTL0.142799
AutoETS0.147752

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 38%
H-stat 3.92
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.594
Excess Kurtosis 0.60
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-06-25
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-25
Debt to Equity Ratio 578.229
Revenue per Share 6.276
Market Cap 491,976,064
Trailing P/E 55.97
Forward P/E 20.40
Beta 0.38
Profit Margins 6.52%
Previous Name National Research Corporation
Website https://www.nrchealth.com

As of July 11, 2026, 2:38 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for a significant downside move. Deep out-of-the-money puts (strikes 7.5 and 10) dominate the open interest profile for September and December expirations, while call volume is concentrated in deep out-of-the-money strikes (30) far above the current price. This asymmetry suggests a 'bear put spread' strategy or a hedge against a potential collapse rather than a bullish momentum play.


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 0.6
dividendYield 2.77
exDividendDate 2026-06-26
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.56
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.025866052
lastDividendValue 0.16
lastDividendDate 2026-06-26
dividendDate 2026-07-10

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.4076723
Address1 1,245 Q Street
All Time High 71.353
All Time Low 9.755
Ask 27.99
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 7
Average Daily Volume10 Day 107,300
Average Daily Volume3 Month 124,067
Average Volume 124,067
Average Volume10Days 107,300
Beta 0.378
Bid 15.96
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 7
Book Value 0.599
City Lincoln
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 10
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 21.83
Current Ratio 0.519
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 22.27
Day Low 21.24
Debt To Equity 578.229
Display Name National Research
Dividend Date 1,783,641,600
Dividend Rate 0.6
Dividend Yield 2.77
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,268,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,268,800
Earnings Growth -0.44
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.443
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,268,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,268,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,268,800
Ebitda 34,602,000
Ebitda Margins 0.24958
Enterprise To Ebitda 16.4
Enterprise To Revenue 4.093
Enterprise Value 567,461,056
Eps Current Year 0.81
Eps Forward 1.07
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.39
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,782,432,000
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 19.5574
Fifty Day Average Change 2.2726002
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.11620155
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 40.767227
Fifty Two Week High 23.0
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.1700001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.05086957
Fifty Two Week Low 11.014
Fifty Two Week Low Change 10.816
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.9820229
Fifty Two Week Range 11.014 - 23.0
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,369,315,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.06
Float Shares 12,232,919
Forward Eps 1.07
Forward P E 20.401869
Free Cashflow 19,732,250
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 357
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.61801
Gross Profits 85,682,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.48866
Held Percent Institutions 0.49618
Implied Shares Outstanding 22,536,696
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 491,976,064
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_366847
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Name Change Date 2,026-07-13
Net Income To Common 8,594,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 492,877,541
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 21.83
Operating Cashflow 26,984,000
Operating Margins 0.16001
Overall Risk 8
Payout Ratio 1.4359
Peg Ratio 1.32
Phone 402 475 2525
Prev Name National Research Corporation
Previous Close 21.65
Price Eps Current Year 26.950617
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 36.444077
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.5485356
Profit Margins 0.065170005
Quick Ratio 0.362
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.18
Regular Market Change Percent 0.83141
Regular Market Day High 22.27
Regular Market Day Low 21.24
Regular Market Day Range 21.24 - 22.27
Regular Market Open 21.83
Regular Market Previous Close 21.65
Regular Market Price 21.83
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,800
Regular Market Volume 54,906
Return On Assets 0.12212
Return On Equity 0.41861
Revenue Growth 0.037
Revenue Per Share 6.276
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 22,536,696
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0208
Shares Short 468,676
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 466,579
Short Name NRC Health
Short Percent Of Float 0.16600001
Short Ratio 2.71
Source Interval 15
State NE
Symbol NRC
Target High Price 23.0
Target Low Price 23.0
Target Mean Price 23.0
Target Median Price 23.0
Total Cash 2,547,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.113
Total Debt 78,032,000
Total Revenue 138,642,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.56
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.025866052
Trailing Eps 0.39
Trailing P E 55.97436
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 16.953875
Two Hundred Day Average Change 4.8761253
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.28761128
Type Disp Equity
Volume 54,906
Website https://www.nrchealth.com
Zip 68,508