---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000877860-23-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NHI"
cik: "0000877860"
company_name: "NATIONAL HEALTH INVESTORS INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T07:35:07.378758+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NHI Q4 net income $0.04/diluted share; new $160M buyback; 2023 FFO guidance $4.24-$4.30

## Summary
- Q4 2022 net income $0.04/diluted share vs $0.14 YoY; full year $1.48 vs $2.44.
- NAREIT FFO per diluted share Q4 $0.74 vs $1.07; full year $3.55 vs $4.62.
- Q4 loan and realty losses $22.0M including $8.7M credit loss reserve and $13.3M impairments.
- New $160M stock repurchase plan replaces $240M plan; 2.5M shares repurchased at avg $61.56 in 2022.
- 2023 guidance: NAREIT FFO per diluted share $4.24-$4.30; Normalized FAD $185.3-$187.9M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000877860-23-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NHI
- cik: 0000877860
- company_name: NATIONAL HEALTH INVESTORS INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/877860/000087786023000016/0000877860-23-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/877860/000087786023000016/nhi-20230221.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000877860-23-000016
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000877860-23-000016.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000877860-23-000016.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NATIONAL HEALTH INVESTORS INC reported financial results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: the three months and year ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 21, 2023, National Health Investors, Inc. issued a press release announcing its earnings for the quarter ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/877860/000087786023000016/0000877860-23-000016-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.