---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-025966"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NHC"
cik: "0001047335"
company_name: "NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP"
filed_at: "2022-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T06:28:42.248168+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NHC Q3 GAAP net loss $2.4M; adjusted EPS $0.50 down 48% YoY as stimulus fades

## Summary
- Q3 GAAP net loss $2.43M ($0.16 diluted loss per share) vs $3.35M loss ($0.22 loss) prior year.
- Adjusted EPS $0.50 vs $0.96, down 48% YoY; decline driven by $10.4M less government stimulus and wage inflation.
- Net operating revenues $270.8M, down 2.1% YoY; same-facility revenues up 3.8% excluding government stimulus.
- Quarterly dividend $0.57 per share; payable Feb 1, 2023 to holders of record Dec 30, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-025966
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NHC
- cik: 0001047335
- company_name: NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP
- filed_at: 2022-11-04T23:59:59+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/1047335/000143774922025966/0001437749-22-025966-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774922025966/nhc20221103_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-025966.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP reported quarter ended September 30, 2022 results: revenue $270,843,000, net income $2,429,000, EPS $0.16.
  - Period: quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Revenue: $270,843,000
  - Net income: $2,429,000
  - EPS: $0.16
  - Result: reported results
  source text: oldest publicly traded senior health care company, announced today net operating revenues and government stimulus income for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 totaled $270,843,000 compared to $276,737,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, a decrease of 2.1%. The net operating revenues decrease during the third quarter of 2022 was primarily driven by
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774922025966/0001437749-22-025966-index.htm

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