---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-003015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NHC"
cik: "0001047335"
company_name: "NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP"
filed_at: "2023-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T17:29:52.711529+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National HealthCare declares $0.57 quarterly dividend

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend set at $0.57 per common share.
- Record date: March 31, 2023; payable May 1, 2023.
- NHC is the nation's oldest publicly traded long-term health care company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-003015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NHC
- cik: 0001047335
- company_name: NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP
- filed_at: 2023-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774923003015/0001437749-23-003015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774923003015/nhc20230209_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-003015.txt

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