---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-030911"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NRC"
cik: "0000070487"
company_name: "NRC HEALTH"
filed_at: "2023-11-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T11:58:18.544864+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Research Q3 EPS $0.32 vs $0.33 YoY; HUP adopted by 91 orgs

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $0.32 for Q3 2023, down from $0.33 in Q3 2022.
- New sales grew YoY; Human Understanding Program adopted by 91 healthcare organizations.
- Sequential quarterly operating margin improvement in last two quarters; focus on returning to historical margins.
- Net debt ~$20M; $25M revolver available; paid $27.5M dividends, $310K buybacks in Q3.
- Spent $3.7M on innovation and growth investments during quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-030911
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NRC
- cik: 0000070487
- company_name: NRC HEALTH
- filed_at: 2023-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70487/000143774923030911/0001437749-23-030911-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70487/000143774923030911/nrc20231108_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-030911.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NRC HEALTH reported third quarter ended September 30, 2023 results: EPS $0.32.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - EPS: $0.32
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Diluted earnings per share decreased to $0.32 for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, from diluted earnings per share of $0.33 for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70487/000143774923030911/0001437749-23-030911-index.htm

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