---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-004621"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NHC"
cik: "0001047335"
company_name: "NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP"
filed_at: "2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T23:46:01.931747+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NHC 2023 GAAP EPS $4.34 vs $1.45; adjusted EPS $3.55; revenue up 5.1% to $1.14B

## Summary
- Full-year GAAP net income $66.8M ($4.34 diluted EPS) vs $22.4M ($1.45) in 2022.
- Adjusted net income $54.9M ($3.55 adjusted EPS) up 47% from $37.3M ($2.42) in 2022.
- Net operating revenues and grant income $1.14B, up 5.1% YoY; same-facility revenue up 11.3%.
- Q4 GAAP net income $28.4M ($1.83 EPS) vs $6.4M ($0.41) in Q4 2022; adjusted Q4 EPS $1.03 vs $0.72.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-004621
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NHC
- cik: 0001047335
- company_name: NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP
- filed_at: 2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774924004621/0001437749-24-004621-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774924004621/nhc20240215_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-004621
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-004621.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-004621.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP reported the quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: net income $28,406,000, EPS $1.83.
  - Period: the quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Net income: $28,406,000
  - EPS: $1.83
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the quarter ended December 31, 2023, the reported GAAP net income attributable to NHC was $28,406,000 compared to $6,353,000 for the same period in 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774924004621/0001437749-24-004621-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP reported the year ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $1,141,544,000, net income $66,798,000, EPS $4.34.
  - Period: the year ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $1,141,544,000
  - Net income: $66,798,000
  - EPS: $4.34
  - Result: reported results
  source text: announced today net operating revenues and grant income for the year ended December 31, 2023 totaled $1,141,544,000 compared to $1,085,738,000 for the year ended December 31, 2022, an increase of 5.1%.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774924004621/0001437749-24-004621-index.htm

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