---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-015872"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NHC"
cik: "0001047335"
company_name: "NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T03:15:34.646072+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NHC raises quarterly dividend to $0.61 per share, a 3.4% increase

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend of $0.61 per common share declared, up 3.4% from prior quarter.
- Record date June 28, 2024; payable August 1, 2024.
- The dividend increase follows NHC's long-term track record as the oldest publicly traded long-term care company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-015872
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NHC
- cik: 0001047335
- company_name: NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774924015872/0001437749-24-015872-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774924015872/nhc20240509_8k.htm

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