---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-015875"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NHC"
cik: "0001047335"
company_name: "NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T03:15:46.290681+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NHC Q1 2024 revenue $297M (+10.2%), adjusted EPS $0.97 vs $0.79

## Summary
- Revenue $297.2M, up 10.2% YoY; GAAP net income $26.2M ($1.69 diluted EPS) vs $11.7M ($0.76).
- Adjusted net income $15.0M (+24.7%); adjusted diluted EPS $0.97 vs $0.79.
- Unrealized gains on marketable equity securities drove difference between GAAP and adjusted results.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-015875
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NHC
- cik: 0001047335
- company_name: NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-10T23:59:59+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/1047335/000143774924015875/0001437749-24-015875-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774924015875/nhc20240509c_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-015875.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP reported the quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $297,176,000, net income $26,213,000, EPS $1.69.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $297,176,000
  - Net income: $26,213,000
  - EPS: $1.69
  - Result: reported results
  source text: (NYSE American: NHC), the nation's oldest publicly traded senior health care company, announced today net operating revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2024 totaled $297,176,000 compared to $269,563,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, an increase of 10.2%. For the quarter ended March 31, 2024, the reported GAAP net income attributable to NHC was
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774924015875/0001437749-24-015875-index.htm

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