NRC Health

NRC

Medical - Healthcare Information Services · Healthcare

Price

$21.78

-0.16 (-0.73%)

Market Cap

$490.8M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−12.7% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 25.6M (2021) → 22.4M (2025)

National Research Corporation provides analytics and insights that facilitate measurement and enhancement of the patient and employee experience in the United States and Canada. Its portfolio of subscription-based solutions provides actionable information and analysis to healthcare organizations across a range of mission-critical, constituent-related elements, including patient experience, service recovery, care transitions, health risk assessments, employee engagement, reputation management, an

Winston Score History

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Quality

Gross Margin

54.6%

Healthy — 54.6% gross margin

Operating Margin

16.0%

Healthy — 16.0% operating margin

ROCE

6.1%

Weak — 6.1% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-1.9%

Shrinking sales (-1.9% YoY)

EPS YoY

-60.4%

Earnings shrinking (-60.4% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

299%

Turns 299% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

12.6%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (12.6%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

5.78

Heavy debt load (5.78)

Interest Cover

3.82x

Tight — interest eats into profit (3.8x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

53.4x

Expensive — P/E 53.4

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

+28.0

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (53.4 → 25.5)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

2.68%

Moderate income — 2.68% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth

+25.0%

Dividend growing fast (25.0% YoY)

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