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National HealthCare Corp (AMEX:NHC)

CAPS Rating: 5 out of 5

The Company's principal business is to operate long-term health care centers with associated assisted living and independent living centers.

Current Price $46.07 Mkt Cap $637.24M
Open $46.42 P/E Ratio 8.70
Prev. Close $46.90 Div. (Yield) 1.20 (2.90%)
Daily Range $46.01 - $46.80 Volume 16,294
52-Wk Range $29.97 - $53.08 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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Top NHC Bull/Bear Pitches

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Geofiz (79.61)
Submitted August 05, 2010

The potential for a drop in revenue due to 'Obamacare' is now built in to the stock price. Looking beyond that, we see an absolutely stellar balance sheet, very high insider ownership, almost nonexistent analyst coverage, an excellent dividend, and… More

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Jeffrey2012 (< 20)
Submitted September 06, 2011

Not a good idea to be purchasing health care stocks when so many changes are looming. Playing with fire and it's not even cheap.

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Member Avatar SoonFool (33.97) Submitted: 1/3/2012 2:34:01 PM : Outperform Start Price: $43.64 NHC Score: +0.54

Good ratios compared to its peers. Liked that it has a dividend.

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Member Avatar GMoneyCaps (97.95) Submitted: 12/13/2011 8:58:46 PM : Outperform Start Price: $40.75 NHC Score: +3.42

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Member Avatar Jeffrey2012 (< 20) Submitted: 9/6/2011 11:42:35 AM : Underperform Start Price: $32.03 NHC Score: -27.70

Not a good idea to be purchasing health care stocks when so many changes are looming. Playing with fire and it's not even cheap.

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Score Leader

thewindowlicker

thewindowlicker (29.03) Score: +33.10

The Score Leader is the player with the highest score across all their picks in NHC.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
JaredCarr < 20 8/8/2011 Outperform 5Y $31.18 +47.74% +14.93% +32.82 0 Comment
drax2799 76.07 8/11/2011 Outperform 3Y $31.11 +48.07% +18.63% +29.44 0 Comment
WhartonFool11 97.26 4/12/2010 Outperform 5Y $33.36 +38.12% +12.25% +25.87 0 Comment
zircom 30.27 9/26/2011 Outperform 3M $32.41 +42.16% +17.12% +25.04 0 Comment
murfvol 74.49 4/16/2010 Outperform 3Y $33.95 +35.68% +11.17% +24.51 0 Comment
retiren20 72.05 3/22/2010 Outperform 3Y $33.41 +37.88% +16.52% +21.36 0 Comment
TurtleCreekCapit < 20 1/11/2010 Outperform 5Y $33.95 +35.69% +16.75% +18.94 0 Comment
szgabor < 20 1/11/2010 Outperform 5Y $33.95 +35.69% +16.75% +18.94 0 Comment
Beginner110 46.26 8/25/2011 Outperform 3Y $35.00 +31.63% +13.17% +18.46 1 Comment
OklaBoston < 20 10/24/2011 Outperform NS $36.39 +26.62% +8.21% +18.41 0 Comment
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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackMorganKeeg 84.03 12/11/2008 Outperform NS $42.55 +3.46% +45.69% -42.23 8/1/2011 @ $44.02 0 Comment

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