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NHC vs SSY

Side-by-side comparison of National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) and SunLink Health Systems Inc. (SSY): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both NHC and SSY operate in Hospital/Nursing Management (Health Care), so they compete in similar markets.
  • NHC is the larger of the two at $2.94B, about 315.2x SSY ($9.3M).
  • Over the past year, NHC is up 77.3% and SSY is up 34.0% - NHC leads by 43.4 points.
  • NHC has hit the wire 12 times in the past 4 weeks while SSY has been quiet.
PerformanceNHC+15.72%SSY+33.96%
2026-03-26+0.00%2026-06-04
MetricNHCSSY
Company
National HealthCare Corporation
SunLink Health Systems Inc.
Price
$186.44+0.14%
$1.14+17.89%
Market cap
$2.94B
$9.3M
1M return
+11.52%
+11.22%
1Y return
+77.31%
+33.96%
Industry
Hospital/Nursing Management
Hospital/Nursing Management
Exchange
AMEX
AMEX
IPO
1986
News (4w)
12
0
Recent ratings
0
0
NHC

National HealthCare Corporation

National HealthCare Corporation operates, manages, and provides services to skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, independent living facilities, home health care programs, and a behavioral health hospital. Its skilled nursing facilities offer licensed therapy services, nutrition services, social services, activities, and housekeeping and laundry services, as well as medical services prescribed by physicians; and rehabilitative services, such as physical, speech, respiratory, and occupational therapy for patients recovering from strokes, heart attacks, orthopedic conditions, neurological illnesses, or other illnesses, injuries, or disabilities. The company's medical specialty units comprise memory care units and subacute nursing units that provide specialized care and programs for persons with Alzheimer's or related disorders; and assisted living centers offer personal care services and assistance with general activities of daily living, such as dressing, bathing, meal preparation, and medication management. It also owns, leases, and manages independent living facilities that provide specially designed residential units for the active and ambulatory elderly, as well as offers various ancillary services for its residents, including restaurants, activity rooms, and social areas. In addition, it provides health care programs that offer skilled services, such as infusion, wound care and physical, occupational, and speech therapies; operates pharmacies; offers managed care insurance, management, accounting, financial, and insurance, as well as geriatric behavioral health services; and leases its properties to third party operators. As of December 31, 2020, the company operated 75 skilled nursing facilities with 9,463 licensed beds; 24 assisted living facilities; 5 independent living facilities; 35 homecare programs; and 4 pharmacy locations, as well as a 16-bed behavioral health hospital. National HealthCare Corporation was founded in 1971 and is based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

SSY

SunLink Health Systems Inc.

SunLink Health Systems, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides healthcare products and services in the southeastern United States. It operates through two segments, Healthcare Services and Pharmacy. The Healthcare Services segment owns and operates an 84-bed community hospital, which includes an 18-bed geriatric psychiatry unit and a 66-bed nursing home in Mississippi; as well as offers information technology services. This segment also owns unimproved lands. The Pharmacy segment offers institutional and non-institutional pharmacy services; and durable medical equipment products and services, which consist of the sale and rental of products for institutional clients or to patients in institutional settings and patient-administered home care, as well as retail pharmacy products and services. SunLink Health Systems, Inc. was founded in 1959 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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