Why is $NHC stock up today?

National Healthcare Corp. · Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities

Why is $NHC up today?

The likely driver

For release: August 6, 2026

NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP: For release: August 6, 2026

SEC filing · Aug 11

The numbers behind the move

Short interest

41.7% of float

Days to cover

7.3d

Float

1.8M · Low

Float rotation

0.1x

NHC: 41.7% of the float is sold short (7.3 days to cover), a low 1.8M-share float.

Price

$223.11

Move today

+0.3%

Volume vs avg

0.0x

Scanner alerts today

Flagged in 30 days

Market cap

$3.5B

Prev close

$222.44

Avg volume

118K

Today’s scanner timeline

2:23 PMBig % mover alert
1:43 PMBig % mover alert
1:04 PMBig % mover alert
12:06 PMBig % mover alert
12:06 PMUnusual volume (RVOL) alert
10:51 AMUnusual volume (RVOL) alert

Unusual-volume alerts often fire before the news is widely reported. This is when our scanner first flagged NHC today.

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