National Research Corporation
NRC scores 25.5 on the Conservative profile, blending a fundamental score (80% weight, emphasizing quality and stability (84% of fundamental weight)) with a machine-learning signal (20% weight) trained on 82 features across 30 years of data.
Net penalties of -15.0 points significantly impact the ranking. Without these adjustments, NRC would rank considerably higher.
These features are direct inputs to the machine learning model. The model was trained on these signals alongside 100 features (including 12 momentum/technical indicators) to produce the ML percentile score.
| Stock | Score | P/E | Rev Growth | Margin | Mkt Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRC | 25.5 | 25.7 | -4.0% | 8.4% | $310M |
| INCY | 89.9 | 15.8 | 21.2% | 25.0% | $20.2B |
| GMAB | 86.1 | 13.1 | 22.8% | 36.4% | $18.1B |
| CPRX | 83.7 | 13.7 | 23.5% | 37.6% | $2.9B |
| ASND | 78.3 | 16.6 | 98.0% | -31.7% | $14.0B |
| EXEL | 78.3 | 15.1 | 7.0% | 33.7% | $11.9B |
| VRTX | 78.2 | 32.1 | 8.9% | 32.9% | $125.2B |
| NBIX | 75.1 | 26.5 | 21.4% | 16.7% | $13.3B |
| RPRX | 75.0 | 25.1 | 5.1% | 32.4% | $19.8B |
| HOLX | 74.8 | 31.1 | 1.7% | 13.8% | $16.8B |
| AMGN | 74.2 | 26.0 | 10.0% | 21.0% | $210.2B |
| ARGX | 73.7 | 35.1 | 78.6% | 38.0% | $48.0B |
| REGN | 73.0 | 19.4 | 1.0% | 31.4% | $81.3B |
| ALKS | 72.9 | 16.5 | -6.4% | 23.9% | $5.0B |
| ISRG | 72.7 | 61.7 | 20.5% | 28.4% | $177.8B |
| KRYS | 71.5 | 41.4 | 473.0% | 30.7% | $8.0B |
| Sector Average | 36.6 | 41.9 | 161.5% | -3292.7% | โ |
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, and brand loyalty. The company also offers market insights solutions that allow the tracking of awareness, perception, and consistency of healthcare brands; assessment of competitive differentiators; and enhanced segmentation tools to evaluate needs, wants, and behaviors of communities through real-time competitive assessments and enhanced segmentation tools. In addition, it provides experience solutions, such as patient and resident experience, workforce engagement, health risk assessments, transitions, and improvement tools. Further, the company offers health risk assessment solutions that enable clients to segment populations and manage care for those who are most at risk, engage individuals, enhance preventative care, and manage wellness programs; and transitions solutions, which enable organizations to identify and manage high-risk patients to reduce readmissions, enhance patient satisfaction and support safe care transitions. Additionally, it provides transparency solutions that allow healthcare organizations to share picture of their organization and ensure content informs in consumer decision-making; and governance solutions for not-for-profit hospital and health system boards of directors, executives, and physician leadership. The company serves integrated health systems, post-acute providers, and payer organizations. National Research Corporation was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Stock is in a downtrend below the 200-day moving average. Price is below both the 50-day and 200-day SMAs, indicating sustained selling pressure.
Stage 4 downtrend โ price is below both SMA50 and SMA200 with a declining 200-day average. Capital preservation takes priority. Do not buy into a downtrend.
| Metric | Q4 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q1 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $35M | $35M | $34M | $34M |
| Gross Profit | $19M | $20M | $19M | $19M |
| Operating Income | $5M | $8M | $2M | $9M |
| Net Income | $2M | $4M | $-106,000 | $6M |
| EPS (Diluted) | $0.08 | $0.18 | $-0.00 | $0.25 |
| Gross Margin | 54.3% | 57.8% | 56.8% | 56.5% |
| Operating Margin | 13.3% | 22.4% | 4.7% | 25.6% |
| Net Margin | 5.1% | 11.9% | -0.3% | 17.2% |
This stock has limited trading volume and/or float. Institutional investors may face difficulty entering or exiting positions without significant price impact. A post-hoc penalty has been applied to the composite score (this is not a backtested model factor โ it is a practical tradability overlay).
| Year | Low | High | Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $39.27 | $55.67 | 34.5% | Moderate |
| 2022 | $30.93 | $42.96 | 32.6% | Moderate |
| 2023 | $37.19 | $47.60 | 24.6% | Narrow |
| 2024 | $16.74 | $42.18 | 86.4% | Wide |
| 2025 | $9.76 | $19.39 | 66.1% | Wide |
Growth estimates have been dampened based on technical and fundamental signals. This is a post-hoc adjustment to prevent overly optimistic projections for stocks showing declining momentum or deteriorating fundamentals.
Scores are generated by a multi-stage ML pipeline combining fundamental analysis, ensemble predictions, and structural risk signals. All data is for research purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.