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Nutex Health

NUTX
$171.41
▲ +2%since Benson's first pick

Market price data through November 12, 2026.

Performance

Nov 2021 – Nov 2026

Benson's first pick
$0$2,160$4,320$6,480Nov 2021Feb 2023May 2024Aug 2025Nov 2026Benson picked · $167.96
Model signal
Buy
What Benson's model currently says about this stock.
Benson rating
4.6 / 5
Benson's overall conviction in this stock right now.
Risk
High risk
How bumpy the ride tends to be with this stock.

Track record

How this pick has done since Benson first called it.

Benson Return
+2%
How much this stock is up since Benson first picked it — measured from the price at the time of that first pick, not from today.
First pick price
~$168
Roughly what one share cost when Benson first picked this stock. This is the starting line for the Benson Return.
Tracking since
May 2025
The month this stock first became a Benson pick.
Tracking duration
17 months
How long Benson has been tracking this pick.

About Nutex Health

Nutex Health runs 27 hospital facilities across 12 states, most of them small emergency hospitals in fast growing suburbs, plus a network of primary care doctor practices. Think of them as neighborhood ERs built where the nearest big hospital is a long drive away, and those hospitals bring in nearly all of the company's money.

The case for and against

Both sides of the story, in plain English.

Bull case
  • Profit Turnaround

    Nutex earned 65.8 million dollars in the second quarter of 2026, or 9.38 dollars a share, after losing 17.7 million dollars a year earlier. Adjusted earnings rose to 90 million dollars from 71.6 million. In the first half, cash from operations climbed to 109.7 million dollars from 78.2 million.

  • Crowds and Cash

    Hospital visits rose 9.6% in the quarter to nearly 50,000, and visits at hospitals open since 2024 grew 6.3%. Cash on hand reached 205 million dollars at the end of June, up from 186 million at the start of the year, even after the company spent about 51 million dollars buying back its own shares.

Bear case
  • Tougher Comparison

    Total revenue fell 13.6% in the second quarter of 2026 to 210.8 million dollars, and hospital revenue dropped 14.6%. That is measured against a record 2025, when early wins in insurer payment disputes sent revenue soaring, up 214% in the first quarter alone, and those wins are not repeating. Falling sales alongside rising profit means part of the profit story is cleanup, not growth.

  • Rule Book Risk

    Much of Nutex's revenue comes from settling billing fights with insurers under the federal No Surprises Act, and the company flags rule changes as a risk. Its books have needed fixing too, from a corrected early 2025 report that changed how 20.7 million dollars of stock pay was counted, to a 52.3 million dollar adjustment this year. Add a stock that swings about twice as hard as the market, and this is a bumpy ride.

How to read this page

This automated research summary uses Financial Modeling Prep market data through 2026-11-12. Model signals, scores, and risk labels can change and may be incomplete or wrong.

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