NYSE:CYHCommunity Health Systems Stock Price, Forecast & News

Community Health Systems' stock was trading at $3.56 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CYH shares have decreased by 7.3% and is now trading at $3.30. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Community Health Systems in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Community Health Systems.

Community Health Systems is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Community Health Systems.

Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The company reported ($1.59) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.57) by $1.02. The company had revenue of $3.03 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.17 billion. The business's revenue was down 10.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.53) earnings per share. View Community Health Systems' earnings history.

6 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Community Health Systems' stock. Their forecasts range from $3.00 to $8.00. On average, they expect Community Health Systems' stock price to reach $5.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 51.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Community Health Systems.

Media headlines about CYH stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Community Health Systems earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Community Health Systems.

Community Health Systems saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 13,610,000 shares, a decrease of 9.3% from the May 31st total of 15,000,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,560,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.3 days. Approximately 12.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Community Health Systems' Current Options Chain.

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Community Health Systems trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CYH."

Shares of CYH can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CYH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $3.30.

Community Health Systems has a market capitalization of $394.91 million and generates $13.21 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-675,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.89) on an earnings per share basis. Community Health Systems employs 80,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Community Health Systems is www.chs.net.

Community Health Systems' mailing address is 4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD, FRANKLIN TN, 37067. The company can be reached via phone at 615-465-7000 or via email at [email protected]