Community Health Systems Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:CYH)

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

Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 5th. The company reported ($0.47) EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.52) by $0.05. The business earned $3.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.20 billion. The company's quarterly revenue was down 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted ($0.01) EPS. View Community Health Systems' Earnings History.

Community Health Systems is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Community Health Systems.

Community Health Systems will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Community Health Systems updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, August, 5th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $(2.00)-(1.65) for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of ($1.70). The company issued revenue guidance of $12.90-13.20 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $12.96 billion.

6 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Community Health Systems' stock. Their predictions range from $2.00 to $5.00. On average, they anticipate Community Health Systems' stock price to reach $3.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 21.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Community Health Systems.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Community Health Systems in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings and 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Community Health Systems.

News stories about CYH stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Community Health Systems earned a news impact score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Community Health Systems.

Community Health Systems saw a decrease in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 23,260,000 shares, a decrease of 6.2% from the August 15th total of 24,790,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,530,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.2 days. Currently, 20.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Community Health Systems' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Community Health Systems include HCA Healthcare (HCA), Universal Health Services (UHS), Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Select Medical (SEM), The Ensign Group (ENSG), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), National HealthCare (NHC), Hanger (HNGR), Capital Senior Living (CSU), Five Star Senior Living (FVE), Chindex International (CHDX), Emeritus (ESC) and Encompass Health (EHC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Community Health Systems investors own include HCA Healthcare (HCA), Ford Motor (F), Williams Partners (WPZ), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Intel (INTC), General Electric (GE), AT&T (T), Celgene (CELG), Caesars Entertainment (CZR) and Bausch Health Companies (BHC).

Community Health Systems' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%). Company insiders that own Community Health Systems stock include Benjamin C Fordham, James S Ely III, Michael Dinkins, Patton Paul Smith, Thomas J Aaron, Tian Qiao Chen and Wayne T Smith. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Community Health Systems.

CYH stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Community Health Systems stock in the last two years include Benjamin C Fordham, James S Ely III, Michael Dinkins, Patton Paul Smith, Thomas J Aaron, Tian Qiao Chen and Wayne T Smith. View Insider Buying and Selling for Community Health Systems.

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 $4.46.

Community Health Systems has a market capitalization of $526.50 million and generates $14.16 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-788,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.94) on an earnings per share basis. Community Health Systems employs 87,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Community Health Systems.

The official website for Community Health Systems is http://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]