Community Health Systems Stock Forecast, Price & 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. Since then, CYH shares have increased by 136.0% and is now trading at $8.40.
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5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Community Health Systems in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Community Health Systems is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 17th 2021.
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Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CYH) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 27th. The company reported $0.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $3.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.95 billion.
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5 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Community Health Systems' shares. Their forecasts range from $3.50 to $8.00. On average, they expect Community Health Systems' stock price to reach $5.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 34.5%.
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Community Health Systems saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 9,740,000 shares, an increase of 19.2% from the October 15th total of 8,170,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,250,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.3 days. Approximately 8.6% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Community Health Systems include HCA Healthcare (HCA), Alcon (ALC), Universal Health Services (UHS), The Ensign Group (ENSG), Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Select Medical (SEM), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), National HealthCare (NHC), Hanger (HNGR), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Five Star Senior Living (FVE), Capital Senior Living (CSU) and Encompass Health (EHC).
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Community Health Systems trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CYH."

Community Health Systems' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (12.71%), Royce & Associates LP (3.23%), State Street Corp (2.83%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (2.05%), Centerbridge Partners L.P. (1.86%) and Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (1.40%). Company insiders that own Community Health Systems stock include Benjamin C Fordham, James S Ely III, Michael Dinkins, Tian Qiao Chen, Wayne T Smith and William Norris Jennings.
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CYH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Saba Capital Management L.P., AQR Capital Management LLC, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Company insiders that have sold Community Health Systems company stock in the last year include Tian Qiao Chen, and William Norris Jennings.
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CYH stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Centerbridge Partners L.P., Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc., GSA Capital Partners LLP, State Street Corp, and State of Tennessee Treasury Department. Company insiders that have bought Community Health Systems stock in the last two years include Benjamin C Fordham, James S Ely III, Michael Dinkins, and Wayne T Smith.
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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 $8.40.

Community Health Systems has a market capitalization of $1.00 billion 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]