NYSE:CYHCommunity Health Systems Stock Price, Forecast & News

Community Health Systems' stock was trading at $3.56 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CYH stock has increased by 0.8% and is now trading at $3.59. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Community Health Systems in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 3 hold ratings 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 Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Community Health Systems.

Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 19th. The company reported $0.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.48) by $0.88. The company had revenue of $3.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.19 billion. The business's revenue was down 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted ($0.42) earnings per share. View Community Health Systems' earnings history.

Community Health Systems updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 19th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $(1.30)-(0.60) for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of ($1.29). The company issued revenue guidance of $12.40-12.80 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $12.67 billion.

5 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives 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 $4.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Community Health Systems.

Media stories about CYH stock have been trending very negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Community Health Systems earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutCommunity Health Systems.

Community Health Systems saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 19,790,000 shares, an increase of 8.6% from the February 13th total of 18,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,850,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.9 days. Currently, 17.8% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Community Health Systems' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Community Health Systems investors own include HCA Healthcare (HCA), Ford Motor (F), Intel (INTC), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), General Electric (GE), AT&T (T), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Bausch Health Companies (BHC), Netflix (NFLX) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

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

Community Health Systems' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.09%). Company insiders that own Community Health Systems stock include Benjamin C Fordham, James S Ely III, Michael Dinkins, Patton Paul Smith, Thomas J Aaron and Wayne T Smith. View institutional ownership trends for Community Health Systems.

CYH stock was bought 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, and Wayne T Smith. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $3.59.

Community Health Systems has a market capitalization of $423.11 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. 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]