NYSE:CYH - Community Health Systems Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The company reported ($0.29) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.59) by $0.30. The company had revenue of $3.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.14 billion. Community Health Systems's quarterly revenue was down 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($1.64) EPS. View Community Health Systems' Earnings History.

Community Health Systems is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 19th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Community Health Systems.

Community Health Systems issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 15th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $12.4-12.8 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $12.9 billion.

5 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Community Health Systems' shares. Their forecasts range from $3.00 to $5.00. On average, they expect Community Health Systems' share price to reach $3.70 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Community Health Systems.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Community Health Systems in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings and 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Community Health Systems.

Media headlines about CYH stock have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 coverage optimism score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles 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 near future. View News Stories for Community Health Systems.

Community Health Systems saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 19,050,000 shares, an increase of 6.1% from the December 15th total of 17,950,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,940,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 9.8 days. Approximately 17.1% of the company's 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), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Select Medical (SEM), Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), 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) 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), Intel (INTC), General Electric (GE), AT&T (T), Bausch Health Companies (BHC), Williams Partners (WPZ), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Gilead Sciences (GILD) and Chesapeake Energy (CHK).

Community Health Systems' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include AEGON USA Investment Management LLC (0.09%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Alpine Global Management LLC (0.03%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AEGON USA Investment Management LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Community Health Systems.

CYH stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alpine Global Management LLC. 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 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 $3.43.

Community Health Systems has a market capitalization of $404.19 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]