Community Health Systems (CYH) Competitors $3.30 +0.06 (+1.69%) Closing price 06/11/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$3.30 -0.01 (-0.15%) As of 08:00 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock CYH vs. ACHC, SEM, BKD, WOOF, USPH, HCA, ALC, THC, UHS, and EHCShould you be buying Community Health Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Community Health Systems include Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Select Medical (SEM), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), HCA Healthcare (HCA), Alcon (ALC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Universal Health Services (UHS), and Encompass Health (EHC). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry. Community Health Systems vs. Its Competitors Acadia Healthcare Select Medical Brookdale Senior Living Petco Health and Wellness U.S. Physical Therapy HCA Healthcare Alcon Tenet Healthcare Universal Health Services Encompass Health Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) and Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability. Do institutionals and insiders believe in ACHC or CYH? 85.0% of Community Health Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Acadia Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Community Health Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts rate ACHC or CYH? Acadia Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $47.94, suggesting a potential upside of 110.56%. Community Health Systems has a consensus target price of $4.17, suggesting a potential upside of 26.07%. Given Acadia Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than Community Health Systems.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Acadia Healthcare 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.60Community Health Systems 2 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Which has more volatility and risk, ACHC or CYH? Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Health Systems has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is ACHC or CYH more profitable? Acadia Healthcare has a net margin of 8.99% compared to Community Health Systems' net margin of -4.08%. Acadia Healthcare's return on equity of 11.12% beat Community Health Systems' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Acadia Healthcare8.99% 11.12% 5.77% Community Health Systems -4.08%N/A -0.96% Does the MarketBeat Community favor ACHC or CYH? Acadia Healthcare received 24 more outperform votes than Community Health Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.78% of users gave Acadia Healthcare an outperform vote while only 52.39% of users gave Community Health Systems an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAcadia HealthcareOutperform Votes57165.78% Underperform Votes29734.22% Community Health SystemsOutperform Votes54752.39% Underperform Votes49747.61% Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ACHC or CYH? Acadia Healthcare has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Community Health Systems. Community Health Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadia Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAcadia Healthcare$3.16B0.66-$21.67M$2.0311.22Community Health Systems$12.65B0.04-$133M-$3.68-0.90 Does the media refer more to ACHC or CYH? In the previous week, Acadia Healthcare had 3 more articles in the media than Community Health Systems. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Acadia Healthcare and 3 mentions for Community Health Systems. Community Health Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.60 indicating that Community Health Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Acadia Healthcare 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Community Health Systems 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryAcadia Healthcare beats Community Health Systems on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Community Health Systems News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CYH and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CYH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart CYH vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCommunity Health SystemsGeneral medical & surgical hospitals IndustryMedical SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$463.71M$13.32B$5.57B$19.81BDividend YieldN/A0.60%5.28%3.83%P/E Ratio-0.856.9827.1435.67Price / Sales0.040.60411.9846.74Price / Cash1.406.8638.2517.52Price / Book-0.2734.137.064.84Net Income-$133M$1.20B$3.23B$1.02B7 Day Performance-13.35%-2.40%2.85%1.94%1 Month Performance-14.71%-1.52%9.06%3.03%1 Year Performance-11.16%4.30%31.43%9.73% Community Health Systems Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CYHCommunity Health Systems4.0935 of 5 stars$3.31+1.7%$4.17+26.1%-9.3%$463.71M$12.65B-0.8566,000ACHCAcadia Healthcare4.6024 of 5 stars$21.63-4.5%$47.94+121.7%-66.8%$1.99B$3.16B7.0923,000SEMSelect Medical4.995 of 5 stars$15.11-1.2%$26.00+72.1%-54.4%$1.94B$5.22B9.1653,800Positive NewsBKDBrookdale Senior Living3.3151 of 5 stars$6.36-2.3%$7.70+21.1%+3.1%$1.49B$3.16B-7.1536,000Positive NewsWOOFPetco Health and Wellness4.3888 of 5 stars$3.69+0.5%$4.00+8.3%-26.3%$1.16B$6.12B-9.2328,500Earnings ReportUSPHU.S. Physical Therapy3.2318 of 5 stars$74.34-0.9%$109.00+46.6%-17.7%$1.13B$699.46M79.086,140Positive NewsHCAHCA Healthcare4.7796 of 5 stars$382.04+0.2%$388.80+1.8%+9.2%$91.91B$71.59B17.39294,000Analyst ForecastALCAlcon3.658 of 5 stars$85.20-0.9%$106.13+24.6%-2.2%$42.03B$9.93B36.4125,200THCTenet Healthcare4.8326 of 5 stars$170.18+0.8%$180.18+5.9%+18.7%$15.81B$20.52B5.28102,400Analyst ForecastGap DownUHSUniversal Health Services4.9971 of 5 stars$187.23-1.6%$224.77+20.0%-7.3%$12.17B$16.08B12.4593,800EHCEncompass Health4.7587 of 5 stars$120.73-0.1%$122.71+1.6%+41.0%$12.17B$5.51B27.0735,000 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Acadia Healthcare Alternatives Select Medical Alternatives Brookdale Senior Living Alternatives Petco Health and Wellness Alternatives U.S. Physical Therapy Alternatives HCA Healthcare Alternatives Alcon Alternatives Tenet Healthcare Alternatives Universal Health Services Alternatives Encompass Health Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:CYH) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s Exec Order #14154 could be a “Millionaire-Maker”Former Presidential Advisor, Jim Rickards, says Trump could “rewire our economy and hand millions of Americans...Paradigm Press | SponsoredTrump wipes out trillions overnight…Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? 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