Community Health Systems (CYH) Competitors

Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) and Select Medical (NYSE:SEM) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CYH or SEM?

Community Health Systems received 204 more outperform votes than Select Medical when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.23% of users gave Select Medical an outperform vote while only 52.44% of users gave Community Health Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Community Health Systems	Outperform Votes 547 52.44%	Underperform Votes 496 47.56%
Select Medical	Outperform Votes 343 58.23%	Underperform Votes 246 41.77%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CYH or SEM?

85.0% of Community Health Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of Select Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of Community Health Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Select Medical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CYH or SEM?

Community Health Systems has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Select Medical has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CYH or SEM more profitable?

Select Medical has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Community Health Systems' net margin of -4.08%. Select Medical's return on equity of 14.04% beat Community Health Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Community Health Systems	-4.08%	N/A	-0.96%
Select Medical	3.23%	14.04%	3.32%

Does the media favor CYH or SEM?

In the previous week, Select Medical had 2 more articles in the media than Community Health Systems. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Select Medical and 3 mentions for Community Health Systems. Select Medical's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Community Health Systems' score of 1.41 indicating that Select Medical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Community Health Systems	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Select Medical	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer CYH or SEM?

Community Health Systems currently has a consensus target price of $3.92, indicating a potential downside of 0.47%. Select Medical has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 75.08%. Given Select Medical's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Select Medical is more favorable than Community Health Systems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Community Health Systems	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Select Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has better valuation and earnings, CYH or SEM?

Select Medical has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Community Health Systems. Community Health Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Select Medical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Community Health Systems	$12.65B	0.04	-$133M	-$3.68	-1.07
Select Medical	$5.22B	0.37	$243.49M	$1.34	11.08

Summary

Select Medical beats Community Health Systems on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.