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CYH vs. ACHC, HCA, SEM, BKD, USPH, WOOF, ALC, THC, EHC, and UHS

Should you be buying Community Health Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Community Health Systems include Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), HCA Healthcare (HCA), Select Medical (SEM), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), Alcon (ALC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Encompass Health (EHC), and Universal Health Services (UHS). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry.

Community Health Systems vs. Its Competitors

Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) and Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 Ratio
Acadia Healthcare$3.15B0.65$255.61M$2.0310.96
Community Health Systems$12.63B0.03-$516M-$1.49-1.86

Acadia Healthcare has a net margin of 5.94% compared to Community Health Systems' net margin of -1.52%. Acadia Healthcare's return on equity of 8.72% beat Community Health Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Acadia Healthcare5.94% 8.72% 4.46%
Community Health Systems -1.52%N/A -0.78%

Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Health Systems has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Acadia Healthcare currently has a consensus price target of $47.94, indicating a potential upside of 115.48%. Community Health Systems has a consensus price target of $3.74, indicating a potential upside of 35.32%. Given Acadia Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly 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)
2.60
Community Health Systems
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.88

In the previous week, Community Health Systems had 12 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Community Health Systems and 12 mentions for Acadia Healthcare. Community Health Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of -0.14 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Community Health Systems
2 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Acadia Healthcare beats Community Health Systems on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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CYH vs. The Competition

MetricCommunity Health SystemsMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$406.89M$18.68B$5.70B$21.11B
Dividend YieldN/A0.51%4.60%3.60%
P/E Ratio-1.8625.0928.1028.44
Price / Sales0.031.29429.3758.65
Price / Cash1.159.1236.2222.92
Price / Book-0.2732.378.664.69
Net Income-$516M$1.65B$3.25B$995.51M
7 Day Performance-23.19%-8.24%4.22%1.65%
1 Month Performance-20.43%-9.34%10.51%4.54%
1 Year Performance-45.68%-27.60%34.40%9.99%

Community Health Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CYH
Community Health Systems
4.2583 of 5 stars
$2.77
-4.7%
$3.74
+35.3%
-41.9%$406.89M$12.63B-1.8660,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.0501 of 5 stars
$21.64
-1.3%
$47.94
+121.6%
-65.8%$2.02B$3.15B10.6625,500News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.9759 of 5 stars
$364.47
+0.9%
$399.21
+9.5%
-5.3%$86.88B$70.60B16.21316,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
SEM
Select Medical
5 of 5 stars
$14.51
+0.9%
$26.00
+79.2%
-63.1%$1.85B$5.19B8.3644,100News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
2.4281 of 5 stars
$7.75
+0.5%
$7.70
-0.6%
-4.0%$1.81B$3.13B-7.4536,000
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
4.0089 of 5 stars
$74.84
+1.1%
$109.00
+45.6%
-23.4%$1.12B$671.34M29.027,028News Coverage
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
3.3085 of 5 stars
$3.24
-1.8%
$3.75
+15.7%
-2.3%$1.04B$6.12B0.0029,000Trending News
ALC
Alcon
2.7908 of 5 stars
$87.21
-0.2%
$106.13
+21.7%
-0.1%$43.08B$9.91B38.7625,599
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.9684 of 5 stars
$174.72
-0.2%
$185.41
+6.1%
+2.1%$16.26B$20.67B13.4398,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
EHC
Encompass Health
4.9353 of 5 stars
$110.04
+0.0%
$131.50
+19.5%
+18.6%$11.09B$5.37B23.5140,000Dividend Increase
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.991 of 5 stars
$168.74
-0.1%
$221.85
+31.5%
-24.2%$10.98B$15.83B9.5099,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:CYH) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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