Wall Street analysts’ outlook for Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH)

With 5.16 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.6 million shares. During the session, the Medical Care Facilities company that operates in wider Healthcare sector, reached to the highest price of $4.22 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $3.895. The 52-week range on CYH shows that it touched its highest point at $6.29 and its lowest point at $2.01 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $5.22. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.57.

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Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of CYH was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -32.94%, but this was down by -33.94% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -22.97% while six-month performance rose 17.70%. The stock gained 64.88% in the past year, while it has gained 27.48% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CYH yields -3.02 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.19. For the next quarter, that number is 0.10. This implies an EPS growth rate of 64.85% for this year and 139.52% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -7.95% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 31.96%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 136.77 million CYH shares are outstanding with a float of 122.33 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-10-15, short shares totaled 7.16 million, which was 515.0 higher than short shares on 1726185600. In addition to Mr. Tim L. Hingtgen as the firm’s CEO & Director, Mr. Kevin J. Hammons serves as its President & CFO.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.77414 of CYH’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-09-30, CYH reported revenue of $3090000000.0 and operating income of $62000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $181000000.0 and diluted EPS was -$2.95.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for CYH since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.