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How to buy Community Health Systems stock (CYH)

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Community Health Systems is a medical care facilities business based in the US. Community Health Systems shares (CYH) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $5.43 – a decrease of 3.72% over the previous week. Community Health Systems employs 48,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $12.5 billion.

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Community Health Systems stock price (NYSE: CYH)

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Community Health Systems shares at a glance

Information last updated 2024-10-08.
Latest market close$5.43
52-week range$2.01 - $6.29
50-day moving average $5.39
200-day moving average $3.91
Wall St. target price$5.18
PE ratio N/A
Dividend yield N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) $-0.76

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Community Health Systems price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $5.43 from 2024-10-11

1 week (2024-10-07) -0.55%
1 month (2024-09-13) -5.07%
3 months (2024-07-12) 42.89%
6 months (2024-04-12) 81.00%
1 year (2023-10-13) 107.25%
2 years (2022-10-14) 147.95%
3 years (2021-10-13) 9.78
5 years (2019-10-14) 33.42%

Is Community Health Systems stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Community Health Systems stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Community Health Systems's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Community Health Systems's EBITDA

Community Health Systems's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.4 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Community Health Systems's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Community Health Systems financials

Revenue TTM $12.5 billion
Operating margin TTM 7.9%
Gross profit TTM $4.9 billion
Return on assets TTM 4.06%
Return on equity TTM 0%
Profit margin -0.79%
Book value $-10.89
Market Capitalization $735 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Community Health Systems share dividends

We're not expecting Community Health Systems to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Community Health Systems's shares ever split?

Community Health Systems's shares were split on a 121:100 basis on 21 April 2016. So if you had owned 100 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 121 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Community Health Systems shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 17.4% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Community Health Systems shares which in turn could have impacted Community Health Systems's share price.

Community Health Systems share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Community Health Systems's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.01 up to $6.29. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

CYH.US volatility(beta: 1.56)Avg. volatility(beta: 1.00)LowHigh

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Community Health Systems's is 1.555. This would suggest that Community Health Systems's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Community Health Systems overview

Community Health Systems, Inc. owns, leases, and operates general acute care hospitals in the United States. It offers general acute care, emergency room, general and specialty surgery, critical care, internal medicine, obstetrics, diagnostic, psychiatric, and rehabilitation services, as well as skilled nursing and home care services. The company also provides outpatient services at primary care practices, urgent care centers, free-standing emergency departments, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging and diagnostic centers, and direct-to-consumer virtual health visits. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee. .

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Community Health Systems is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 8.195% of Community Health Systems shares are held by insiders and 77.128% by institutions.
How many people work for Community Health Systems?
Latest data suggests 48,000 work at Community Health Systems.
When does the fiscal year end for Community Health Systems?
Community Health Systems's fiscal year ends in December.
Where is Community Health Systems based?
Community Health Systems's address is: 4000 Meridian Boulevard, Franklin, TN, United States, 37067
What is Community Health Systems's ISIN number?
Community Health Systems's international securities identification number is: US2036681086
What is Community Health Systems's CUSIP number?
Community Health Systems's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 203668108

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