Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH)Healthcare | Medical Care Facilities | Franklin, United States | NYSE
2.88 USD
-0.11
(-3.679%) ⇩
(Oct. 16, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 2.88 |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:49 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is broken by a perfect storm of deteriorating fundamentals and aggressive short-term selling pressure. The company is reporting negative earnings growth of roughly 75% and shrinking revenues, while the balance sheet shows a negative book value and massive debt loads relative to equity. This isn't just a cyclical dip; the market has priced in a structural decline, evidenced by a nearly 73% drop in share price over the last nine years. Compounding this, the options market is screaming 'down,' with traders placing heavy bets on lower prices well into next year. With no dividend to provide income and a statistical forecast showing low-confidence downward pressure, there is no margin of safety here. The stock is trading at a fraction of a cent because the business is failing to generate value, making it a clear avoid for both short-term traders and long-term investors. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.065161 |
| AutoETS | 0.066621 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.066623 |
| MSTL | 0.075592 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 36% |
| H-stat | 1.29 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.001 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.001 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 1.25 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2012-12-12 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2012-12-12 |
| Revenue per Share | 89.171 |
| Market Cap | 406,106,976 |
| Trailing P/E | 1.56 |
| Forward P/E | -5.56 |
| Beta | 1.89 |
| Profit Margins | 2.10% |
| Website | https://www.chs.net |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 5:49 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bearish, positioning heavy put volume and open interest at strikes significantly below the current price (e.g., $2.00 and $3.00 expirations in late 2026/early 2027). Call activity is negligible and concentrated at the money, while significant put flow appears at deep out-of-the-money strikes, indicating a strong expectation of further downside rather than a bounce.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-12-13 | 0.206612 | 0.844311 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.06269592 |
| Address1 | 4,000 Meridian Boulevard |
| All Time High | 53.71901 |
| All Time Low | 1.79 |
| Ask | 2.95 |
| Ask Size | 1,800 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 3.1 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,038,300 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,399,615 |
| Average Volume | 1,399,615 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,038,300 |
| Beta | 1.889 |
| Bid | 2.8 |
| Bid Size | 4,400 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | -10.256 |
| City | Franklin |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 2.88 |
| Current Ratio | 1.528 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 3.045 |
| Day Low | 2.875 |
| Display Name | Community Health Systems |
| Dividend Date | 1,356,652,800 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,793,286,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,793,286,000 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.756 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.752 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,793,217,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,217,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,217,600 |
| Ebitda | 1,332,000,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.11116 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 8.252 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.917 |
| Enterprise Value | 10,992,318,464 |
| Eps Current Year | -1.16624 |
| Eps Forward | -0.51777 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.85 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,355,356,800 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 20 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 2.9102 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.030200005 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.010377294 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -6.2695923 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 4.43 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.5499997 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.34988707 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 2.41 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.47000003 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.19502075 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 2.41 - 4.43 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 960,557,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 82,945,403 |
| Forward Eps | -0.51777 |
| Forward P E | -5.5623155 |
| Free Cashflow | 197,250,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 44,000 |
| Fullday Change | -0.109999895 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -3.6789262 |
| Fullday Price | 2.88 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.41409 |
| Gross Profits | 4,961,999,872 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.15183 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.83959997 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 141,009,357 |
| Industry | Medical Care Facilities |
| Industry Disp | Medical Care Facilities |
| Industry Key | medical-care-facilities |
| Ir Website | http://www.chs.net/investor/index.html |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,355,356,800 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.206612 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,461,283,200 |
| Last Split Factor | 121:100 |
| Long Business Summary | Community Health Systems, Inc. owns, leases, and operates general acute care hospitals in the United States. The company 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. It 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. Community Health Systems, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee. |
| Long Name | Community Health Systems, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 406,106,976 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_26782 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 252,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 424,438,164 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 8 |
| Open | 3.0 |
| Operating Cashflow | 126,000,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.07681 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.38 |
| Phone | 615 465 7000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 2.88 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,184,700 |
| Previous Close | 2.99 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -2.4694748 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | -0.28081125 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.033890262 |
| Profit Margins | 0.02103 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.2 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 3.1 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.11 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -3.67893 |
| Regular Market Day High | 3.045 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 2.875 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 2.875 - 3.045 |
| Regular Market Open | 3.0 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 2.99 |
| Regular Market Price | 2.88 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,180,802 |
| Regular Market Volume | 957,302 |
| Return On Assets | 0.046329997 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.098 |
| Revenue Per Share | 89.171 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.16207206 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Sector Disp | Healthcare |
| Sector Key | healthcare |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 141,009,357 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0876 |
| Shares Short | 12,357,187 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 13,163,724 |
| Short Name | Community Health Systems, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0949 |
| Short Ratio | 10.33 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TN |
| Symbol | CYH |
| Target High Price | 4.0 |
| Target Low Price | 2.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 3.09375 |
| Target Median Price | 3.0 |
| Total Cash | 149,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.099 |
| Total Debt | 10,204,999,680 |
| Total Revenue | 11,982,999,552 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.85 |
| Trailing P E | 1.5567569 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 3.05925 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.17925 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.058592793 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 957,302 |
| Website | https://www.chs.net |
| Zip | 37,067 |