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Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH)

Healthcare | Medical Care Facilities | Franklin, United States | NYSE
3.15 USD -0.01 (-0.316%) ⇩ (April 20, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 1:40 a.m. EDT

A fundamentally broken bank-style loan operation disguised as a healthcare holding company. The massive leverage-to-equity ratio (mimicked by book value in negative territory), declining revenue, and catastrophic P/E imply that the equity value is largely irrelevant unless a deep restructuring occurs. The speculators are correctly pricing a downside risk, as the 'buy' logic relies on an aggressive count of leverage and a single shot gamble on asset sales, which the data confirms has a -70% probability over 45 days.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.052594
MSTL0.052729
AutoTheta0.053237
AutoARIMA0.067851

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.60
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.238
Excess Kurtosis -0.91
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2012-12-12
Last Dividend Date 2012-12-12
Revenue per Share 93.476
Market Cap 443,931,776
Trailing P/E 0.84
Forward P/E 652.17
Beta 1.97
Profit Margins 4.08%
Website https://www.chs.net

As of April 19, 2026, 1:40 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning significantly for downside protection, evidenced by heavy put Volume and Open Interest at strikes 2.0 (Jun), 1.0 (Sep), and notably 7.0 (Jan 2027), which shows new buying activity (Vol 100, OI 40). Conversely, call activity is muted, with callers primarily making ATM (3.0) and OI-peaking bets at resistance near 4.0-5.0 for the medium term. The put/call ratio is skewed heavily toward the downside, suggesting a bearish conviction that overrides the slight recent price recovery.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2012-12-13 0.206612 0.844311
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2012-12-13
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.206612
lastDividendDate 2012-12-13
dividendDate 2012-12-28

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.30705392
Address1 4,000 Meridian Boulevard
All Time High 53.71901
All Time Low 1.79
Ask 3.5
Ask Size 11,100
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 3.0 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,083,480
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,614,237
Average Volume 1,614,237
Average Volume10Days 1,083,480
Beta 1.973
Bid 3.15
Bid Size 2,200
Board Risk 5
Book Value -10.413
City Franklin
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 3.15
Current Ratio 1.465
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 3.29
Day Low 3.1488
Display Name Community Health Systems
Dividend Date 1,356,652,800
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,776,870,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,776,870,000
Earnings Timestamp 1,776,801,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,776,801,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,776,801,600
Ebitda 1,446,000,000
Ebitda Margins 0.11582
Enterprise To Ebitda 8.134
Enterprise To Revenue 0.942
Enterprise Value 11,761,675,264
Eps Current Year -0.35983
Eps Forward 0.00483
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 3.77
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,355,356,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 3.206
Fifty Day Average Change -0.055999994
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.017467247
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 30.705393
Fifty Two Week High 4.47
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.3199997
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.29530197
Fifty Two Week Low 2.34
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.8100002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.34615394
Fifty Two Week Range 2.34 - 4.47
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 960,557,400,000
Float Shares 92,322,681
Forward Eps 0.00483
Forward P E 652.17395
Free Cashflow 395,249,984
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 44,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.41722
Gross Profits 5,208,999,936
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.09897
Held Percent Institutions 0.77053
Implied Shares Outstanding 140,930,714
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 443,931,776
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_26782
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 509,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 443,931,749
Number Of Analyst Opinions 7
Open 3.14
Operating Cashflow 543,000,000
Operating Margins 0.092080005
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 2.38
Phone 615 465 7000
Pre Market Change 0.01999998
Pre Market Change Percent 0.63492
Pre Market Price 3.17
Pre Market Time 1,776,761,114
Previous Close 3.16
Price Eps Current Year -8.754134
Price Hint 4
Price To Book -0.30250648
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.03555721
Profit Margins 0.04077
Quick Ratio 1.128
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 3.0
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.00999999
Regular Market Change Percent -0.316455
Regular Market Day High 3.29
Regular Market Day Low 3.1488
Regular Market Day Range 3.1488 - 3.29
Regular Market Open 3.14
Regular Market Previous Close 3.16
Regular Market Price 3.15
Regular Market Time 1,776,715,202
Regular Market Volume 1,457,884
Return On Assets 0.04962
Revenue Growth -0.049
Revenue Per Share 93.476
Sand P52 Week Change 0.34445214
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 140,930,714
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0804
Shares Short 11,336,979
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 10,039,781
Short Name Community Health Systems, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0871
Short Ratio 7.54
Source Interval 15
State TN
Symbol CYH
Target High Price 5.0
Target Low Price 2.0
Target Mean Price 3.52857
Target Median Price 3.5
Total Cash 260,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 1.942
Total Debt 11,043,000,320
Total Revenue 12,485,000,192
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 3.77
Trailing P E 0.8355438
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 3.19
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.03999996
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.012539173
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,457,884
Website https://www.chs.net
Zip 37,067