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CYH · NYSE · Medical - Care Facilities

Community Health Systems

Runs acute-care hospitals and outpatient sites through local operating subsidiaries.

$2.94

After-hours close+0.00 (+0.17%)

At close$2.94(+0.17%)

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Community Health Systems, Inc.CYHHealth Care

Owns, leases, and operates acute-care hospitals, physician practices, emergency, surgery, imaging, cancer, occupational medicine, and ambulatory surgery sites. Revenue depends on government programs, private insurers, and patient volumes, while portfolio pruning has made the footprint smaller and more focused.

Owns, leases, and operates general acute-care hospitals and related outpatient facilities through indirect subsidiaries. Services span emergency care, surgery, critical care, internal medicine, obstetrics, diagnostics, psychiatric care, rehabilitation, physician practices, urgent care, imaging, cancer care, occupational medicine, and ambulatory surgery.

Reports one hospital-operations segment, with revenue generated from government programs, managed-care plans, other third-party payors, and patients. The footprint is concentrated in the United States, with meaningful exposure to non-urban local markets and selected regional networks rather than a broad international platform.

Uses standardized operating processes, patient-safety programs, physician recruitment support, and local market coordination to run smaller community healthcare systems. Reimbursement rules, labor availability, outpatient migration, compliance obligations, and divestiture-driven portfolio pruning shape the business.

Company facts

CEOKevin J. Hammons

ListedJun 9, 2000

ExchangeNYSE

HeadquartersFranklin, TN

CountryUnited States

Employees57,000

CIK0001108109

ISINUS2036681086

Key statistics

Market cap$413.2M

EPS (ttm)−$2.23

P/E (ttm)−1.31

ROE20.9%

P/B−0.2846

P/S0.0184

Dividend yield—

Beta1.25vs XLV 0.41

Year to date −5.3% · Average volume (30d) 1.7M

Analysts

Price target, next 12 months$3.00+2.4%Median of 37 analysts · vs the Aug 28 close

ConsensusHold8 of 37 analysts rate it buy or better

Ratings

Strong buyBuyHoldSellStrong sell

Target range

Last close $2.93

High$3.25+10.9%

Median$3.00+2.4%

Low$2.50−14.7%

12 months agoNowIn 12 months

Latest analyst notes

Date	Firm	Action	Prior rating	Rating	Prior target	Target
Jul 27, 2026	Truist Financial	Target			$3.75	$3.25
Jul 24, 2026	UBS	Reiterate		Neutral	$3.70	$3
Jul 23, 2026	Barclays	Reiterate		Underweight	$3	$2.50
Jul 14, 2026	Truist Financial	Target			$3	$3.75
Jul 8, 2026	Barclays	Downgrade	Equal Weight	Underweight

Earnings

EPS

Estimate−$0.29

ReportedDue Oct 22, 2026

Revenue

Estimate$2.80B

ReportedDue Oct 22, 2026

History

Report date	EPS est	EPS	Surprise	Revenue est	Revenue	Surprise	Next session
Jul 22, 2026Q2 FY26	−$0.10	−$0.19	−83.4%	$2.89B	$2.83B	−2.1%	−13.66%
Apr 21, 2026Q1 FY26	−$0.11	−$0.48	−323.1%	$2.95B	$2.97B	+0.5%	−12.58%
Feb 18, 2026Q4 FY25	−$0.20	−$0.01	+95.1%	$3.14B	$3.11B	−1.0%	+5.39%
Oct 23, 2025Q3 FY25	−$0.28	$1.27	+557.4%	$2.99B	$3.09B	+3.2%	+25.77%

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Financial highlights

	Q1 FY25	Q2 FY25	Q3 FY25	Q4 FY25	Q1 FY26	Q2 FY26
Revenue	$3.16B	$3.13B	$3.09B	$3.11B	$12.16B	$4.06B
Gross profit	$1.30B	$1.34B	$2.63B	−$4.18B	$11.75B	$2.83B
Operating income	$284.0M	$512.0M	$243.0M	−$10.95B	$1.64B	$389.0M
Net income	−$13.0M	$282.0M	$130.0M	$110.0M	−$610.0M	$70.0M
Diluted EPS	−$0.10	$2.09	$0.96	$0.82	−$4.52	$0.51
Gross margin	41.1%	42.7%	85.1%	-134.6%	96.6%	69.5%
Operating margin	9.0%	16.3%	7.9%	-352.7%	13.5%	9.6%

Fiscal years (4-quarter sums)FY21 $12.37B · FY22 $12.21B · FY23 $12.49B · FY24 $12.64B · FY25 $12.49B

Revenue by product · Q2 FY26

Managed Care And Other Third Party Payors$1.29B · 56%

Medicaid$520.0M · 23%

Medicare$446.0M · 19%

Self Pay Revenue$39.0M · 2%

Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $149.0M · Total debt $10.21B · Total assets $12.18B · Shareholders' equity −$1.39B

Dividends

No dividends on record.

Ownership

Institutions 83.85%118.24M sharesInsiders 7.20%10.15M sharesOther 8.95%12.62M shares

Shares outstanding 141.01M · Float 110.00M · 78.0% free float

Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4

Holder	Shares	% outstanding	Form	Filed
Castleknight Management LP	13.38M	9.49%	13F	Aug 14, 2026
CastleKnight Master Fund LP	12.67M	9.00%	13G	May 15, 2026
Apollo Management Holdings, L.P.	11.86M	8.41%	13F	Aug 14, 2026
BlackRock, Inc.	10.93M	7.75%	13F	Aug 7, 2026
Eversept Partners, LP	7.86M	5.58%	13F	Aug 14, 2026

Insider tradesForm 4

Date	Insider	Role	Shares	Avg price
Aug 25, 2026	William Norris Jennings	director	−40,000	$2.96