Community Health Systems, Inc [NYSE: CYH] traded at a low on 2025-07-24, posting a -25.26 loss after which it closed the day’ session at $2.9.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 27471972 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Community Health Systems, Inc stands at 5.83% while the volatility over the past one month is 5.26%.
The market cap for CYH stock reached $406.89 million, with 140.12 million shares outstanding and 120.39 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 2.86M shares, CYH reached a trading volume of 27471972 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Community Health Systems, Inc [CYH]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for CYH shares is $3.72 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on CYH stock is a recommendation set at 3.00. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Jefferies have made an estimate for Community Health Systems, Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Hold, with their previous recommendation back on July 24, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Wells Fargo dropped their target price from $5 to $2.50. The new note on the price target was released on November 25, 2024, representing the official price target for Community Health Systems, Inc stock.
Price to Free Cash Flow for CYH in the course of the last twelve months was 2.99 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.45.
How has CYH stock performed recently?
Community Health Systems, Inc [CYH] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -20.33. With this latest performance, CYH shares dropped by -14.45% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -13.17% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -3.01% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for CYH stock in for the last two-week period is set at 32.20, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 0.29, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 0.24 for Community Health Systems, Inc [CYH]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 3.62, while it was recorded at 3.59 for the last single week of trading, and 3.49 for the last 200 days.
Community Health Systems, Inc [CYH]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Community Health Systems, Inc [CYH] shares currently have an operating margin of 6.97% and a Gross Margin at 6.97%. Community Health Systems, Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at -1.52%.
Community Health Systems, Inc (CYH) Capital Structure & Debt Analysis
Community Health Systems, Inc (CYH) Efficiency & Liquidity Metrics
Community Health Systems, Inc (CYH) Efficiency & Liquidity Metrics
From an operational efficiency perspective, Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH) effectively leverages its workforce, generating an average of -$3200.0 per employee. The company’s liquidity position is robust, with a Current Ratio of 1.59% and a Quick Ratio of 1.45%, indicating strong ability to cover short-term liabilities.
Insider trade positions for Community Health Systems, Inc [CYH]
There are presently around $81.74%, or 88.96% of CYH stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of CYH stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 9.36 million shares, which is approximately 7.0742%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 9.08 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$30.52 million in CYH stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$27.9 million in CYH stock with ownership which is approximately 6.2732%.
