Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.51 EPS

Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The company reported ($0.42) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.09 by ($0.51), Zacks reports. Community Health Systems updated its FY 2025 guidance to -0.550-0.000 EPS.

Community Health Systems Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:CYH traded down $0.04 on Tuesday, reaching $3.35. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 3,698,266 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,219,899. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $3.21 and its two-hundred day moving average is $4.29. Community Health Systems has a 52-week low of $2.51 and a 52-week high of $6.29. The stock has a market capitalization of $464.79 million, a P/E ratio of -1.11 and a beta of 1.63.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on CYH. Raymond James cut shares of Community Health Systems from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of Community Health Systems from $3.00 to $5.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Truist Financial reduced their price target on shares of Community Health Systems from $5.00 to $3.50 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 6th. StockNews.com cut shares of Community Health Systems from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, November 25th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut shares of Community Health Systems from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $5.00 to $2.50 in a research report on Monday, November 25th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Community Health Systems has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $4.52.

About Community Health Systems

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.