Community Health Systems, Inc (NYSE: CYH) is -7.36% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $2.53 and a high of $6.29 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The CYH stock was last observed hovering at around $2.81 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.04%.
Currently trading at $2.77, the stock is -2.14% and -11.96% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.5 million and changing -1.42% at the moment leaves the stock -31.79% off its SMA200. CYH registered -15.29% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -53.13%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $3.151 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $4.06665.
The stock witnessed a -29.34% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -12.34%, and is 1.47% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.01% over the week and 6.62% over the month.
Community Health Systems, Inc (CYH) has around 60000 employees, a market worth around $388.88M and $12.63B in sales. Fwd P/E is 15.10. Profit margin for the company is -4.08%. Distance from 52-week low is 9.49% and -55.96% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-5.12%).
with sales reaching $3.1B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 90.61% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -1.57% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -1.41% in year-over-year returns.
251.0 institutions hold shares in Community Health Systems, Inc (CYH), with institutional investors hold 91.74% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 138.92M, and float is at 120.95M with Short Float at 11.21%. Institutions hold 84.06% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 9.36 million shares valued at $31.46 million. The investor’s holdings represent 7.0742 of the CYH Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 9.08 million shares valued at $30.52 million to account for 6.9197 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are CASTLEKNIGHT MANAGEMENT LP which holds 8.3 million shares representing 6.2732 and valued at over $27.9 million, while EVERSEPT PARTNERS, LP holds 6.0731 of the shares totaling 8.04 million with a market value of $27.01 million.
Community Health Systems, Inc (CYH) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by BENET MIGUEL S, the company’s President and CMO. SEC filings show that BENET MIGUEL S sold 23,875 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 21 ’25 at a price of $3.52 per share for a total of $84159.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 55000.0 shares.
