Community Health Systems, Inc (NYSE: CYH) is 29.10% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $2.24 and a high of $6.29 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The CYH stock was last observed hovering at around $3.50 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.36%.
Currently trading at $3.86, the stock is 37.37% and 40.57% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.74 million and changing 10.29% at the moment leaves the stock -1.75% off its SMA200. CYH registered 13.86% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -12.67%.
The stock witnessed a 52.57% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 14.20%, and is 35.92% 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 9.28% over the week and 7.39% over the month.
Community Health Systems, Inc (CYH) has around 60000 employees, a market worth around $541.60M and $12.65B in sales. Fwd P/E is 183.20. Profit margin for the company is -3.85%. Distance from 52-week low is 72.25% and -38.63% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-4.91%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 69.16% this year.
Community Health Systems, Inc (CYH) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 140.30M, and float is at 121.36M with Short Float at 11.09%.
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 6.8636 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.
