Community Health Systems, Inc (NYSE: CYH) is -40.42% lower 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 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 $2.77 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.19%.
Currently trading at $2.58, the stock is -25.44% and -27.78% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.45 million and changing -6.86% at the moment leaves the stock -25.49% off its SMA200. CYH registered -13.71% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -24.12%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $3.5724 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $3.46285.
The stock witnessed a -25.86% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -3.37%, and is -31.20% down 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 6.76% over the week and 5.39% over the month.
Community Health Systems, Inc (CYH) has around 60000 employees, a market worth around $361.51M and $12.65B in sales. Profit margin for the company is -1.52%. Distance from 52-week low is 15.13% and -58.98% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-1.97%).
with sales reaching $3B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 57.09% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -1.73% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -3.00% in year-over-year returns.
Community Health Systems, Inc (CYH) Top Institutional Holders
223.0 institutions hold shares in Community Health Systems, Inc (CYH), with institutional investors hold 89.07% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 140.12M, and float is at 120.23M with Short Float at 11.23%. Institutions hold 81.83% 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 6.8636 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 sold 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 sold, the insider now owns 55000.0 shares.
