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COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
CYH
$369M
Mkt Cap
$2.73
-1.80%
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH) has a current P/E ratio of 0.7, compared to its historical median P/E of 4.6. The stock is currently considered Fair based on its historical valuation range.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 8.3%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH) has a market capitalization of $385M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH) does not currently pay a regular dividend.
Based on historical P/E analysis, COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH) appears fair. The current P/E of 0.7 is 84% below its historical median of 4.6. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is -5.4%.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH) operates in the Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec industry, within the Healthcare sector.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH) reported annual revenue of $12.5 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Overview of Our Company We are one of the nation’s largest healthcare companies. Our affiliates are leading providers of healthcare services, developing and operating healthcare delivery systems in 36 distinct markets across 14 states. At December 31, 2025, our subsidiaries own or lease 69 affiliated hospitals, with more than 10,000 beds, and operate more than 1,000 sites of care, including physician practices, urgent care centers, freestanding emergency departments, occupational medicine clinics, imaging centers, cancer centers and ambulatory surgery centers. We generate revenues by providing a broad range of general and specialized hospital healthcare services and outpatient services to patients in the communities in which we are located. For the hospitals and other sites of care that we own and operate, we are paid for our services by governmental agencies, private insurers and directly by the patients we serve.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 12.3B | 12.5B | 12.6B | 12.5B | 12.2B | 12.4B |
| Net Income | 464M | 509M | -516M | -133M | 46M | 230M |
| EPS | $3.32 | $3.77 | $-3.90 | $-1.02 | $0.35 | $1.76 |
| Free Cash Flow | -200M | 208M | 120M | -257M | -115M | -600M |
| ROIC | 15.4% | 15.0% | 5.5% | 5.6% | 4.7% | 10.5% |
| Gross Margin | - | 65.7% | 57.9% | 61.7% | 61.8% | 58.2% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | -7.92 | -6.32 | -8.75 | -9.06 | -9.35 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Income | 1.5B | 1.5B | 542M | 957M | 821M | 1.4B |
| Operating Margin | 12.1% | 11.9% | 4.3% | 7.7% | 6.7% | 11.3% |
| ROE | 0.0% | -30.8% | 31.2% | 9.6% | -3.4% | -15.3% |
| Shares Outstanding | 141M | 135M | 132M | 130M | 131M | 131M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 21.6B | 22.6B | 18.4B | 15.4B | 14.2B | 13.2B | 11.8B | 12.4B | 12.2B | 12.5B | 12.6B | 12.5B | 12.3B |
| Gross Margin | 69.1% | 68.9% | 49.2% | 42.7% | 52.7% | 54.6% | 60.3% | 58.2% | 61.8% | 61.7% | 57.9% | 65.7% | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 8.6B | 9.0B | 8.6B | 7.4B | 6.4B | 5.9B | 5.4B | 5.2B | 5.3B | 5.4B | 5.4B | 5.4B | 5.4B |
| EBIT | 1.3B | 1.3B | -860M | -1.9B | 208M | 650M | 1.1B | 1.4B | 821M | 957M | 542M | 1.5B | 1.5B |
| Op. Margin | 6.2% | 5.9% | -4.7% | -12.2% | 1.5% | 4.9% | 9.6% | 11.3% | 6.7% | 7.7% | 4.3% | 11.9% | 12.1% |
| Net Income | 92M | 158M | -1.7B | -2.5B | -788M | -675M | 511M | 230M | 46M | -133M | -516M | 509M | 464M |
| Net Margin | 0.4% | 0.7% | -9.3% | -16.0% | -5.6% | -5.1% | 4.3% | 1.9% | 0.4% | -1.1% | -4.1% | 4.1% | 3.8% |
| Non-Recurring | 0 | 32M | 1.4B | 1.4B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 6.3% | 4.7% | -9.3% | -16.7% | 1.7% | 5.6% | 11.0% | 10.5% | 4.7% | 5.6% | 5.5% | 15.0% | 15.4% |
| ROE | 2.6% | 3.9% | -61.1% | N/A | 68.5% | 36.0% | -26.6% | -15.3% | -3.4% | 9.6% | 31.2% | -30.8% | 0.0% |
| ROA | 0.4% | 0.6% | -7.1% | -12.5% | -4.7% | -4.3% | 3.2% | 1.5% | 0.3% | -0.9% | -3.6% | 3.7% | 3.5% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 1.6B | 921M | 1.1B | 773M | 274M | 385M | 2.2B | -131M | 300M | 210M | 480M | 543M | 126M |
| Free Cash Flow | 762M | -32M | 393M | 209M | -253M | -53M | 1.7B | -600M | -115M | -257M | 120M | 208M | -200M |
| Owner Earnings | 374M | -312M | -9.0M | -112M | -439M | -233M | 1.6B | -696M | -254M | -317M | -23M | 106M | -3.7B |
| CapEx | 853M | 953M | 744M | 564M | 527M | 438M | 440M | 469M | 415M | 467M | 360M | 335M | 326M |
| Maint. CapEx | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 861M | 700M | 608M | 558M | 540M | 534M | 505M | 486M | 426M | 3.8B |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 861M | 700M | 608M | 558M | 540M | 534M | 505M | 486M | 426M | 3.8B |
| CapEx/OCF | 52.8% | 103.5% | 65.4% | 73.0% | 192.3% | 113.8% | 20.2% | N/A | 138.3% | 222.4% | 75.0% | 61.7% | 258.7% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 9.0M | 159M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buyback Yield | 0.1% | 6.2% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 54M | 59M | 46M | 24M | 13M | 10M | 13M | 25M | 20M | 22M | 17M | 11M | 10M |
| Debt Repayment | 10.0B | 5.0B | 6.7B | 5.4B | 2.0B | 3.6B | 5.5B | 4.4B | 2.4B | 4.3B | 5.1B | 6.5B | 6.5B |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 16.4B | 16.6B | 15.0B | 13.1B | 13.3B | 13.7B | 11.2B | 12.1B | 12.1B | 12.0B | 11.9B | 10.6B | 9.4B |
| Cash & Equiv. | 509M | 184M | 238M | 563M | 196M | 216M | 1.7B | 507M | 118M | 38M | 37M | 260M | 712M |
| Long-Term Debt | 16.7B | 16.6B | 14.8B | 13.9B | 13.4B | 13.4B | 12.1B | 12.1B | 11.6B | 11.5B | 11.4B | 10.4B | 10.1B |
| Debt/Equity | 4.23 | 4.18 | 9.44 | -18.14 | -8.86 | -6.32 | -8.02 | -9.35 | -9.06 | -8.75 | -6.32 | -7.92 | 0.00 |
| Interest Coverage | 1.6 | 1.4 | -4.2 | -9.8 | 1.2 | 92.9 | 140.8 | 155.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 114.2 |
| Equity | 4.0B | 4.0B | 1.6B | -767M | -1.5B | -2.2B | -1.6B | -1.4B | -1.4B | -1.4B | -1.9B | -1.4B | -1.5B |
| Total Assets | 27.4B | 26.6B | 21.9B | 17.4B | 15.9B | 15.6B | 16.0B | 15.2B | 14.7B | 14.5B | 14.1B | 13.2B | 13.2B |
| Total Liabilities | 22.8B | 21.9B | 19.7B | 18.1B | 17.3B | 17.8B | 17.5B | 16.5B | 15.9B | 15.6B | 15.7B | 14.4B | 14.1B |
| Intangibles | 39M | 31M | 14M | 10M | 67M | 63M | 53M | 54M | 2.0M | 20M | 15M | 7.0M | 7.0M |
| Retained Earnings | 2.0B | 2.1B | -299M | -2.8B | -3.5B | -4.2B | -3.7B | -3.5B | -3.4B | -3.6B | -4.1B | -3.6B | -3.6B |
| Working Capital | 2.0B | 2.1B | 1.8B | 1.7B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.7B | 1.1B | 896M | 1.1B | 956M | 1.0B | 1.2B |
| Current Assets | 5.6B | 5.2B | 4.7B | 4.1B | 3.5B | 3.4B | 4.5B | 3.5B | 3.1B | 3.2B | 3.3B | 3.2B | 3.8B |
| Current Liabilities | 3.6B | 3.1B | 2.9B | 2.4B | 2.4B | 2.3B | 2.8B | 2.4B | 2.2B | 2.1B | 2.3B | 2.2B | 2.6B |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 0.82 | 1.37 | -15.54 | -22.00 | -6.99 | -5.93 | 4.39 | 1.76 | 0.35 | -1.02 | -3.90 | 3.77 | 3.32 |
| Owner EPS | 3.33 | -2.71 | -0.08 | -1.00 | -3.89 | -2.05 | 13.81 | -5.33 | -1.93 | -2.43 | -0.17 | 0.79 | -26.41 |
| Book Value | 35.68 | 34.85 | 14.58 | -6.86 | -13.62 | -19.49 | -13.96 | -10.50 | -10.40 | -10.68 | -14.47 | -10.32 | -10.32 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 14.39 | 7.99 | 10.27 | 6.92 | 2.43 | 3.38 | 18.71 | -1.00 | 2.28 | 1.61 | 3.63 | 4.02 | 30.53 |
| Dividends/Share | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 112.2M | 115.3M | 110.7M | 111.8M | 112.7M | 113.8M | 116.4M | 130.7M | 131.4M | 130.4M | 132.3M | 135.0M | 140.9M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 67.2 | 16.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.7 | 7.6 | 11.1 | N/A | N/A | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| P/FCF | 6.7 | N/A | 1.6 | 2.3 | N/A | N/A | 0.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3.3 | 2.1 | N/A |
| EV/EBIT | 16.7 | 14.4 | N/A | N/A | 66.0 | 20.5 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 14.5 | 12.4 | 21.8 | 6.9 | 6.6 |
| Price/Book | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Sales | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| FCF Yield | 12.3% | -1.2% | 61.9% | 44.2% | -78.2% | -16.8% | 203.7% | -34.5% | -22.5% | -61.2% | 29.9% | 47.7% | -52.0% |
| Market Cap | 6.2B | 2.6B | 635M | 473M | 324M | 315M | 853M | 1.7B | 511M | 420M | 401M | 436M | 385M |
| Avg. Price | 37.60 | 39.72 | 12.25 | 7.43 | 3.98 | 3.32 | 4.65 | 12.19 | 6.49 | 3.98 | 3.98 | 3.17 | 2.73 |
| Year-End Price | 45.53 | 22.20 | 5.73 | 4.23 | 2.87 | 2.77 | 7.33 | 13.29 | 3.89 | 3.22 | 3.03 | 3.23 | 2.73 |
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC passes 2 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC trades at 0.7x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 4.6x, suggesting it is currently Fair relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 1.8x vs a median of 2.1x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 8.3% with a gross margin of 61.0%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -31.8%.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH) has a net profit margin of 4.1%. This is a modest margin.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH) generated $208 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $3.77 in its most recent fiscal year.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH) has a return on equity (ROE) of -30.8%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH) has a 5-year average gross margin of 61.0%. This high margin suggests strong pricing power and a potential competitive moat.
The Ledger Terminal provides 15 years of financial data for COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH) has a book value per share of $-10.32, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.