Community Health Systems, Inc (CYH) plunged -1.50 in the last month: It’s impossible to believe the numbers

On Monday, Community Health Systems, Inc (NYSE: CYH) was -1.50% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $2.67. A 52-week range for CYH has been $2.24 – $6.29.

A company in the Healthcare sector has dropped its sales by -0.74% annually for the last half of the decade. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 69.16%. With a float of $121.36 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $140.30 million.

In an organization with 60000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 37.07%, operating margin of 4.78%, and the pretax margin is -1.88%.

Community Health Systems, Inc (CYH) Insider Updates

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Community Health Systems, Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Community Health Systems, Inc is 13.50%, while institutional ownership is 76.74%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 21 ’25, was worth 84,159. In this transaction President and CMO of this company sold 23,875 shares at a rate of $3.52, taking the stock ownership to the 55,000 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 21 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 23,875 for $3.52, making the entire transaction worth $84,040.

Community Health Systems, Inc (CYH) Performance Highlights and Predictions

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.23 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 69.16% per share during the next fiscal year.

Community Health Systems, Inc (NYSE: CYH) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what Community Health Systems, Inc (CYH) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.30. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.03. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 2.43.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -3.68, a number that is poised to hit -0.08 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.02 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Community Health Systems, Inc (CYH)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 4.92 million. That was better than the volume of 2.66 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 51.00%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.21.

During the past 100 days, Community Health Systems, Inc’s (CYH) raw stochastic average was set at 23.04%, which indicates a significant decrease from 40.44% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 91.44% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 61.87% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $2.83, while its 200-day Moving Average is $3.97. However, in the short run, Community Health Systems, Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $2.71. Second resistance stands at $2.79. The third major resistance level sits at $2.85. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $2.56, it is likely to go to the next support level at $2.50. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $2.42.

Community Health Systems, Inc (NYSE: CYH) Key Stats

There are 140,303K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 369.01 million. As of now, sales total 12,634 M while income totals -516,000 K. Its latest quarter income was 3,264 M while its last quarter net income were -71,000 K.