Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of -0.550-0.000 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.170. The company issued revenue guidance of $12.2 billion-$12.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $12.6 billion.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have weighed in on CYH. Raymond James lowered shares of Community Health Systems from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. StockNews.com cut Community Health Systems from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, November 25th. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Community Health Systems from $3.00 to $5.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Wells Fargo & Company cut shares of Community Health Systems from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from $5.00 to $2.50 in a research note on Monday, November 25th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their price target on shares of Community Health Systems from $5.00 to $3.50 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $4.52.

Community Health Systems Trading Down 1.0 %

Shares of CYH stock traded down $0.04 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $3.35. 3,698,266 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,219,899. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $3.22 and its 200-day simple moving average is $4.30. Community Health Systems has a 12-month low of $2.51 and a 12-month high of $6.29. The company has a market capitalization of $464.79 million, a PE ratio of -1.11 and a beta of 1.63.

Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The company reported ($0.42) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09 by ($0.51). Equities analysts anticipate that Community Health Systems will post -0.55 EPS for the current year.

Community Health Systems Company Profile

Community Health Systems, Inc owns, leases, and operates general acute care hospitals in the United States. It offers general acute care, emergency room, general and specialty surgery, critical care, internal medicine, obstetrics, diagnostic, psychiatric, and rehabilitation services, as well as skilled nursing and home care services.