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

Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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

Community Health Systems Trading Down 1.0 %

CYH stock traded down $0.04 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $3.35. 3,698,266 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,219,899. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $3.21 and a 200-day simple moving average of $4.29. The stock has a market capitalization of $464.79 million, a PE ratio of -1.11 and a beta of 1.63. Community Health Systems has a 1-year low of $2.51 and a 1-year high of $6.29.

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