Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CYH) has a beta value of 1.56 and has seen 1.6 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $746.11M, closed the last trade at $5.37 per share which meant it lost -$0.08 on the day or -1.47% during that session. The CYH stock price is -5.03% off its 52-week high price of $5.64 and 62.57% above the 52-week low of $2.01. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 1.16 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 1.68 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.20. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 1 out of 4 have rated it as a Hold, with 3 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.

Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CYH) trade information

Sporting -1.47% in the red in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the CYH stock price touched $5.37 or saw a rise of 4.79%. Year-to-date, Community Health Systems, Inc. shares have moved 71.57%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -0.56%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CYH) have changed 7.62%. Short interest in the company has seen 7.87 million shares shorted with days to cover at 3.74.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $10, which means that the shares’ value could jump 46.3% from current levels. The projected low price target is $5.0 while the price target rests at a high of $19.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -253.82% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 6.89% from current levels.

Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Community Health Systems, Inc. shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 85.81% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 69.78%, compared to 31.70% for the industry.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 31.96% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest 71.07% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to decrease by -7.95%.

CYH Dividends

Community Health Systems, Inc. is expected to release its next earnings report on 2024-Oct-23 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CYH)’s Major holders

Insiders own 8.19% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 77.01% with a share float percentage of 83.89%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Community Health Systems, Inc. having a total of 253.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are BLACKROCK INC. with over 9.36 million shares worth more than $31.46 million. As of 2024-06-30, BLACKROCK INC. held 7.132% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 9.08 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $30.52 million and represent 6.9197% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and iShares Russell 2000 ETF. As of Mar 31, 2024, the former fund manager holds about 2.87% shares in the company for having 3.99 shares of worth $21.43 million while later fund manager owns 2.96 shares of worth $15.87 million as of Jun 30, 2024, which makes it owner of about 2.13% of company’s outstanding stock.