Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) Announces Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.51 EPS

Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported ($0.42) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09 by ($0.51), Zacks reports. Community Health Systems updated its FY 2025 guidance to -0.550-0.000 EPS.

Community Health Systems Trading Down 1.0 %

NYSE:CYH opened at $3.35 on Wednesday. Community Health Systems has a one year low of $2.51 and a one year high of $6.29. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $3.21 and a 200 day moving average price of $4.29.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

CYH has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Truist Financial decreased their target price on Community Health Systems from $5.00 to $3.50 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 6th. StockNews.com cut shares of Community Health Systems from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, November 25th. Raymond James lowered shares of Community Health Systems from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of Community Health Systems from $3.00 to $5.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered Community Health Systems from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and reduced their target price for the company from $5.00 to $2.50 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 assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $4.52.

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.