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Community Health Systems, Inc (NYSE: CYH) closed the day trading at $3.44 down -12.02% from the previous closing price of $3.91. In other words, the price has decreased by -$12.02 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.31 million shares were traded. CYH stock price reached its highest trading level at $3.925 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $3.3.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of CYH, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 1.12 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 3.18. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.30 and its Current Ratio is at 1.44.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Wells Fargo on November 25, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Underweight and sets its target price to $2.50 from $5 previously.
On March 06, 2024, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Equal Weight rating and target price of $3.Barclays initiated its Equal Weight rating on March 06, 2024, with a $3 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 21 ’25 when BENET MIGUEL S sold 23,875 shares for $3.52 per share. The transaction valued at 84,159 led to the insider holds 55,000 shares of the business.
Miguel S. Benet bought 23,875 shares of CYH for $84,040 on Feb 21 ’25.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CYH now has a Market Capitalization of 548597440 and an Enterprise Value of 12602094592. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.04. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.996 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.074.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CYH is 2.13, which has changed by -0.057534218 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11730647 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CYH has reached a high of $6.29, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $2.24. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 8.59%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -10.13%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, CYH traded about 2.81M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CYH traded about 1960900 shares per day. A total of 140.30M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 120.39M. Insiders hold about 14.19% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 77.00% stake in the company. Shares short for CYH as of 1747267200 were 13987765 with a Short Ratio of 4.97, compared to 1744675200 on 12907946. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 13987765 and a Short% of Float of 11.129999999999999.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
