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Community Health Systems, Inc.CYHCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Health Care›Hospital/Nursing Management
Momentum laggard 19
Mkt cap
$312M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
78%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$5.22M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
+1.6 pp
WACC 5.7%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Official | Implied
B- / B-
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
103 days
17 Feb 2027
Close · USD$2.21
1D-3.1%
1W-7.9%
1M-19.1%
3M-24.8%
6M-20.8%
YTD-29.2%
1Y-43.2%
ATR %8.1%
Beta1.07
52w lowhigh43.6% off high

What Community Health Systems does

Employees: 57,000

Community Health Systems at a glance

Size Community Health Systems (CYH) is a United States Health Care company (Hospital/Nursing Management) with a market value of $312M, the 3077th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $2.21 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 20.8%, against -2.2% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 4th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 7.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +10.9%); the operating margin is 7.3% (peer median 9.5%).

Valuation It trades at 0.9× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.6× (5th cheapest of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.6 points above its cost of capital (5.7% WACC).

Credit Community Health Systems has 3 bonds outstanding ($2.88B), rated B- by the agencies and trading like B- at a weighted spread of 693 bp.

Short interest Short interest is 8.7% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 17 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 99CYH 79
Six months, rebased to 100: Community Health Systems against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Community Health Systems financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$11.7B$12.5B$12.6B$12.5B$12.2B
Revenue growth—-1%+1%+2%—
Gross profit$854M$1.08B$843M$908M$728M
EBITDA$1.29B$1.51B$1.33B$1.41B$1.26B
Net income$36.0M$509M-$516M-$133M$46.0M
Free cash flow-$122M$208M$120M-$257M-$115M
Capital expenditure$333M$335M$360M$467M$415M
Total debt$10.2B$11.0B$12.1B$12.2B$12.4B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Community Health Systems competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%+50%-20%0%INDRAMEDCOMEDVMDQC7301103VOX15153012392609ARTEMISMEDGHCCBAVHCGA50JLHLYATHARTHRHKGDSCYH6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Community Health Systems is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%2×4×6×INDRAMEDCOMEDVMDQC7301103VOX15153012392609ARTEMISMEDGHCKOVAIPARASHLTHCBAVHCGA50JLHLYATHARTHRHKCYHRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Community Health Systems is the large dot.

Community Health Systems competitors and peer comparison

How Community Health Systems compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Community Health Systems against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureCYHPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-19.1%-0.7%lowest of 20
6-month return-20.8%-2.2%4th lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-43.6%-22.6%3rd lowest of 20
Revenue growth (TTM)-7.8%+10.9%lowest of 21
Operating margin7.3%9.5%6th lowest of 21
EV / Sales0.9×2.6×5th cheapest of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital+1.6 pp+1.0 pp10th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA8.5×12.4×7th cheapest of 19
Net debt / EBITDA7.8×0.5×2nd most indebted of 19
Bond spread693 bpn/a—

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Community Health Systems CYHUnited States$312M-21%-8%7%0.9×n/an/a
Indraprastha Medical INDRAMEDCO.NSIndia$321M-21%+11%15%2.0×16.7%+19.3%
MEDICLIN Aktiengesellschaft MED.DEGermany$285M+48%+3%8%0.7×-9.1%+3.5%
Viemed Healthcare VMDUnited States$348M+2%+25%8%1.2×6.2%+15.5%
Q & M Dental Group (Singapore) QC7.SISingapore$353M-18%+16%9%2.6×8.2%+7.5%
Liaoning He Eye Hospital 301103.SZChina$365M-21%+3%4%1.1×-2.1%+5.4%
Voxel VOX.WAPoland$405M+50%+14%24%2.7×1.1%+12.2%
China Resources Medical 1515.HKHong Kong$415M-12%0%6%0.5×-7.3%+26.3%
Bright Eye Hospital 301239.SZChina$419M-23%+11%9%1.4×-3.7%+15.5%
Bayzed Health 2609.HKHong Kong$453M-49%-2%5%2.9×17.4%+9.2%
Artemis Medicare Services ARTEMISMED.NSIndia$514M+16%+15%14%4.4×45.8%+21.5%
Garofalo Health Care GHC.MIItaly$540M+1%+4%10%1.5×1.8%+18.3%
Kovai Medical Center & Hospital KOVAI.NSIndia$689M+4%+15%21%4.0×16.3%+18.1%
Paras Healthcare PARASHLTH.NSIndia$844Mn/a+24%11%5.6×n/an/a
Clinica Baviera CBAV.MCSpain$940M-7%+11%20%2.5×0.7%+19.7%
HealthCare Global Enterprises HCG.NSIndia$950M-2%+14%8%3.4×n/an/a
Thomson Medical A50.SISingapore$953M-21%+6%10%5.5×20.9%+11.8%
Jupiter Life Line Hospitals JLHL.NSIndia$1,000M+14%+17%16%6.0×n/an/a
Yatharth Hospital and Trauma Care Services YATHARTH.NSIndia$1.05B+25%+50%16%6.8×n/an/a
Rhon-klinikum RHK.DEGermany$1.08B+14%+5%3%0.6×n/an/a
Ramsay Generale de Sante GDS.PAFrance$1.09B-15%+3%4%0.9×6.3%+6.0%

Community Health Systems bonds and credit

Community Health Systems has 3 bonds outstanding with $2.88B face value. The agencies rate it B-; its bonds trade like B-. Weighted yield 11.62%, a spread of 693 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Which companies are Community Health Systems's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Indraprastha Medical (INDRAMEDCO.NS), MEDICLIN Aktiengesellschaft (MED.DE), Viemed Healthcare (VMD), Q & M Dental Group (Singapore) (QC7.SI), Liaoning He Eye Hospital (301103.SZ), Voxel (VOX.WA), China Resources Medical (1515.HK), Bright Eye Hospital (301239.SZ).
Is Community Health Systems expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 0.9× against a peer median of 2.6×, 5th cheapest of 21 in its peer set.
How has Community Health Systems stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -20.8% against -2.2% for the median peer; over one year -43.2%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.