Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Friday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of -1.700–1.600 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of -1.100. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.3 billion-$11.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.4 billion.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CYH has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Truist Financial decreased their price target on Community Health Systems from $3.75 to $3.25 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Monday, July 27th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Community Health Systems from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 14th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Community Health Systems from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, July 25th. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of Community Health Systems from $3.20 to $3.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets started coverage on shares of Community Health Systems in a report on Tuesday, September 22nd. They issued a “market perform” rating and a $3.00 target price on the stock. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Community Health Systems currently has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $2.96.

Community Health Systems Stock Performance

CYH opened at $2.41 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $2.87 and its two-hundred day moving average is $3.04. Community Health Systems has a one year low of $2.19 and a one year high of $4.20. The company has a market cap of $339.83 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.27 and a beta of 1.88.

Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 28th. The company reported ($0.48) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.29) by ($0.19). Community Health Systems had a net margin of 0.31% and a negative return on equity of 6.66%. The business had revenue of $2.76 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.80 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.27 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 10.7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts predict that Community Health Systems will post -1.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Community Health Systems

In other Community Health Systems news, Director William Jennings sold 40,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $2.96, for a total transaction of $118,400.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 38,468 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $113,865.28. This represents a 50.98% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. 11.10% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Community Health Systems Company Profile

Community Health Systems, Inc (NYSE: CYH) is a healthcare services company that owns, leases, and operates general acute-care hospitals and related healthcare facilities in the United States. The company focuses primarily on serving communities in small cities and non-urban markets, providing access to hospital-based and outpatient care.

Its services generally include emergency care, inpatient and outpatient treatment, surgery, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, rehabilitation, and other clinical programs.