COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH)
Health Care · Hospital operators and health systems · NYSE
Community Health Systems operates a large network of 69 hospitals and 1,000+ outpatient care sites across 14 states, delivering general acute care, specialty services, and emergency care to diverse communities.
What COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC does
Community Health Systems is one of the nation's largest healthcare delivery networks, operating 69 affiliated hospitals with over 10,000 beds and more than 1,000 outpatient care sites across 14 states in 36 distinct markets. The company provides general acute care, emergency department, surgery, critical care, psychiatric, rehabilitation, and diagnostic services to patients paid for by government agencies, private insurers, and direct patient payments. The company also maintains a network of approximately 1,700 employed physicians and 1,400 licensed healthcare practitioners to support its hospital and outpatient operations across its regional markets.
Themes: ["Hospital operations and acute care delivery","Outpatient and ambulatory care networks","Regional healthcare systems consolidation","Physician employment and integrated delivery networks","Emergency and trauma services","Multi-state healthcare operations"]
Fundamentals
- Price$3.70 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$517M as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+5.4% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E1.11 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+3.8% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+85.2% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE-48.0% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity11.49 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)-2.9% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+0.7% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.82 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Operating revenues declining year-over-year (-2.87%), indicating challenges in patient volume or reimbursement rates within healthcare markets.","Significant debt burden with $10.1 billion in long-term debt as of Q1 2026 and negative stockholder equity position (-$1.45 billion), limiting financial flexibility.","Heavy dependence on government reimbursement programs (Medicare/Medicaid) and vulnerable to changes in reimbursement policies and payment rate pressures."]
Competitors & peers
- HCA Healthcare
- Universal Health Services
- Tenet Healthcare
- HealthSouth
- Lifepoint Health
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.