Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of -0.550-0.000 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.170. The company issued revenue guidance of $12.2 billion-$12.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $12.6 billion.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently weighed in on CYH shares. Barclays reduced their price objective on shares of Community Health Systems from $5.00 to $4.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Truist Financial decreased their target price on shares of Community Health Systems from $5.00 to $3.50 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 6th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Community Health Systems from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, November 25th. Raymond James cut shares of Community Health Systems from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered Community Health Systems from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and cut their target price for the company from $5.00 to $2.50 in a research report on Monday, November 25th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Community Health Systems presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $4.35.

Community Health Systems Price Performance

CYH stock opened at $3.62 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $3.21 and its 200-day moving average is $4.29. Community Health Systems has a 1 year low of $2.51 and a 1 year high of $6.29.

Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The company reported ($0.42) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.09 by ($0.51). The company had revenue of $3.27 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.14 billion. As a group, equities analysts predict that Community Health Systems will post -0.01 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.