Community Health Systems, Inc (NYSE:CYH) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.52M but it saw 767411 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 441.93M USD, the company’s current market price of $3.14 came rising about 1.29 while comparing to the previous closing price of $3.10. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $6.29 and as low as $2.51. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $3.06 while lowest mark touched by it was $3.16.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Community Health Systems, Inc (CYH) gives us an average price of $3.36, while its current price level is -50.08% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 25.10% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $4.03 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $4.12. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 5.18% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 5.55%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 33.25 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Wells Fargo which downgraded the stock as “Underweight” in its note to investors issued on November 25, 2024, recommending a price target of between $5 and $2.50 for it. Barclays issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $3.
Over the week, CYH’s stock price is moving -2.18% down while it is -13.97% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 0.32% up and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -4.56%.
The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in January, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of -0.05 while estimate for next year EPS is -0.56. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $3.13B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $12.51B and seeing the company making $12.63B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $3.14B for current-quarter revenue.
Currently, Community Health Systems, Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 138.94M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -3.92%. It has a 14.90 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.58. Stock has a price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.04. Its return on asset (ROA) is -2.79% on average.
