What does debt-to-equity mean?

Total debt (including capitalized leases and financing obligations) divided by shareholders' equity at the quarter end. Measures how much the company is financed by debt relative to equity.

Community Health Systems CYH Debt-to-equity

Discontinued — last reported Q3 '17

Debt-to-equity at other companies

Tenet HealthcareTHC

2.8×-0.4×

Universal Health ServicesUHS

0.7×-0.1×

ARD

Ardent Health PartnersARDT

0.9×-0.1×

Nutex Health Inc.NUTX

1×-0.7×

Surgery Partners, Inc.SGRY

3×+0.2×

National HealthcareNHC

0×-0.2×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.0B-6.1%

Gross profit$2.5B-5.5%

Operating income$281.0M-1.1%

Net income-$58.0M-346%

EPS (diluted)-$0.43-330%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$712.0M+65.2%

Total debt$11.0B-10.0%

Total equity-$1.5B+24.4%

Total assets$13.2B-5.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$297.0M-348%

CapEx$76.0M-10.6%

Free cash flow-$373.0M-1,166%

Valuation

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Market cap$450.93M-2.9%

Enterprise value$10.7B-12.4%

P/E1×—

P/S0×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin85.2%+0.6pp

Operating margin12.1%+7.4pp

Net margin3.8%+2.5pp

FCF margin-1.6%-2.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-43.9%—

Current ratio1.5×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Community Health Systems’s reported figures.

total debt/total stockholders equity=11.5×

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Community Health Systems’s 10-Q, filed October 30, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does debt-to-equity mean?: Total debt (including capitalized leases and financing obligations) divided by shareholders' equity at the quarter end. Measures how much the company is financed by debt relative to equity.