What is Community Health Systems's price / earnings?

Community Health Systems (CYH) reported price / earnings of 0.9× in Q1 2026.

What is the long-term trend for Community Health Systems's price / earnings?

Over 3 years (2020 to 2025), Community Health Systems's price / earnings has grown at a -23.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1.9× to 0.8×.

What does price / earnings mean?

Market capitalization at the quarter end divided by trailing-twelve-month net income. The price the market pays for each dollar of trailing earnings.

Community Health Systems CYH Price / earnings

Price / earnings at other companies

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7.2×-3.0×

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15.6×+0.9×

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9.1×+0.4×

Nutex Health Inc.NUTX

6.9×+3.4×

Surgery Partners, Inc.SGRY

6,262.9×—

National HealthcareNHC

19.6×+6.4×

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/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%—

Debt / equity11.5×—

Current ratio1.5×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Community Health Systems’s reported figures.

market cap/net income=0.9×

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Community Health Systems’s 10-Q, filed April 22, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Community Health Systems's price / earnings?: Community Health Systems (CYH) reported price / earnings of 0.9× in Q1 2026.
What is the long-term trend for Community Health Systems's price / earnings?: Over 3 years (2020 to 2025), Community Health Systems's price / earnings has grown at a -23.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1.9× to 0.8×.
What does price / earnings mean?: Market capitalization at the quarter end divided by trailing-twelve-month net income. The price the market pays for each dollar of trailing earnings.