Community Health Systems, Inc.

NYSE:CYH Stock Report

Market Cap: US$504.4m

Community Health Systems Valuation

Is CYH undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CYH when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate CYH's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate CYH's fair value for valuation analysis.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CYH?

Key metric: As CYH is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for CYH. This is calculated by dividing CYH's market cap by their current revenue.
What is CYH's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.04x
SalesUS$12.55b
Market CapUS$504.42m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does CYH's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for CYH vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.2x
SNDA Sonida Senior Living
1.7xn/aUS$408.6m
BKD Brookdale Senior Living
0.4x5.6%US$1.0b
AUNA Auna
0.5x10.6%US$535.9m
USPH U.S. Physical Therapy
2.2x8.9%US$1.4b
CYH Community Health Systems
0.04x2.0%US$504.4m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: CYH is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0x) compared to the peer average (1.2x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does CYH's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Healthcare Industry?

31 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.1.0x6.6%
CYH Community Health Systems
0.04x2.0%US$504.42m
MCK McKesson
0.2x8.1%US$78.15b
CVS CVS Health
0.2x4.6%US$70.18b
CYH 0.0xIndustry Avg. 1.0xNo. of Companies31PS012345+
31 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.1.0x20.8%
CYH Community Health Systems
0.04x97.6%US$504.42m
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: CYH is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0x) compared to the US Healthcare industry average (1x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CYH's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CYH PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.04x
Fair PS Ratio0.7x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: CYH is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CYH forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$3.83
US$5.26
+37.3%
9.0%US$6.00US$4.80n/a7
Nov ’25US$4.20
US$5.26
+25.2%
9.0%US$6.00US$4.80n/a7
Oct ’25US$5.92
US$5.20
-12.2%
17.9%US$6.00US$3.00n/a8
Sep ’25US$5.45
US$5.20
-4.6%
17.9%US$6.00US$3.00n/a8
Aug ’25US$5.01
US$5.15
+2.8%
18.4%US$6.00US$3.00n/a8
Jul ’25US$3.32
US$4.42
+33.1%
24.4%US$6.00US$3.00n/a8
Jun ’25US$3.96
US$4.42
+11.6%
24.4%US$6.00US$3.00n/a8
May ’25US$3.44
US$4.39
+27.7%
25.0%US$6.00US$3.00n/a8
Apr ’25US$3.36
US$4.42
+31.5%
28.3%US$6.00US$3.00n/a8
Mar ’25US$2.87
US$4.62
+61.0%
26.1%US$6.00US$3.10n/a7
Feb ’25US$3.83
US$4.98
+30.0%
27.0%US$6.50US$3.10n/a7
Jan ’25US$3.13
US$4.69
+49.9%
35.6%US$6.50US$2.50n/a7
Dec ’24US$2.73
US$4.69
+71.9%
35.6%US$6.50US$2.50n/a7
Nov ’24US$2.07
US$4.82
+132.9%
32.6%US$6.50US$2.50US$4.207
Oct ’24US$2.90
US$6.63
+128.4%
43.6%US$13.75US$4.00US$5.928
Sep ’24US$3.57
US$6.82
+91.1%
39.2%US$13.75US$4.00US$5.459
Aug ’24US$4.40
US$6.77
+53.8%
39.9%US$13.75US$4.00US$5.019
Jul ’24US$4.40
US$6.77
+53.8%
39.9%US$13.75US$4.00US$3.329
Jun ’24US$3.34
US$6.71
+100.9%
40.8%US$13.75US$4.00US$3.969
May ’24US$6.23
US$8.78
+41.0%
27.0%US$13.75US$6.00US$3.448
Apr ’24US$4.90
US$8.83
+80.3%
23.9%US$13.75US$6.50US$3.369
Mar ’24US$6.15
US$8.25
+34.1%
32.2%US$13.75US$3.00US$2.8710
Feb ’24US$5.47
US$5.56
+1.6%
53.3%US$13.75US$3.00US$3.8310
Jan ’24US$4.32
US$5.36
+24.0%
61.9%US$13.75US$3.00US$3.1310
Dec ’23US$3.37
US$5.36
+58.9%
61.9%US$13.75US$3.00US$2.7310
Nov ’23US$3.26
US$5.40
+65.6%
61.0%US$13.75US$3.00US$2.0710

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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