Company Analysis

Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH)

NYSE: CYH · Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, NEC · Franklin, TN · filing with the SEC since 2000
Grade4.1
◀ Past 3.6● Present 4.3▶ Future 4.4

The grade of Community Health Systems, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.1/10
◀ Past3.630% of the headline
● Present4.340% of the headline
▶ Future4.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Community Health Systems, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
1.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-4.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 4 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 13th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Community Health Systems, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $18 billion in fiscal 2016 to $12 billion in fiscal 2025, down 4.2% a year; it rose in 3 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 36% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 4 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-4.2%bottom 11% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 2% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 25% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak36.1%bottom 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.3% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 30th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Community Health Systems, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 43% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 109%: owes 109¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Community Health Systems, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 80 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 109 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 2.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 2% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 5% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 45% of 22 in its family; net margin 4.1%.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Community Health Systems, Inc.'s standing among 22 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $12 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 20% by size; a net margin of 4.1% ranks in the bottom 48%; revenue growth of 0.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 7% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$12.48Btop 20% of its family
  • net margin4.1%bottom 48% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth0.7%bottom 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 33% of 19 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Community Health Systems, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Hammons, Kevin J (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-03-03, 8 months (bottom 8% of its family); the 19 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.9 years (top 42%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 19 people in charge now (bottom 34%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge10 in three years among 19 peoplebottom 34% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.9 yearstop 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8 monthsbottom 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 39% of 22 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 39th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Community Health Systems, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $260 million against debt of $10 billion leaves -76.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 7% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 1.7% of revenue (bottom 16%); a gross margin of 85.1% (top 5%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-76.8%bottom 7% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue1.7%bottom 16% of its family
  • gross margin85.1%top 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
2.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 28% of 22 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 28th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Community Health Systems, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 0.7% a year over the last three filed years against -4.2% over all 10, speeding up (top 25% of its family); the newest year grew -1.2% (bottom 7%); capital spending grew -6.9% a year (bottom 3%) (its annual reports). Community Health Systems, Inc. reported 5 product lines in fiscal 2025: Managed Care and Other Third Party Payors at $6.0 billion (48%), Medicare Managed Care at $2.3 billion (18%), Medicare at $2.2 billion (17%), and 2 more; 2 of 5 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+5.0 points a yeartop 25% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-1.2%bottom 7% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-6.9%bottom 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 33% of 22 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Community Health Systems, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $12 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 2.8% below the $13 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 20% of its family); net income of $509 million against a prior three-year average of $201 million (top 7%); a net margin of 4.1% against -1.6% before (top 11%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-2.8%bottom 20% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+353%top 7% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+5.7 pointstop 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton CYH · research, not advice