Community Health Systems (CYH) reported $3.11 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 4.9%. EPS of $0 for the same period compares to -$0.42 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.18% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.14 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.32, the EPS surprise was +100%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Community Health Systems performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Adjusted admissions: 222,282 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 222,396.
- Patient days: 410,141.00 Days compared to the 429,606.80 Days average estimate based on two analysts.
- Beds in Service: 8,983 versus 8,679 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Same-store occupancy rate (average beds in service): 49.6% versus 53.8% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Number of Hospitals: 69 versus 70 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Admissions: 97,768 versus 97,799 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Licensed Beds: 10,458 versus 10,478 estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of Community Health Systems have returned +9.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -1.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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