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Community Health Systems (Community Health Systems) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Community Health Systems Financial Strength?

Community Health Systems has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Community Health Systems Inc displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Community Health Systems's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.18. Community Health Systems's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.97. As of today, Community Health Systems's Altman Z-Score is 0.86.


Competitive Comparison of Community Health Systems's Financial Strength

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Community Health Systems's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Community Health Systems's Financial Strength Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

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Community Health Systems Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Community Health Systems's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-211 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $248 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $12,079 Mil.

Community Health Systems's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*248/-211
=1.18

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Community Health Systems Inc interest coverage is 1.04, which is low.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Community Health Systems's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(149 + 12079) / 12560
=0.97

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Community Health Systems has a Z-score of 0.86, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.86 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Community Health Systems  (NYSE:CYH) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Community Health Systems has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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Community Health Systems (Community Health Systems) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4000 Meridian Boulevard, Franklin, TN, USA, 37067
Community Health Systems Inc is the largest publicly owned hospital operator in the United States. The company owns or leases over 83 hospitals located in nonurban and urban markets. The company also owns four home health agencies and provides management and consulting services to independent hospitals. The firm derives revenue through a broad range of general and specialized hospital healthcare services and outpatient services.
Executives
Wayne T Smith director, officer: Executive Officer and Director 500 WEST MAIN STREET, LOUISVILLE KY 40202
Charles J Cova officer: Regional President 4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD, FRANKLIN TN 37067
Burgess Ronald L Jr director 4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD, FRANKLIN TN 37067
Ely James S. Iii director 4000 MERIDIAN BLVD, FRANKLIN TN 37067
Susan W Brooks director 200 EAST JACKSON ST, MUNCIE IN 47305
Justin D Pitt officer: EVP and General Counsel 4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD, FRANKLIN TN 37067
Joseph Arthur Hastings director 1573 MALLORY LANE, SUITE 100, BRENTWOOD TN 37027
John A Fry director C/O DELAWARE INVESTMENTS, 2005 MARKET ST. 34TH FL., PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
William Norris Jennings director 509 ALTA GATE ROAD, LOUISVILLE KY 40206
Chad A Campbell officer: Regional President 4000 MERIDIAN BLVD, FRANKLIN TN 37067
David E Nicely officer: Regional President 4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD, FRANKLIN TN 37067
Kevin A Stockton officer: Regional President 4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD, FRANKLIN TN 37067
Mark B Medley officer: Regional President 4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD, FRANKLIN TN 37067
Austen D Mason officer: Regional President 4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD, FRANKLIN TN 37067
Tian Qiao Chen 10 percent owner 2735 SAND HILL ROAD, #140, MENLO PARK CA 94025