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CYH: Community Health Sys Inc New - Stock Quote Enter Ticker:
 

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COMMUNITY HEALTH SYS INC NEW (NYSE)
CYH 30.78 -0.84 (-2.66%) Vol.  1,162,448 16:01 ET

Day Low - High 30.68 - 31.45
52wk Low - High 10.87 - 36.87
Avg Volume 1,308,888
Industry MED-HOSPITALS
Market Cap 2.85 B
Div - Yield 0.00 - 0.00
PE (forward) 11.74
PEG Ratio .86
Current Year Est. 2.62
EPS Last Year 2.53
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#2 Buy 16.63%
#3 Hold 7.53%
#4 Sell 2.01%
#5 Strong Sell -0.07%
S&P 500 8.70%
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Top Peers Ticker Zacks Rank
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYS INC NEW CYH PREMIUM
UNIVL HLTH SVCS UHS PREMIUM
TENET HEALTH THC PREMIUM
MEDNAX INC MD PREMIUM
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 2.14
ABR (Last Week) 2.14
# of Recs in ABR 22
Average Target Price 38.74
Industry Rank by ABR 55 out of 217
Rank in Industry 6 out of 12
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR CYH
Zacks Equity Research: Report for CYH
Oct 27, 2009
Zacks Blog: Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Community Health Systems Inc., Universal Health Services Inc., Merck & Co., Inc., Schering-Plough and Johnson & Johnson.
Jun 16, 2009
Zacks Blog: Cuts in Healthcare Spending
Jun 15, 2009
Zacks Blog: Healthcare Industry
May 28, 2009
Zacks Blog: Community Health Kept Stable
Mar 18, 2009
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NEWS
Community Health Systems Down 4.2% Since SmarTrend's Sell Recommendation
Nov 19, 2009
Community Health Systems to Present at Lazard Capital Markets Annual Healthcare Conference
Nov 17, 2009
TheFortuneFinancial.com Free Market Research on MTU, CTV, MF, CYH,MRVL and TRMK
Nov 16, 2009
Community Health Systems to Participate in the 2009 Citi Investment Research Small and Mid Cap Conference
Nov 12, 2009
Community Health Systems to Participate in Lazard Capital Markets 6th Annual Healthcare Conference
Nov 11, 2009
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
12/2009
Next Quarter
03/2010
This Year
12/2009
Next Year
12/2010
Average Estimate 0.69 0.73 2.62 2.93
Number of Estimates 19 10 19 18
Low Estimates 0.67 0.68 2.59 2.82
High Estimate 0.72 0.78 2.65 3.06
Year Ago EPS 0.59 0.63 2.17 2.62
EPS Growth 17.66% 15.71% 20.83% 11.74%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Community Health Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of non-urban acute healthcare services. Their facilities, together with their medical staffs, provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient acute care services and a variety of specialty services.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 2.53
Sales 10840.1
Net Income 237.96
Price/Earnings 12.17
Price/Book 1.46
Price/Cash Flow 4.03
Price/Sales .24


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