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Community Health Systems (Community Health Systems) PB Ratio

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The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-17), Community Health Systems's share price is $2.91. Community Health Systems's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-10.18. Hence, Community Health Systems's PB Ratio of today is .

The historical rank and industry rank for Community Health Systems's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, Community Health Systems's highest PB Ratio was 1.52. The lowest was 0.30. And the median was 0.97.

CYH's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry.
Industry Median: 2.19
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Community Health Systems was 58.50% per year. The lowest was -24.00% per year. And the median was 9.00% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Community Health Systems PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Community Health Systems's PB Ratio can be seen below:

* 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.

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Competitive Comparison

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Community Health Systems's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Community Health Systems's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Community Health Systems's PB Ratio falls into.



Community Health Systems PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Community Health Systems's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=2.91/-10.177
=

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Community Health Systems  (NYSE:CYH) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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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