With 2.74 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.01 million shares. The 52-week range on CYH shows that it touched its highest point at $6.29 and its lowest point at $2.69 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $4.27. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.71.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of CYH was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.33%, but this was down by -14.53% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -13.53% while six-month performance fell -45.66%. The stock gained 3.52% in the past year, while it has lost -1.67% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CYH yields -3.89 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.22. For the next quarter, that number is -0.03. This implies an EPS growth rate of 99.39% for this year and 3641.11% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 138.92 million CYH shares are outstanding with a float of 119.69 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for CYH since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$0.48858 being high and -$0.55435 being low. For CYH, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.51677. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.19 and the low estimate is -$0.12. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.03.
