Fundamental Data for CYH

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.

# Employees: 78334

Address: 4000 Meridian Boulevard,Franklin,TN,USA

Phone: 615 465-7000

Fax: 615 645-7001

Website: www.chs.net

Email: Investor_Communications@chs.net

Sector: Medical

Industry: MED-HOSPITALS

Executive Officers

Harvey Klein M.D. (Dir.)

Wayne T. Smith (Chmn.; Presi.; C.E.O.)

Larry W. Cash (Exec. V.P.; C.F.O.; Dir.)

Mark T. Buford (V.P.; Corp. Contrl.)

John A. Clerico (Dir.,)

Dividend

Ex-Dividend Date: N/A

Annual Dividend: N/A

Current Dividend Yield: N/A

Dividend Paid (3 months): N/A

Indicated Dividend: N/A

Earnings

Last Earnings Date: 9/30/2009

Next Earnings Date(Expected): 2/18/2010

Mean EPS (Next Qtr): $0.69

Mean EPS (Year): $2.62

Mean Estimate(Long Term): $13.64

P/E Ratio(Based on EPS estimate): 11.900

Number of Estimates: 19

Shares Performance

Period	CYH	Compare to S&P
YTD	113.92 %	77.03 %
4 Weeks	-0.29 %	-5.34 %
12 Weeks	5.62 %	-1.64 %

Shares Information

Analyst Coverage: Y

Avg Volume: 847106

Shares Outstanding: 92M

Market Cap: $2.89B

52 Week High: $36.60

52 Week Low: $12.20

P/E Ratio: 12.330

PEG Ratio: 0.870

Split: On 1/1/1990 CYH split by factor of 2.000

Earnings Performance

EPS Growth in Last Quarter: -1.52 %

EPS Growth in Last Year: 14.04 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: 2.31 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: 11.32 %

Financials

Qtr Book Value: $1.48

Cash Flow/Share: $4.09

Change in Payout Ratio: 0.000

Price/Sales: 0.250