Community Health Systems Inc (CYH): Today's Featured Health Services Winner
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) pushed the Health Services industry higher today making it today's featured health services winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.4%. By the end of trading, Community Health Systems rose $2.63 (5.9%) to $47.23 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 4,939,395 shares of Community Health Systems exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,283,400 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $44.21-$47.45 after having opened the day at $44.34 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $44.60. Other companies within the Health Services industry that increased today were:
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), up 26.3%,
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), up 12.1%,
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), up 11.2% and
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), up 10.0%.
Community Health Systems, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides general and specialized hospital healthcare services to patients in the United States. Community Health Systems has a market cap of $4.1 billion and is part of the health care sector. Shares are up 40.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 11 analysts that rate Community Health Systems a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Community Health Systems
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, growth in earnings per share and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.
- You can view the full Community Health Systems Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 11.1%,
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), down 7.7%,
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), down 6.2% and
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), down 5.2% , were all laggards within the health services industry with
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) being today's health services industry laggard.
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Health Care Select Sector SPDR
(
) while those bearish on the health services industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Short Health Care
(
).
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