CYH vs EHC vs SGRY Stock Comparison

Community Health Systems, Encompass Health and Surgery Partners Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EHC Encompass Health Corp
$122.08 -1.6% 1M -3.3% 1Y
Market cap
$12.04B
P/E
18.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.34B
Div. yield
0.64%
Hospitals Healthcare
6 wins
SGRY Surgery Partners, Inc.
$23.24 +58.2% 1M +1.3% 1Y
Market cap
$3.04B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.37B
Div. yield
–
Healthcare Services Healthcare
1 win

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Encompass Health leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Encompass Health 6, Community Health Systems 1, Surgery Partners 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCYHEHCSGRYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $373.68M $12.04B $3.04B EHC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 5.2x 18.7x -33.8x CYH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 20.6x 58.1x EHC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -7.8% +9.4% +4.0% EHC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — -2.6% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 5.3% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 6.3x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.64% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -35.7% -3.3% +1.3% SGRY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -27.4%/yr +14.0%/yr -10.8%/yr EHC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 50.3% 29.5% 66.8% EHC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 61/100 55/100 EHC

Percentile Scorecard

CYHEHCSGRY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCYHEHCSGRY
Valuation 96 #5 of 92 73 #26 of 92 84 #16 of 92
Growth 21 #69 of 87 52 #42 of 87 42 #51 of 87
Profitability 48 #45 of 86 84 #15 of 86 67 #29 of 86
Financial Health 16 #82 of 97 41 #58 of 97 29 #69 of 97
Shareholder Returns – 54 #26 of 55 –
Overall 45 61 55
  • CYH ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • EHC ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • SGRY ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCYHEHCSGRYSPY
1 month -8.3%-1.6%+58.2% +0.9%
3 months -2.2%+7.3%+41.6% +5.9%
6 months -7.7%+19.0%+67.6% +8.5%
Year to date -15.1%+15.0%+50.4% +13.3%
1 year -35.7%-3.3%+1.3% +12.4%
3 years +26.8%+100.6%+3.7% +88.1%
3 years, per year +8.2%+26.1%+1.2% +23.5%
5 years -79.8%+92.1%-43.5% +68.2%
5 years, per year -27.4%+14.0%-10.8% +11.0%
10 years -49.3%+207.7%+42.9% +263.4%
10 years, per year -6.6%+11.9%+3.6% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCYHEHCSGRYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 50.3%29.5%66.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 55.5%25.0%65.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.950.030.82 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.71-0.110.02 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -86.3%-39.1%-81.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -37.1%-4.6%-0.5% -0.9%
52-week high $4.21$127.92$23.36 $779.14
52-week low $2.49$93.83$11.49 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCYHEHCSGRY
P/E now vs peer median 5.2xmedian 25.6x 18.7xmedian 25.6x -33.8xmedian 25.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 1.6x 1.9xmedian 1.6x 0.9xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 16.3x —median 16.3x 11.7xmedian 16.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -2.2xmedian 21.3x 29.5xmedian 21.3x 16.2xmedian 21.3x
P/B now vs peer median -0.3xmedian 3.3x 3.4xmedian 3.3x 1.0xmedian 3.3x
PEG now vs peer median -0.12median 0.68 0.82median 0.68 1.96median 0.68

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCYHEHCSGRY
Revenue $11.65B $6.34B $3.37B
Operating income $1.23B – $383.80M
Net income $188.00M $862.30M $48.10M
Free cash flow – – $187.60M
EPS (diluted) $0.51 $6.44 $-0.69
Cash & equivalents $155.00M $76.20M $216.70M
Total debt – – $3.75B
Shares (diluted) 136.51M 100.00M 128.83M
Enterprise value $709.68M $12.87B $3.63B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCYHEHCSGRY
P/E 5.2x 18.7x -33.8x
P/FCF -2.2x 29.5x 16.2x
P/Operating cash flow 1.8x 9.2x 11.8x
P/S 0.0x 1.9x 0.9x
P/B -0.3x 3.4x 1.0x
P/Tangible book -0.3x 3.8x 1.0x
EV/EBITDA – – 11.7x
EV/EBIT – – 17.1x
EV/Revenue 0.0x 1.9x 2.0x
EV/FCF – – 35.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 1.8x 9.2x 25.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.12 0.82 1.96

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCYHEHCSGRY
Revenue growth (1Y) -7.8% 9.4% 4.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 66.5% 10.5% 8.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 48.3% – 6.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – 7.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -61.5% 19.7% 136.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -20.6% 23.2% 15.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -81.4% 21.9% 51.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -42.4% 22.7% -17.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -57.2% 17.6% -2.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.8% 16.6% 16.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 7.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 36.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCYHEHCSGRY
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – – 16.7%
Operating margin – – 11.4%
Pretax margin – – 11.4%
Net margin – – -2.6%
FCF margin – – 5.6%
Operating cash flow margin 1.8% 20.6% 7.7%
Return on equity – 25.0% 2.6%
Return on assets 1.6% 11.5% 1.0%
Return on invested capital – – 5.3%
Return on capital employed – – 5.1%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.8x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.5x 5.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.1% 0.9% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCYHEHCSGRY
Debt / assets – – 46.6%
Debt / equity – – 1.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 6.3x
Debt / FCF – – 20.0x
Liabilities / assets 107.7% 52.9% 61.5%
Equity / assets -12.3% 46.3% 38.5%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.5x 1.1x 1.9x
Quick ratio – – 1.4x
Cash ratio – – 0.4x
Altman Z-score – – 0.88

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCYHEHCSGRY
Dividend yield – 0.6% –
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 0.6% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – 8.9% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 11.3% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 8.4% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCYHEHCSGRY
Forward P/E – 20.6xFY2026 58.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-1.16FY2026 $5.94FY2026 $0.40FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -197.5%FY2026 +9.0%FY2026 -14.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +7.1% -5.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $6.62BFY2026 $3.38BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +11.5%FY2026 +2.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +9.2% -2.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCYHEHCSGRY
Held by institutions 82.1% 96.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 179 595 189
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.6% -0.8% -0.8%
Institutions buying 96 292 111
Institutions selling 52 217 50
Buyers to sellers 1.85 1.35 2.22

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CYHEHCSGRY
CYH 1.00 0.28 0.30
EHC 0.28 1.00 0.11
SGRY 0.30 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CYH, EHC and SGRY?

Encompass Health (EHC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Community Health Systems (CYH) $373.68M, Encompass Health (EHC) $12.04B, Surgery Partners (SGRY) $3.04B.

Which stock is cheaper, CYH, EHC and SGRY?

Community Health Systems (CYH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Community Health Systems (CYH) 5.2x, Encompass Health (EHC) 18.7x, Surgery Partners (SGRY) -33.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Encompass Health (EHC) is cheapest (Encompass Health (EHC) 20.6x, Surgery Partners (SGRY) 58.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Encompass Health (EHC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Community Health Systems (CYH) -7.8%, Encompass Health (EHC) +9.4%, Surgery Partners (SGRY) +4.0%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Surgery Partners (SGRY) returned the most: Community Health Systems (CYH) -35.7%, Encompass Health (EHC) -3.3%, Surgery Partners (SGRY) +1.3%. Over five years, Encompass Health (EHC) compounded fastest (Community Health Systems (CYH) -27.4%/yr, Encompass Health (EHC) +14.0%/yr, Surgery Partners (SGRY) -10.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Community Health Systems (CYH) 0.00%, Encompass Health (EHC) 0.64%. Community Health Systems (CYH) and Surgery Partners (SGRY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Encompass Health (EHC) has been the steadiest (Community Health Systems (CYH) 50.3%, Encompass Health (EHC) 29.5%, Surgery Partners (SGRY) 66.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CYH, EHC and SGRY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Encompass Health (EHC) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.