Growth Metrics

Community Health Systems (CYH) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026)

Community Health Systems posted quarterly EBITDA Margin of 0.88% for Q1 2026, down 56.0% year-on-year from 1.99% in Q1 2025, and up 96.93% on a QoQ basis from 28.53% in Q4 2025.

Community Health Systems (CYH) has 16 years of EBITDA Margin data on file, last reported at 0.88% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin fell 56.0% year-over-year to 0.88%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 1.28% (up 391.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.22%, up 169.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 0.88%, up from 28.53% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 16.34% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 28.53% in Q4 2025.
  • The 4-year median for EBITDA Margin is 1.12% (2024), against an average of 2.66%.
  • Peak annual rise in EBITDA Margin reached 3429 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 2080 bps in 2022.
  • A 4-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 7.29% in 2022, then sank by 236 bps to 9.92% in 2024, then slumped by 187 bps to 28.53% in 2025, then jumped by 97 bps to 0.88% in 2026.
  • The last three EBITDA Margin figures came in at 0.88% (Q1 2026), 28.53% (Q4 2025), and 7.87% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 84.64 Bn 87.02 Bn 16.26 Bn -2.96%
2 Tenet Healthcare 15.22 Bn 14.39 Bn 4.41 Bn 24.14%
3 Davita 13.10 Bn 13.96 Bn 1.07 Bn 14.11%
4 Encompass Health 10.50 Bn 11.12 Bn 1.34 Bn 3.76%
5 Ensign 9.69 Bn 9.09 Bn 293.37 Mn 8.99%
6 Universal Health Services 8.92 Bn 8.88 Bn 3.21 Bn 11.19%
7 Fresenius Medical Care AG 7.31 Bn 4.93 Bn 22,843.10 Bn 0.02%
8 Chemed 5.83 Bn 5.81 Bn 215.76 Mn 15.04%
9 Pacs 5.76 Bn 5.51 Bn 345.96 Mn 8.45%
10 Community Health Systems 365.61 Mn -117.39 Mn - -0.88%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.88%
Dec 31, 2025 -28.53%
Sep 30, 2025 7.87%
Jun 30, 2025 16.34%
Mar 31, 2025 -0.32%
Dec 31, 2024 -9.92%
Sep 30, 2024 -11.36%
Jun 30, 2024 0.92%
Mar 31, 2024 -1.37%
Dec 31, 2022 7.29%
Sep 30, 2022 -1.59%
Jun 30, 2022 -10.36%
Dec 31, 2021 -27.00%
Sep 30, 2021 10.91%
Jun 30, 2021 10.44%
Mar 31, 2021 -1.26%
Dec 31, 2020 -19.27%
Sep 30, 2020 9.12%
Jun 30, 2020 11.75%
Mar 31, 2020 3.64%
Dec 31, 2019 -10.56%
Sep 30, 2019 0.06%
Jun 30, 2019 -5.00%
Mar 31, 2019 -3.50%
Dec 31, 2017 -66.85%
Sep 30, 2017 -2.78%
Jun 30, 2017 -2.92%
Mar 31, 2017 -4.26%
Dec 31, 2016 -2.26%
Sep 30, 2016 -1.21%
Jun 30, 2016 -31.26%
Mar 31, 2016 5.88%
Dec 31, 2015 3.06%
Sep 30, 2015 7.24%
Jun 30, 2015 9.03%
Mar 31, 2015 8.12%
Dec 31, 2014 -15.88%
Sep 30, 2014 7.74%
Jun 30, 2014 7.39%
Mar 31, 2014 4.26%
Dec 31, 2013 -17.73%
Sep 30, 2013 5.58%
Jun 30, 2013 6.86%
Mar 31, 2013 8.83%
Dec 31, 2012 9.13%
Sep 30, 2012 8.95%
Jun 30, 2012 8.95%
Mar 31, 2012 10.59%
Dec 31, 2011 9.35%
Sep 30, 2011 9.64%
Jun 30, 2011 9.63%
Mar 31, 2011 9.50%
Dec 31, 2010 8.59%
Sep 30, 2010 9.01%
Jun 30, 2010 9.12%
Mar 31, 2010 8.97%
Dec 31, 2009 10.31%
Sep 30, 2009 8.66%
Jun 30, 2009 8.66%