Growth Metrics

Community Health Systems (CYH) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Community Health Systems posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.15 for Q1 2026, down 115.28% year-on-year from 1.0 in Q1 2025, and down 2728.42% on a QoQ basis from 0.01 in Q4 2025.

Community Health Systems (CYH) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.15 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 115.28% year-over-year to 0.15; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.12 (down 113.57% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.01, down 98.88% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.15, down from 0.01 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 27.0 in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 23.5 in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.02 (2022), against an average of 0.84.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio plunged 2482.53%; it then surged 11008.0% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 1.01 in 2022, then jumped by 630.65% to 5.35 in 2023, then sank by 73.45% to 1.42 in 2024, then sank by 99.59% to 0.01 in 2025, then sank by 2728.42% to 0.15 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.15 (Q1 2026), 0.01 (Q4 2025), and 23.5 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 84.64 Bn 87.02 Bn 16.26 Bn 0.21
2 Tenet Healthcare 15.22 Bn 14.39 Bn 4.41 Bn 0.13
3 Davita 13.10 Bn 13.96 Bn 1.07 Bn 0.39
4 Encompass Health 10.50 Bn 11.12 Bn 1.34 Bn 0.38
5 Ensign 9.69 Bn 9.09 Bn 293.37 Mn 0.04
6 Universal Health Services 8.92 Bn 8.88 Bn 3.21 Bn 0.04
7 Fresenius Medical Care AG 7.31 Bn 4.93 Bn 22,843.10 Bn 0.60
8 Chemed 5.83 Bn 5.81 Bn 215.76 Mn 0.11
9 Pacs 5.76 Bn 5.51 Bn 345.96 Mn 0.00
10 Community Health Systems 365.61 Mn -117.39 Mn - -0.15

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.15
Dec 31, 2025 0.01
Sep 30, 2025 -23.50
Jun 30, 2025 -20.33
Mar 31, 2025 1.00
Dec 31, 2024 1.42
Sep 30, 2024 27.00
Jun 30, 2024 2.62
Mar 31, 2024 16.67
Dec 31, 2023 5.35
Sep 30, 2023 -0.25
Jun 30, 2023 -2.05
Mar 31, 2023 -0.38
Dec 31, 2022 -1.01
Sep 30, 2022 0.02
Jun 30, 2022 0.68
Mar 31, 2022 7.25
Dec 31, 2021 -0.04
Sep 30, 2021 -14.50
Jun 30, 2021 0.63
Mar 31, 2021 -5.25
Dec 31, 2020 0.06
Sep 30, 2020 -0.20
Jun 30, 2020 0.04
Mar 31, 2020 -0.05
Dec 31, 2019 1.19
Sep 30, 2019 -0.02
Jun 30, 2019 -0.61
Mar 31, 2019 2.25
Dec 31, 2018 -0.01
Sep 30, 2018 0.09
Jun 30, 2018 0.12
Mar 31, 2018 -0.36
Dec 31, 2017 4.75
Sep 30, 2017 -0.03
Jun 30, 2017 -0.18
Mar 31, 2017 0.29
Sep 30, 2016 0.13
Jun 30, 2016 -0.01
Mar 31, 2016 0.26
Dec 31, 2015 0.63
Sep 30, 2015 -0.19
Jun 30, 2015 0.08
Mar 31, 2015 -0.08
Dec 31, 2014 0.22
Sep 30, 2014 -0.03
Jun 30, 2014 0.00
Mar 31, 2014 -0.04
Dec 31, 2013 0.01
Sep 30, 2013 -5.33
Jun 30, 2013 0.33
Mar 31, 2013 -0.27
Dec 31, 2012 0.10
Sep 30, 2012 0.03
Jun 30, 2012 0.09
Mar 31, 2012 11.23
Dec 31, 2011 0.04
Sep 30, 2011 0.03
Jun 30, 2011 -0.06
Mar 31, 2011 0.46
Dec 31, 2010 5.44
Sep 30, 2010 0.17
Jun 30, 2010 -0.14
Mar 31, 2010 0.10
Dec 31, 2009 -1.58
Sep 30, 2009 0.00