Growth Metrics

Community Health Systems (CYH) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Community Health Systems has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.15 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 115.28% to 0.15 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.12 through Mar 2026, down 58.33% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.01 for FY2025, 42.31% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.15 for Q1 2026 at Community Health Systems, down from 0.01 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 27.0 in Q3 2024 and troughed at 23.5 in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.75 (2022), against an average of 0.95.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: skyrocketed 195100.0% in 2024 and later tumbled 877.45% in 2025.
  • Tracing CYH's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.82 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 552.7% to 5.35 in 2023, then soared by 404.67% to 27.0 in 2024, then tumbled by 99.98% to 0.01 in 2025, then crashed by 2728.42% to 0.15 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods came in at 0.15, 0.01, and 23.5 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.