Community Health Systems (CYH) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Community Health Systems posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 1.38% for Q1 2026, up 143.0% year-on-year from 0.57% in Q1 2025, and down 1.69% on a QoQ basis from 1.41% in Q4 2025.
Community Health Systems (CYH) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 1.38% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 143.0% year-over-year to 1.38%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 1.38% (up 143.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.33%, up 183.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 1.38%, down from 1.41% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 6.37% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 3.94% in Q3 2022.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 1.93% (2023), against an average of 1.89%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed plunged 697 bps; it then surged 662 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 4.8% in 2022, then sank by 65 bps to 1.66% in 2023, then slumped by 130 bps to 0.5% in 2024, then soared by 382 bps to 1.41% in 2025, then slipped by 2 bps to 1.38% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 1.38% (Q1 2026), 1.41% (Q4 2025), and 6.37% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HCA Healthcare | 84.64 Bn | 87.02 Bn | 16.26 Bn | -18.08% |
| 2 | Tenet Healthcare | 15.22 Bn | 14.39 Bn | 4.41 Bn | 15.90% |
| 3 | Davita | 13.10 Bn | 13.96 Bn | 1.07 Bn | 14.27% |
| 4 | Encompass Health | 10.50 Bn | 11.12 Bn | 1.34 Bn | -2.33% |
| 5 | Ensign | 9.69 Bn | 9.09 Bn | 293.37 Mn | 9.57% |
| 6 | Universal Health Services | 8.92 Bn | 8.88 Bn | 3.21 Bn | 16.52% |
| 7 | Fresenius Medical Care AG | 7.31 Bn | 4.93 Bn | 22,843.10 Bn | 12.19% |
| 8 | Chemed | 5.83 Bn | 5.81 Bn | 215.76 Mn | 26.99% |
| 9 | Pacs | 5.76 Bn | 5.51 Bn | 345.96 Mn | 8.38% |
| 10 | Community Health Systems | 365.61 Mn | -117.39 Mn | - | 1.38% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.38% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.41% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.37% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.35% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -0.04% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -0.50% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.81% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.15% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.52% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.66% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.93% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.81% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.46% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.80% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -3.94% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -2.81% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -1.29% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.82% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.03% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 2.55% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 2.34% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 0.67% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 6.66% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 6.03% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 4.26% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 4.81% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 6.25% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 3.39% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 1.66% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | -17.01% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | -20.20% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | -18.59% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -15.93% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | -0.73% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 0.85% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | -5.76% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | -4.48% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | -4.01% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | -2.67% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 5.22% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 5.62% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 1.71% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 1.79% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 1.41% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 0.50% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 1.39% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 0.59% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 0.04% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 0.82% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 6.76% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 7.49% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 7.98% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 8.59% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 8.58% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 8.62% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 8.89% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 8.65% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 8.67% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 8.69% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 8.63% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 8.71% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 8.77% |