Community Health Systems (CYH) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Community Health Systems (CYH) posted Return on Capital Employed of 1.38% for Q1 2026, down 1.69% quarter-over-quarter from 1.41% in Q4 2025, and up 143.0% year-on-year from 0.57% in Q1 2025.

Community Health Systems (CYH) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Community Health Systems (CYH) has reported Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 1.38% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 1.38%, up 143.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.38% (up 143.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.33%, up 183.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 1.38% for Q1 2026 at Community Health Systems, down from 1.41% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 6.37% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 3.94% in Q3 2022.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 1.89%, with a median of 1.93% recorded in 2023.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed plunged 697 bps in 2022 and jumped 662 bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed 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 surged by 382 bps to 1.41% in 2025, then declined by 2 bps to 1.38% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 1.38% in Q1 2026, 1.41% in Q4 2025, and 6.37% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 87.94 Bn 90.32 Bn 16.26 Bn -18.08%
2 Chemed 18.08 Bn 18.07 Bn 215.76 Mn 26.99%
3 Tenet Healthcare 16.59 Bn 15.76 Bn 4.41 Bn 15.90%
4 Davita 15.37 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.07 Bn 14.27%
5 Encompass Health 10.07 Bn 10.70 Bn 1.34 Bn -2.33%
6 Ensign 9.52 Bn 8.93 Bn 293.37 Mn 9.57%
7 Universal Health Services 9.19 Bn 9.15 Bn 3.21 Bn 16.52%
8 Pacs 6.96 Bn 6.72 Bn 345.96 Mn 8.38%
9 Ww International 6.14 Bn 5.98 Bn -149.29 Mn -0.28%
10 Community Health Systems 3.55 Mn -479.45 Mn - 1.38%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%