Community Health Systems (CYH) Competitors

U.S. Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) and Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, USPH or CYH?

U.S. Physical Therapy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Community Health Systems. Community Health Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Physical Therapy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
U.S. Physical Therapy	$645.70M	2.13	$28.24M	$0.94	97.14
Community Health Systems	$12.55B	0.03	-$133M	-$3.02	-1.05

Is USPH or CYH more profitable?

U.S. Physical Therapy has a net margin of 3.54% compared to Community Health Systems' net margin of -3.18%. U.S. Physical Therapy's return on equity of 8.11% beat Community Health Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
U.S. Physical Therapy	3.54%	8.11%	3.85%
Community Health Systems	-3.18%	N/A	-0.95%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in USPH or CYH?

85.0% of Community Health Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of U.S. Physical Therapy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Community Health Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer USPH or CYH?

U.S. Physical Therapy currently has a consensus price target of $114.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.85%. Community Health Systems has a consensus price target of $4.77, indicating a potential upside of 50.84%. Given Community Health Systems' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Community Health Systems is more favorable than U.S. Physical Therapy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
U.S. Physical Therapy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Community Health Systems	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk and volatility, USPH or CYH?

U.S. Physical Therapy has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Health Systems has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor USPH or CYH?

In the previous week, U.S. Physical Therapy had 16 more articles in the media than Community Health Systems. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for U.S. Physical Therapy and 1 mentions for Community Health Systems. Community Health Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat U.S. Physical Therapy's score of 1.09 indicating that Community Health Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
U.S. Physical Therapy	8 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Community Health Systems	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in USPH or CYH?

Community Health Systems received 290 more outperform votes than U.S. Physical Therapy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.73% of users gave U.S. Physical Therapy an outperform vote while only 52.85% of users gave Community Health Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
U.S. Physical Therapy	Outperform Votes 257 56.73%	Underperform Votes 196 43.27%
Community Health Systems	Outperform Votes 547 52.85%	Underperform Votes 488 47.15%

Summary

U.S. Physical Therapy beats Community Health Systems on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.