Community Health Systems (CYH) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $2.50 -0.09 (-3.29%) Closing price 04/15/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$2.44 -0.06 (-2.20%) As of 04/15/2025 07:59 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Community Health Systems Short Interest DataCommunity Health Systems (CYH) has a short interest of 12.42 million shares, representing 10.28% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -8.41% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.9, indicating that it would take 4.9 days of the average trading volume of 2.09 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest12,420,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest13,560,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-8.41%Dollar Volume Sold Short$33.60 millionShort Interest Ratio4.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 31, 2025Outstanding Shares140,303,000 sharesFloat Size120,870,000 sharesShort Percent of Float10.28%Today's Trading Volume1,743,985 sharesAverage Trading Volume2,093,786 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average83% Short Selling Community Health Systems? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Community Health Systems and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartCYH Short Interest Over TimeCYH Days to Cover Over TimeCYH Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Community Health Systems Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 3/31/202512,420,000 shares $33.60 million -8.4%10.3%4.9 $2.71 3/15/202513,560,000 shares $36.54 million +3.8%11.2%5.4 $2.70 2/28/202513,070,000 shares $39.28 million +4.7%10.9%4.2 $3.01 2/15/202512,480,000 shares $42.24 million -3.3%10.5%4.3 $3.39 1/31/202512,900,000 shares $41.34 million -5.8%10.9%5 $3.21 1/15/202513,700,000 shares $41.37 million +1.2%11.5%5.2 $3.02 12/31/202413,540,000 shares $40.48 million +46.4%11.4%5.3 $2.99 12/15/20249,250,000 shares $32.10 million +15.2%7.8%3.7 $3.47 11/30/20248,030,000 shares $27.62 million +8.7%6.8%4.2 $3.44 11/15/20247,390,000 shares $28.41 million -1.5%6.2%4.3 $3.85 Get the Latest News and Ratings for CYH and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Community Health Systems and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 10/31/20247,500,000 shares $30.26 million +4.8%6.1%4.8 $4.04 10/15/20247,160,000 shares $40.35 million +4.1%5.9%4.5 $5.64 9/30/20246,880,000 shares $41.73 million -5.5%5.6%4.3 $6.07 9/15/20247,280,000 shares $41.64 million -10.6%6.0%4.3 $5.72 8/31/20248,140,000 shares $44.36 million +3.4%6.7%4.7 $5.45 8/15/20247,870,000 shares $38.88 million -6.4%6.4%4.7 $4.94 7/31/20248,410,000 shares $44.19 million +3.7%6.8%4.9 $5.26 7/15/20248,110,000 shares $31.63 million +6.4%6.5%4.9 $3.90 6/30/20247,620,000 shares $25.60 million +11.4%6.1%4.8 $3.36 6/15/20246,840,000 shares $24.21 million +4.3%5.5%4.4 $3.54 5/31/20246,560,000 shares $25.94 million -1.8%5.3%3.8 $3.96 5/15/20246,680,000 shares $25.15 million -1.9%5.4%3.7 $3.77 4/30/20246,810,000 shares $22.58 million +4.8%5.4%3.2 $3.32 4/15/20246,500,000 shares $19.50 million +2.9%5.3%3.2 $3.00 3/31/20246,320,000 shares $22.12 million -14.7%5.1%3 $3.50 3/15/20247,410,000 shares $20.53 million +5.6%6.0%3.5 $2.77 2/29/20247,020,000 shares $19.59 million +13.2%5.6%2.6 $2.79 2/15/20246,200,000 shares $25.73 million +1.1%4.9%2.2 $4.15 1/31/20246,130,000 shares $22.44 million -12.6%4.9%2.5 $3.66 1/15/20247,010,000 shares $25.45 million +0.6%5.6%2.8 $3.63 12/31/20236,970,000 shares $21.82 million -43.1%5.5%2.9 $3.13 12/15/202312,240,000 shares $36.23 million +5.2%9.7%5.1 $2.96 11/30/202311,640,000 shares $29.91 million +5.9%9.3%7.4 $2.57 11/15/202310,990,000 shares $29.56 million +2.0%8.7%8.1 $2.69 10/31/202310,780,000 shares $23.07 million +15.4%8.6%7.9 $2.14 10/15/20239,340,000 shares $24.47 million +3.9%7.4%7 $2.62 9/30/20238,990,000 shares $26.07 million +8.3%7.1%7 $2.90 9/15/20238,300,000 shares $25.90 million -1.2%6.5%6.7 $3.12 8/31/20238,400,000 shares $28.35 million +5.1%6.6%6.1 $3.38 8/15/20237,990,000 shares $28.04 million +19.4%6.3%5.4 $3.51REVEALED FREE: Our top 3 stocks to own in 2025 and beyond (Ad)Every time Weiss Ratings flashed green like this, the average gain on each and every stock has been 303% (including the losers!). Click here for the names of our three top stocks to own this year (no purchase necessary). 7/31/20236,690,000 shares $29.37 million -1.3%5.3%4.4 $4.39 7/15/20236,780,000 shares $29.63 million -2.9%5.4%4 $4.37 6/30/20236,980,000 shares $30.75 million -7.2%5.5%4 $4.41 6/15/20237,520,000 shares $30.68 million -1.4%5.9%4.2 $4.08 5/31/20237,630,000 shares $24.95 million -13.7%6.0%4.3 $3.27 5/15/20238,840,000 shares $31.03 million -1.2%7.0%4.6 $3.51 4/30/20238,950,000 shares $56.74 million -20.0%7.1%3.8 $6.34 4/15/202311,180,000 shares $58.36 million +0.8%9.0%4.5 $5.22 3/31/202311,090,000 shares $54.34 million +16.1%8.9%4.3 $4.90 3/15/20239,550,000 shares $48.71 million +14.1%7.7%3.5 $5.10 2/28/20238,370,000 shares $50.72 million -15.2%6.7%2.8 $6.06 2/15/20239,870,000 shares $50.14 million -16.6%7.9%3.4 $5.08 1/31/202311,840,000 shares $61.80 million -7.9%9.5%4.8 $5.22 1/15/202312,850,000 shares $59.11 million +12.8%10.3%4.8 $4.60 12/30/202211,390,000 shares $49.20 million +16.2%9.1%4.4 $4.32 12/15/20229,800,000 shares $34.79 million +20.3%7.8%3.8 $3.55 11/30/20228,150,000 shares $27.95 million -4.7%6.5%3.3 $3.43 11/15/20228,550,000 shares $29.33 million -25.6%6.8%3.5 $3.43 10/31/202211,490,000 shares $32.98 million +1.0%9.2%4.4 $2.87 10/15/202211,380,000 shares $24.92 million +8.1%9.1%3.8 $2.19 9/30/202210,530,000 shares $22.64 million +8.6%8.4%3.4 $2.15 9/15/20229,700,000 shares $28.71 million +8.3%7.8%3.1 $2.96 8/31/20228,960,000 shares $23.83 million +19.6%7.2%2.8 $2.66 8/15/20227,490,000 shares $26.07 million -42.1%6.0%2.3 $3.48 7/31/202212,930,000 shares $38.53 million -2.9%10.3%4.1 $2.98 7/15/202213,310,000 shares $48.45 million +0.3%10.6%5.1 $3.64 6/30/202213,270,000 shares $49.76 million +48.8%10.5%5.8 $3.75 6/15/20228,920,000 shares $37.20 million +23.6%8.0%4.4 $4.17 5/31/20227,220,000 shares $37.83 million +33.7%5.7%4.4 $5.24 5/15/20225,400,000 shares $35.05 million +2.1%4.3%3.4 $6.49 4/30/20225,290,000 shares $40.57 million +2.3%4.2%3.6 $7.67 4/15/20225,170,000 shares $59.25 million -8.8%4.1%4 $11.46 3/31/20225,670,000 shares $67.30 million -5.2%4.5%4.3 $11.87 3/15/20225,980,000 shares $68.59 million -1.2%4.8%4.7 $11.47 2/28/20226,050,000 shares $63.59 million +17.3%4.9%4.6 $10.51 2/15/20225,160,000 shares $70.54 million +39.8%4.1%3.9 $13.67 1/31/20223,690,000 shares $46.83 million -10.2%3.0%3.2 $12.69 1/15/20224,110,000 shares $53.92 million +0.5%3.3%3.3 $13.12 12/31/20214,090,000 shares $54.44 million -0.7%3.3%3.2 $13.31 12/15/20214,120,000 shares $54.80 million +14.1%3.3%3 $13.30 11/30/20213,610,000 shares $43.43 million +3.4%2.9%2.6 $12.03 11/15/20213,490,000 shares $51.30 million -23.8%2.8%2.5 $14.70 10/29/20214,580,000 shares $60.00 million +2.9%3.7%3.2 $13.10 10/15/20214,450,000 shares $46.06 million -2.4%3.6%3.5 $10.35 9/30/20214,560,000 shares $53.35 million +9.9%3.7%3.5 $11.70 9/15/20214,150,000 shares $46.52 million No Change3.3%3.2 $11.21 8/31/20214,150,000 shares $51.09 million -19.9%3.3%2.9 $12.31 8/13/20215,180,000 shares $63.25 million -2.3%4.2%3.3 $12.21 7/30/20215,300,000 shares $70.60 million -3.6%4.3%3.1 $13.32 7/15/20215,500,000 shares $81.46 million +3.2%4.4%2.7 $14.81REVEALED FREE: Our top 3 stocks to own in 2025 and beyond (Ad)Every time Weiss Ratings flashed green like this, the average gain on each and every stock has been 303% (including the losers!). Click here for the names of our three top stocks to own this year (no purchase necessary). 6/30/20215,330,000 shares $82.30 million +13.4%4.3%2.3 $15.44 6/15/20214,700,000 shares $73.09 million -7.7%3.8%1.9 $15.55 5/28/20215,090,000 shares $72.63 million +5.6%4.1%1.8 $14.27 5/14/20214,820,000 shares $69.60 million +15.3%N/A1.6 $14.44 4/30/20214,180,000 shares $43.39 million -10.7%N/A1.4 $10.38 4/15/20214,680,000 shares $47.74 million -10.9%N/A1.7 $10.20 3/31/20215,250,000 shares $67.99 million -1.3%N/A1.9 $12.95 3/15/20215,320,000 shares $60.01 million +10.6%N/A2.2 $11.28 2/26/20214,810,000 shares $41.37 million -8.7%N/A2.2 $8.60 2/12/20215,270,000 shares $48.75 million +1.9%N/A2.5 $9.25 1/29/20215,170,000 shares $52.53 million -0.4%4.6%2.1 $10.16 1/15/20215,190,000 shares $43.49 million -8.3%4.6%1.7 $8.38 12/31/20205,660,000 shares $41.83 million -21.3%5.0%2.1 $7.39 12/15/20207,190,000 shares $58.17 million +3.9%6.4%2.7 $8.09 11/30/20206,920,000 shares $58.13 million -14.9%6.1%2.6 $8.40 11/15/20208,130,000 shares $66.67 million -16.5%7.2%3.2 $8.20 10/30/20209,740,000 shares $58.05 million +19.2%8.6%4.3 $5.96 10/15/20208,170,000 shares $36.68 million +17.9%7.2%5.3 $4.49 9/30/20206,930,000 shares $29.24 million -5.6%6.1%4.3 $4.22 9/15/20207,340,000 shares $34.72 million +0.1%6.5%4.3 $4.73 8/31/20207,330,000 shares $37.90 million -16.1%6.5%4.4 $5.17 8/14/20208,740,000 shares $40.99 million -18.6%7.7%5 $4.69 7/31/202010,730,000 shares $53.44 million -13.1%9.5%5.9 $4.98 7/15/202012,340,000 shares $39.49 million -13.5%10.9%6.7 $3.20 6/30/202014,260,000 shares $42.78 million +8.9%12.6%7.2 $3.00 6/15/202013,100,000 shares $42.97 million -3.8%11.6%5.7 $3.28 5/29/202013,610,000 shares $42.87 million -9.3%12.1%5.3 $3.15 5/15/202015,000,000 shares $39.45 million -7.8%13.3%5.5 $2.63 4/30/202016,260,000 shares $49.27 million -4.1%14.4%4.9 $3.03 CYH Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Community Health Systems' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Community Health Systems shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, investors have sold 12,420,000 shares of CYH short. 10.28% of Community Health Systems' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Community Health Systems' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Community Health Systems? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. CYH shares currently have a short interest ratio of 5.0. Learn More on Community Health Systems's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Community Health Systems? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Community Health Systems: GTS Securities LLC, Wolverine Trading LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Group One Trading LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., Walleye Trading LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Wolverine Asset Management LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Community Health Systems? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 10.28% of Community Health Systems' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Community Health Systems' short interest increasing or decreasing? Community Health Systems saw a decrease in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 12,420,000 shares, a decrease of 8.4% from the previous total of 13,560,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Community Health Systems' float size? Community Health Systems currently has issued a total of 140,303,000 shares. Some of Community Health Systems' outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Community Health Systems currently has a public float of 120,870,000 shares. How does Community Health Systems' short interest compare to its competitors? 10.28% of Community Health Systems' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Community Health Systems: Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (4.49%), U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. (2.89%), Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. (22.53%), HCA Healthcare, Inc. (3.20%), Alcon Inc. (0.57%), Tenet Healthcare Co. (2.61%), Universal Health Services, Inc. (4.93%), Encompass Health Co. (2.19%), The Ensign Group, Inc. (4.83%), Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (7.79%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($21.93 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.31 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.42 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.26 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.79 billion), TC Energy Co. ($3.43 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.91 billion), and Schlumberger Limited ($2.89 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Community Health Systems stock? Short selling CYH is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Community Health Systems as its price is falling. CYH shares are trading down $0.09 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Community Health Systems? A short squeeze for Community Health Systems occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of CYH, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Community Health Systems' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including CYH, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2025. 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