Community Health Systems Q1 Profit Tops Estimates - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH) reported that its first-quarter income per share from continuing operations, excluding adjustments, was $0.08 compared to $0.27, prior year. On average, 20 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report profit per share of $0.07 for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

Net operating revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2017, totaled $4.49 billion, a 10.3 percent decrease, compared with $5.00 billion for the same period in 2016. Analysts expected revenue of $4.36 billion for the quarter.