Benzinga | Jul 28, 2020 04:26PM EDT

Community Health Systems Q2 Adj. EPS $0.85 Does Not Compare To $(0.62) Estimate, Sales $2.52B Miss $2.65B Estimate

Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) reported quarterly earnings of $0.85 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $(0.62) by 237.1 percent. This is a 280.85 percent increase over losses of $(0.47) per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $2.52 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.65 billion by 4.94 percent. This is a 23.71 percent decrease over sales of $3.30 billion the same period last year.