CVS Health (CVS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

CVS Health Corp. is an integrated health care company that provides pharmacy, insurance and health services primarily in the United States. Its operations are designed to connect consumers, health plans, health care providers and pharmacy services across multiple points of care.

The company’s major businesses include CVS Pharmacy retail locations, prescription fulfillment and consumer health products; CVS Caremark, a pharmacy benefit management business; and Aetna, which offers health insurance products and related services for employers, individuals, government programs and other organizations. CVS Health also provides primary care and other clinical services through businesses such as MinuteClinic and Oak Street Health.

CVS Health traces its history to 1963, when the first Consumer Value Store opened in Lowell, Massachusetts. The company expanded through retail pharmacy growth and acquisitions, including its acquisition of Aetna in 2018 and Signify Health and Oak Street Health in 2022. CVS Health is headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and serves customers and members throughout the United States.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $86.33 to $87.51
• 50-Day Range: $84.96 to $109.41
• 52-Week Range: $69.51 to $110.68
• Volume: 12.01 million shs
• Average Volume: 7.72 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $111.20 billion
• P/E Ratio: 23.00
• Dividend Yield: 3.06%
• Price Target: $107.24
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

CVS Health Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

CVS Health scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 3rd out of 888 stocks in the healthcare sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

CVS Health has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.96, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 22 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

CVS Health has a consensus price target of $107.24, representing about 23.3% upside from its current price of $86.94.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

CVS Health has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.11%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for CVS Health are expected to grow by 6.11% in the coming year, from $8.02 to $8.51 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of CVS Health is 23.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of CVS Health is 23.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Healthcare sector average P/E ratio of about 274.34.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

CVS Health has a PEG Ratio of 0.84. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

CVS Health has a P/B Ratio of 1.46. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.27% of the float of CVS Health has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

CVS Health has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.14, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in CVS Health has recently decreased by 10.99%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

CVS Health pays a meaningful dividend of 3.08%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

CVS Health has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of CVS Health is 70.37%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, CVS Health will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.26% next year. This indicates that CVS Health will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.50

News Sentiment

CVS Health has a news sentiment score of 0.50. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Healthcare companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 24 news articles for CVS Health this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 52 people have searched for CVS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -17% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

26 people have added CVS Health to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 37% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, CVS Health insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.85% of the stock of CVS Health is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

80.66% of the stock of CVS Health is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/3 Dividend: 7/23/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/3 Dividend: 7/23/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/03/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Today: 10/06/2026
• Record date for 11/2 Dividend: 10/22/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/2 Dividend: 10/22/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/02/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Healthcare Providers & Services
• Sub-Industry: Healthcare Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CVS
• CIK: 64803
• Web: www.cvshealth.com
• Phone: (401) 765-1500
• Fax: 401-762-2137
• Employees: 300,000
• Year Founded: 1963

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for CVS Health: $107.24
• High Price Target: $123.00
• Low Price Target: $90.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +23.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.96
• Research Coverage: 23 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.78
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 23.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.84
• P/E Growth: 0.84
• Net Income: $1.77 billion
• Net Margins: 1.18%
• Pretax Margin: 1.39%
• Return on Equity: 13.12%
• Return on Assets: 3.95%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.74
• Current Ratio: 0.87
• Quick Ratio: 0.66

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $402.07 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.28
• Cash Flow: $14.96 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.81
• Book Value: $59.38 per share
• Price / Book: 1.46

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,278,970,000
• Free Float: 1,268,099,000
• Market Cap: $111.20 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.60