NYSE:CVS - CVS Health Stock Price, News, & Analysis

CVS Health trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CVS."

CVS Health announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 4th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share on Thursday, November 1st. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 23rd. View CVS Health's Dividend History.

CVS Health Corp (NYSE:CVS) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 6th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.02. The pharmacy operator earned $47.27 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $47.22 billion. CVS Health had a return on equity of 18.69% and a net margin of 1.65%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.50 earnings per share. View CVS Health's Earnings History.

CVS Health is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 14th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for CVS Health.

CVS Health will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 20th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

CVS Health updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.98-7.08 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $7.04. CVS Health also updated its FY 2018 guidance to $6.98-7.08 EPS.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for CVS Health's stock. Their predictions range from $77.84 to $104.00. On average, they expect CVS Health's stock price to reach $91.52 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for CVS Health.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CVS Health in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings, 14 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for CVS Health.

News coverage about CVS stock has been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. CVS Health earned a media sentiment score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

CVS Health saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totalling 35,182,217 shares, a drop of 41.2% from the November 15th total of 59,852,649 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 10,480,873 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.4 days. Approximately 2.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View CVS Health's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to CVS Health include Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Express Scripts (ESRX), Diplomat Pharmacy (DPLO), Rite Aid (RAD), 111 (YI), Petmed Express (PETS), Taxus Pharmaceuticals (TXSP), HealthWarehouse.com (HEWA) and Dougherty's Pharmacy (MYDP).

CVS Health's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.33%), Vanguard Group Inc (8.33%), BlackRock Inc. (7.48%), FMR LLC (2.95%), Dodge & Cox (1.48%) and Dodge & Cox (1.48%). Company insiders that own CVS Health stock include Andrew Sussman, C David Brown II, David M Denton, Eva C Boratto, Helena Foulkes, Jonathan C Roberts, Kevin Hourican, Larry J Merlo, Lisa Bisaccia, Richard J Swift, Thomas M Moriarty and Troyen A Brennan. View Institutional Ownership Trends for CVS Health.

CVS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Research Global Investors, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, State Treasurer State of Michigan, Swedbank, PGGM Investments, Clearbridge Investments LLC and Bridgewater Associates LP. Company insiders that have sold CVS Health company stock in the last year include David M Denton, Eva C Boratto, Helena Foulkes, Kevin Hourican, Lisa Bisaccia and Troyen A Brennan. View Insider Buying and Selling for CVS Health.

CVS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dodge & Cox, Dodge & Cox, Capital International Investors, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc, Vanguard Group Inc. and Senator Investment Group LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for CVS Health.

Shares of CVS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CVS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $73.37.

CVS Health has a market capitalization of $74.79 billion and generates $184.77 billion in revenue each year. The pharmacy operator earns $6.62 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.90 on an earnings per share basis. CVS Health employs 246,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for CVS Health is http://www.cvshealth.com.

CVS Health's mailing address is ONE CVS DR., WOONSOCKET RI, 02895. The pharmacy operator can be reached via phone at 401-765-1500 or via email at [email protected]