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 Wednesday, March 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share on Friday, May 3rd. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 22nd. View CVS Health's Dividend History.

CVS Health Corp (NYSE:CVS) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 1st. The pharmacy operator reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.50 by $0.12. The pharmacy operator earned $61.65 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $60.39 billion. CVS Health had a positive return on equity of 16.80% and a negative net margin of 0.08%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 34.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.48 earnings per share. View CVS Health's Earnings History.

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

CVS Health updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.75-6.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.77. CVS Health also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $6.75-6.90 EPS.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for CVS Health's stock. Their predictions range from $61.00 to $100.00. On average, they expect CVS Health's stock price to reach $76.4762 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 39.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for CVS Health.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CVS Health in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings, 16 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for CVS Health.

News coverage about CVS stock has been trending somewhat 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 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for CVS Health.

CVS Health saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 20,238,115 shares, an increase of 28.6% from the April 15th total of 15,738,155 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 12,503,380 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days. Approximately 1.6% of the company's stock are short sold. View CVS Health's Current Options Chain.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other CVS Health investors own include AT&T (T), Walt Disney (DIS), NVIDIA (NVDA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Alibaba Group (BABA), Intel (INTC), Bank of America (BAC), General Electric (GE) and Home Depot (HD).

CVS Health's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (2.25%), Nordea Investment Management AB (0.96%), Coho Partners Ltd. (0.21%), Maj Invest Holding A S (0.18%), Ellis Investment Partners LLC (0.14%) and Focused Investors LLC (0.14%). Company insiders that own CVS Health stock include C David Brown II, David M Denton, David W Dorman, Edward J Ludwig, Eva C Boratto, Helena Foulkes, James David Clark, 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 FMR LLC, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Bartlett & Co. LLC, Clearbridge Investments LLC, Maj Invest Holding A S, UMB Bank N A MO and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank. Company insiders that have sold CVS Health company stock in the last year include David M Denton, Eva C Boratto, James David Clark, Jonathan C Roberts, Kevin Hourican, Larry J Merlo, Lisa Bisaccia and Troyen A Brennan. View Insider Buying and Selling for CVS Health.

CVS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ellis Investment Partners LLC, RNC Capital Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Swedbank, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Nordea Investment Management AB, SG Americas Securities LLC and SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd.. Company insiders that have bought CVS Health stock in the last two years include C David Brown II, David W Dorman and Edward J Ludwig. 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 $54.66.

CVS Health has a market capitalization of $71.01 billion and generates $194.58 billion in revenue each year. The pharmacy operator earns $-594,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $7.08 on an earnings per share basis. CVS Health employs 295,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About CVS Health.

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]