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

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

CVS Health declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 2nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share on Monday, February 3rd. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.80%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 22nd. View CVS Health's Dividend History.

CVS Health Corp (NYSE:CVS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.68 by $0.05. The pharmacy operator had revenue of $66.89 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $64.01 billion. The company's revenue was up 22.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.14 EPS. View CVS Health's Earnings History.

CVS Health is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for CVS Health.

CVS Health issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.04-7.17 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $7.15.

26 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for CVS Health's stock. Their forecasts range from $61.00 to $97.00. On average, they anticipate CVS Health's share price to reach $78.48 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for CVS Health.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CVS Health in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings, 17 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for CVS Health.

Press coverage about CVS stock has been trending neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. CVS Health earned a media sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for CVS Health.

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CVS Health's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.29%), FMR LLC (2.17%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.38%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.11%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.91%) and Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (0.84%). 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, Joshua Matthew Flum, Karen S Lynch, Kevin Hourican, Larry J Merlo, Lisa Bisaccia, Troyen A Brennan and Vost Collin. View Institutional Ownership Trends for CVS Health.

CVS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, State Street Corp, Franklin Resources Inc., FMR LLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, FIL Ltd and Boston Partners. Company insiders that have sold CVS Health company stock in the last year include Eva C Boratto, James David Clark, Jonathan C Roberts, Joshua Matthew Flum, Karen S Lynch, Larry J Merlo 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 LSV Asset Management, M&G Investment Management Ltd., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Coho Partners Ltd., Public Sector Pension Investment Board and First Trust Advisors LP. 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.

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One share of CVS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $71.37.