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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 2nd. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.80%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 22nd. View CVS Health's Dividend History.

CVS Health Corp (NYSE:CVS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 12th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.68 by $0.05. The pharmacy operator earned $66.89 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $64.01 billion. CVS Health had a net margin of 2.58% and a return on equity of 14.87%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 22.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.14 earnings per share. 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 earnings per share estimate of $7.15.

26 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for CVS Health's stock. Their forecasts range from $61.00 to $97.00. On average, they expect CVS Health's share price to reach $78.48 in the next twelve months. 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.

Media stories about CVS stock have been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. CVS Health earned a daily sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for CVS Health.

Some companies that are related to CVS Health include Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Covetrus (CVET), Rite Aid (RAD), Petmed Express (PETS), 111 (YI), Diplomat Pharmacy (DPLO), China Jo-Jo Drugstores (CJJD), 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), Cisco Systems (CSCO), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Home Depot (HD), Verizon Communications (VZ), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Intel (INTC).

CVS Health's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail 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, 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 acquired 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.

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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

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

CVS Health has a market capitalization of $92.85 billion and generates $256.78 billion in revenue each year. The pharmacy operator earns $6.63 billion 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]