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 given a dividend of $0.50 per share on Monday, February 3rd. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The pharmacy operator reported $1.84 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.77 by $0.07. The pharmacy operator earned $64.81 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $62.99 billion. CVS Health had a net margin of 1.83% and a return on equity of 15.45%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 36.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.73 earnings per share. View CVS Health's Earnings History.

CVS Health is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for CVS Health.

CVS Health updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.97-7.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.98.

24 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for CVS Health's shares. Their forecasts range from $61.00 to $97.00. On average, they anticipate CVS Health's stock price to reach $77.43 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for CVS Health.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CVS Health in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings, 17 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for CVS Health.

Headlines about CVS stock have trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. CVS Health earned a news sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the pharmacy operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for CVS Health.

Some companies that are related to CVS Health include Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Covetrus (CVET), Rite Aid (RAD), 111 (YI), Petmed Express (PETS), 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), Intel (INTC) and Bank of America (BAC).

CVS Health's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Hexavest Inc. (0.09%), SPF Beheer BV (0.09%), Focused Investors LLC (0.06%), Strs Ohio (0.06%) and Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.06%). 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 State of Michigan Retirement System, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB, Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Strs Ohio, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. 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 DNB Asset Management AS, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Corbenic Partners LLC, F&V Capital Management LLC, Jolley Asset Management LLC and New York State Teachers Retirement System. 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 $71.43.

CVS Health has a market capitalization of $92.93 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]