CVS
CVS Health
$95.93
▼ 0.3%Updated Today 11:30 AM ET
CVS at a glance — five pillars scored 0–100 from real filed financials.
Overall: Weak · 32/100. A wider, greener shape means more pillars look healthy. Dividends scores 0 when a company pays none — that is a choice, not a flaw.
▲ Up 47.1% over the last 12 months
Market Cap
$133.62B
P/E
42.58x
Forward P/E (est.)
60.83x
ROE
3.9%
Revenue Growth
7.6%
EPS Growth
-46.0%
Profit Margin
0.7%
FCF Yield
9.9%
Debt / Equity
0.86x
ROIC
3.0%
Interest Coverage
1.75x
Current Ratio
0.87x
Dividend Yield
2.6%
Implied Growth (rev. DCF)
3.0%
Rating Score
32/100
CVS Health (CVS) is a large-cap company in the Health Care Services industry, part of the Health Care sector of the S&P 500, with a market value around $133.62B.
In its latest reported year it generated about $402.07B in revenue and $1.77B in net profit.
Our model rates CVS Weak (32/100) on growth, profitability, financial health, and valuation. The summary below is built from its filed financials and current ratios and refreshes automatically.
Evidence of durable competitive advantage in the filed financials (10 years of history).
Some durable-advantage evidence, but not across the board — dig into which ingredient is weak and whether it's cyclical or structural.
2.4% average over the last 3 years
±1.5 pts around 3.7% across 10 years
grew in 9 of the last 9 year-over-year periods
positive in 10 of 10 years
3.0% latest fiscal year
A moat can't be proven by numbers alone — this scores the evidence a durable advantage leaves behind (pricing power, consistency, returns on capital), computed the same way for every stock. Pair it with the business overview before concluding anything.
Technical analysis reads price and volume to judge momentum and timing. It complements the fundamentals above — it does not replace them. Here is what CVS's chart says today, with each tool explained.
Trend — moving averages. A moving average is the average closing price over a window, which smooths out daily noise. CVS trades near $95.93, above its 50-day average ($93.41) and 200-day average ($81.57). Price above both averages, with the shorter one above the longer, is the textbook definition of an uptrend — momentum favours buyers.
Momentum — RSI. The Relative Strength Index runs 0–100 and measures how strong recent gains are versus losses. Above 70 is "overbought", below 30 "oversold". At 65 it is in neutral territory — neither stretched nor washed out.
MACD. MACD compares two moving averages to flag shifts in momentum. Its histogram is currently positive — short-term momentum is improving.
Volatility — ATR. Average True Range is the typical daily move. CVS's is $2.39 (~2.5% of price), so swings of about that size each day are normal — handy for setting a stop that isn't too tight.
Support & resistance. Over the last month CVS found buyers near $93.00 (support) and sellers near $106.15 (resistance); its 52-week range is $58.50–$106.15. A decisive break beyond either edge often marks the next move.
Volume. The latest session traded 0.6× the 20-day average — lighter than usual, so the move carries less conviction. Rising volume on up-days suggests real buying; on down-days, real selling.
Educational information to help you read a chart — not a recommendation or a forecast. It updates daily as the price and indicators change.
4Y CAGR
8.3%
Revenue moved from $177.55B in 2016 to $402.07B in 2025, a 9.5% compound annual growth rate. The most recent year grew a steady 7.6% year over year. Slower, mature growth is common for established businesses.
Gross Margin
13.9%
Operating Margin
1.2%
Net Margin
0.4%
ROE
3.9%
CVS Health keeps about 0.7% of each sales dollar as net profit, with a 13.9% gross margin and 1.2% operating margin. Return on equity is 3.9% and return on invested capital about 3.0%. Thin margins leave less cushion if costs rise.
Total Debt
$69.05B
Net Debt
$59.51B
Net Debt / EBITDA
12.77x
Debt / Equity
0.86x
Leverage: debt-to-equity is 0.9x, and operating profit covers interest about 1.8x, with a current ratio of 0.9x. That is a moderate, manageable debt load for most businesses. It carries roughly $69.05B of total debt against $9.54B of cash.
Operating CF
$10.64B
Free Cash Flow
$7.81B
FCF Margin
1.9%
In the latest year CVS Health produced about $10.64B of operating cash flow and $7.81B of free cash flow after capital spending. That is a free-cash-flow yield of about 9.9% on today's price. Strong cash generation funds dividends, buybacks, and reinvestment.
Can the payout survive a bad year? Scored from filed cash flow, earnings coverage, and the raise/cut record.
The payout is comfortably covered by cash the business actually generates, with a raise habit behind it.
Dividend yield
2.6%
Per share (latest FY)
$2.66
Total paid (latest FY)
$3.40B
History on record
10 years
dividend uses 44% of free cash flow
192% of net income paid out
total dividends increased 7 years in a row
no cuts in the last 10 years on record
Coverage uses the latest fiscal year as filed with the SEC; the streak counts total dollars paid (per-share figures can carry split artifacts). Educational information, not income advice.
P/E
42.58x
P/S
0.32x
P/B
1.31x
EV / EBITDA
—
CVS trades at 42.6x trailing earnings (about 60.8x on estimated forward earnings), 0.3x sales, and 1.3x book value. Reverse-engineering today's price implies the market expects roughly 3.0% long-term free-cash-flow growth. That is a rich multiple that prices in a lot of future growth.
A two-stage discounted cash flow on real SEC-filed free cash flow — the intrinsic-value anchor professional analysts triangulate from.
DCF fair value / share
$128.93
Current price
$95.93
Starting FCF (latest 10-K)
$7.81B
Growth, years 1–5
7.6%
Fade to terminal, years 6–10
2.5%
Discount rate
9.0%
Cash flows grow at the stage-1 rate (trailing revenue growth, capped at 20%) for five years, fade to 2.5% by year 10, and continue at that rate forever (Gordon terminal value), all discounted at 9.0%. Small changes in assumptions move the result a lot — treat this as one reference point, not a target price. Educational only, not investment advice.
Where CVS sits versus its Health Care sector peers in the S&P 500.
Bands show the middle half (25th–75th percentile) of the 83 Health Care companies in the S&P 500 — the peer-relative anchor professional comps analysis uses. Context only — not investment advice.
How CVS stacks up against its Health Care peers — valuation, profitability, and growth versus the sector median.
In the Health Care sector (324 S&P 500 companies), CVS ranks #74 of 324 by our overall rating. It trades at a premium versus the sector on earnings (42.6x P/E vs. 27.3x median) with a lower return on equity (3.9% vs. 14.1%) and slower revenue growth (7.6% vs. 7.6%).
P/E vs sector
42.6x
median 27.3x
ROE vs sector
3.9%
median 14.1%
Growth vs sector
7.6%
median 7.6%
Sector rank
#74
of 324 by rating
Valuation vs. quality map
The sweet spot is upper-left: more profitable (higher ROE) for a lower P/E. Dashed lines mark the sector median.
Peers are the closest Health Care companies by sub-industry and size. Sector median is across all 324 S&P 500 names in the sector. Educational, not a recommendation.
Project revenue → earnings → price. Edit the assumptions to build your own case.
2030 price target (Base Case)
$0.00 – $0.00
vs. $95.93 today · expected CAGR 28% – 42%
| Metric | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $434.23B | $468.97B | $506.49B | $547.01B | $590.77B |
| Net income | $13.03B | $14.07B | $15.19B | $16.41B | $17.72B |
| EPS | $9.35 | $10.10 | $10.91 | $11.78 | $12.72 |
| Share price (low) | $243.17 | $262.63 | $283.64 | $306.33 | $330.83 |
| Share price (high) | $402.17 | $434.34 | $469.09 | $506.62 | $547.15 |
| CAGR (low–high) | 153% / 319% | 65% / 113% | 44% / 70% | 34% / 52% | 28% / 42% |
Educational model on sample fundamentals — not a forecast or investment advice. Outputs are only as good as your assumptions.
The case for CVS:
- Healthy free-cash-flow yield (~9.9%) funds buybacks and dividends.
- Pays a 2.6% dividend on top of any price gains.
The case against CVS:
- Thin net margins (0.7%) leave little room for error.
- Interest coverage is thin (1.8x), so debt costs bite.
- A rich 42.6x earnings multiple prices in a lot of growth.
- Our model's overall read is Weak (32/100).
Valuation risk — at 42.6x earnings, disappointing results could compress the multiple.
Margin risk — thin profitability (0.7%) is vulnerable to cost or pricing pressure.
Market risk — sector rotation, the economic cycle, and broad sentiment move the stock regardless of fundamentals.
On balance, the fundamentals screen weakly: CVS Health is a large-cap health care business growing at a mature pace, with modest profitability, and a heavier debt load to watch. It trades at 42.6x earnings, which our model scores Weak (32/100). Weigh this against your own goals and time horizon — this is educational information, not a recommendation.
Analyst Ratings
What 33 Wall Street analysts covering CVS recommend (August 2026). Consensus is a useful sanity check — not a substitute for your own homework.
Analysts have turned more positive over the last three months (+6 pts of buy ratings).
Latest SEC Filings
CVS's most recent filings, straight from SEC EDGAR. Annual and quarterly reports are the deep dives; 8-Ks flag material events the moment they happen.
In the Idea Lab
CVS — frequently asked questions
Is CVS a good stock to buy?
We don't give buy or sell advice. Our model rates CVS Health Weak (32/100) based on its growth, profitability, financial health, and valuation — use that as a research starting point and make your own decision.
What is CVS's rating on The Stocks School?
CVS Health currently scores 32/100 (Weak) on our transparent model, which weighs real fundamentals: growth, margins, returns on capital, balance-sheet strength, and valuation.
How our ratings work →Where does CVS's data come from?
Live price data plus real fundamentals and 5-year financials pulled directly from CVS Health's SEC filings — refreshed automatically, not hand-entered.
How is the 5-year projection for CVS calculated?
It's a scenario model: it grows revenue at an assumed rate, applies a profit margin and a valuation multiple, and shows the resulting share-price range. The assumptions are yours to change — it's a tool for thinking, not a prediction.
Is this CVS analysis financial advice?
No. Everything on this page is educational research, not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell CVS. Always do your own research and consider a licensed professional.
Data notice. Fundamentals and financial statements are sourced from company filings (SEC EDGAR) and market-data providers; prices and market caps refresh on trading days and may be delayed. Ratings, projections, technical signals, and written summaries are model- or rule-generated for education and may simplify or lag the latest filings.
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