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CVS Health CVS

US equityMarket cap rank #143Top Retailers
$84.66
−$1.21 (-1.40%)
Market open · Sep 24, 1:10 pm ET
After hours $86.10 +0.28%
Open$85.80
Prev close$85.86
Day range$84.50 – $86.01
Volume2.91M
Market cap$108.27B
P/E (TTM)22.3
Dividend yield3.14%

Price chart

Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).

CVS at a glance

CVS Health (CVS) is trading at $84.66, down 1.40% on the day. Its market value of $108.27B makes it the 143rd largest of the 300 companies we follow.

Over the past 52 weeks it has traded between $68.48 and $110.00, so it sits 23.0% below the top of that range. Holders are ahead 14.4% over twelve months, but down 16.4% across the last three months.

On the chart it has slipped under both the 50-day ($97.77) and 200-day ($86.58) moving averages; RSI is 25, which some call oversold, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 23% annualized volatility.

Revenue for the quarter ended Jun 2026 was $106.10B, up 7.3% from a year earlier, with $3.00B of net profit (a 1.2% margin).

Valuation works out to 22.3 times trailing earnings, 31% below its five-year average of 32.2. The median for its industry group is 34.7.

18 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $115.00, sits 35.8% over where the stock trades.

This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

CVS Health: the business

CVS owns Aetna health insurance, CVS pharmacies and the Caremark pharmacy benefit manager.

What tends to move it. Medical cost trends in Aetna's Medicare business and pharmacy reimbursement changes drive the stock.

Written by hand by the BeStock desk and revised when a business changes. See how we work. Spot something out of date? Tell us.

Performance

Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes

1 day
-1.4%
1 week
-7.7%
1 month
-10.0%
3 months
-16.4%
6 months
+18.0%
Year to date
+9.2%
1 year
+14.4%
Day range
$84.50$86.01
52-week range
$68.48$110.00

Technical signals

Full technicals →
Trend readStrong downtrend

1 bullish · 4 bearish of 7 signals

IndicatorValueSignal
Price vs 20-day average-9.3%Bearish
Price vs 50-day average-13.4%Bearish
Price vs 200-day average-2.2%Bearish
50-day vs 200-day50d above 200dBullish
RSI (14)25.3Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)-2.51Bearish
Bollinger band position-11%Neutral

Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.

Key statistics

Bid / Ask$84.62 / $84.65
Average price today$85.21
Volume2.91MAvg (90d) 7.71M
Turnover$248.20M
Turnover rate0.23%of shares outstanding
Volume ratio0.47vs. recent average pace
Day amplitude1.76%
Market cap$108.27B
Float market cap$108.06B
Shares outstanding1.28B
EPS (TTM)$1.39
P/E (TTM)22.34
P/B1.36
Book value / share$62.32
Earnings yield0.06%
Dividend (TTM)$2.66 / shareYield 3.14%
Net profit (TTM)$1.78B
Net assets$79.70B
30-day volatility23.4%annualized
Avg daily range (ATR)2.63%of price, 14 days
Max drawdown (1y)-21.4%-23.0% from 1y peak

Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 1:10 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.

How CVS ranks on BeStock

Market value#143 of 300
P/E (cheapest = 1)#247 of 283
Dividend yield#57 of 244
Closeness to 52-week high#237 of 300
Dollar volume today#139 of 300

Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.

Latest reported quarter: Q2, ended Jun 2026

Revenue$106.10B+7.3% YoY
Operating profit$4.70B+97.5% YoY
Net profit$3.00B+195.7% YoY
Diluted EPS$2.31+188.8% YoY
Free cash flow$5.65B+338.3% YoY
Operating cash flow$6.35B

Revenue, last 8 quarters

$95.4BSep '24$97.7BDec '24$94.6BMar '25$98.9BJun '25$102.9BSep '25$105.7BDec '25$100.4BMar '26$106.1BJun '26

Net profit, last 8 quarters

$71.0MSep '24$1.6BDec '24$1.8BMar '25$1.0BJun '25$-4.0BSep '25$2.9BDec '25$3.0BMar '26$3.0BJun '26

Profitability & balance sheet

Gross margin14.2%
Operating margin3.4%
Net margin1.2%
Return on equity6.2%
Return on assets1.9%
Return on invested capital4.8%
Current ratio0.87
Liabilities / assets68.5%
Cash & investments$13.96B
Total debt$74.39B
Net cash (debt)-$60.43B
Free cash flow / sales2.8%

Where the revenue comes from

Quarter 2026/Q2

By business line

  • Health services$51.80B 42.0%
  • Health Care Benefits$37.54B 30.4%
  • Pharmacy & Consumer Wellness$33.82B 27.4%
  • Corporate/other$147.00M 0.1%
Average move on report day±5.1%last 16 reports
Closed higher8 of 1650% of the time
Best reaction+14.9%
Worst reaction-16.8%

Stock move on the day after each report

+11.3%2024/Q3+14.9%2024/Q4+4.1%2025/Q1-0.3%2025/Q2-1.9%2025/Q3-0.1%2025/Q4+7.6%2026/Q1-5.1%2026/Q2

"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.

Valuation

Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history

Valuation detail →
Price / earnings24.2x
CheapRich

Above its usual level · 69th percentile, 5-year average 32.2x

#1835 of 2974 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)

Price / book1.5x
CheapRich

Above its usual level · 64th percentile, 5-year average 1.4x

#2257 of 5300 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)

Price / sales0.3x
CheapRich

Around its usual level · 58th percentile, 5-year average 0.3x

#546 of 5139 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)

P/E over five years

-30x57x144x230xSep '21Mar '24Sep '26

Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.

Morningstar fair value estimate

Fair value$110.00
Price vs. fair value-23.0%Trading below the estimate
Star rating★★★☆☆
UncertaintyHigh

Analyst view

All ratings →
ConsensusBuy
Analysts18
Average target$115.00+35.8% vs. price
  • Buy 100%
Low $106.00Now $84.66Avg $115.00High $125.00

Latest rating actions

  • 15 Sep 2026Wells FargoBUY · PT $123.00
  • 15 Sep 2026BofA SecuritiesBUY · PT $120.00
  • 9 Sep 2026Wells FargoBUY · PT $123.00
  • 9 Sep 2026BernsteinBUY · PT $106.00
  • 4 Sep 2026BernsteinBUY · PT $106.00

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Ownership detail →
Institutional ownership90.7%-0.12 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,362-10 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)16 buys / 11 sellsNet buying
Short interest1.42% of floatDays to cover 2.8 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share11.6%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

1%7%13%19%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$99.72M (4 inflow days, 16 outflow days).

Dividends

Dividend yield (TTM)3.14%
Last dividend$0.67Ex-date 23 Jul 2026
Next-to-last$0.67
Payments on file40

Dividends paid per share, by year

2.0020182.0020192.0020202.0020212.2020222.4220232.6620242.662025

Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 4.2% a year.

Latest headlines

More news →
  • Bernstein Maintains CVS Health(CVS.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $106Market news · 9 Sep 2026
  • UBS Maintains CVS Health(CVS.US) With Buy Rating, Cuts Target Price to $118Market news · 3 Sep 2026
  • Wells Fargo Maintains CVS Health(CVS.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $123Market news · 16 Sep 2026
  • BofA Securities Maintains CVS Health(CVS.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $120Market news · 15 Sep 2026
  • Wells Fargo Maintains CVS Health(CVS.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $123Market news · 10 Sep 2026
  • Jefferies Maintains CVS Health(CVS.US) With Buy Rating, Raises Target Price to $120Market news · 31 Aug 2026

CVS stock: common questions

Where is CVS trading right now?

$84.66 is the latest print for CVS, a move of -1.40% against yesterday's close of $85.86. Today's low and high so far: $84.50 and $86.01.

How large is CVS Health by market value?

Equity value comes to $108.27B at the current price. By that measure it is number 143 of the 300 names in our coverage.

Is CVS expensive on earnings?

Buyers pay 22.3 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $1.39). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 32.2, and today's level ranks in the 69th percentile of its own history.

Where does CVS sit in its 52-week range?

The year's floor is $68.48 and the ceiling $110.00. Shares are 23.0% away from that ceiling.

Does CVS send cash back through a dividend?

It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 3.14% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was July 23, 2026.

What is the analyst view on CVS Health?

Of 18 analysts, 100% say buy, 0% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $115.00, with the most cautious at $106.00 and the most optimistic at $125.00.

What does CVS Health do?

CVS owns Aetna health insurance, CVS pharmacies and the Caremark pharmacy benefit manager.

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