Edward Jones last night downgraded CVS Health (CVS) to Hold from Buy and removed the shares from the firm’s Equity Income Buy List. CVS recently lost part of the Blue Shield of California pharmacy benefits manager contract to a group of companies that included Amazon.com (AMZN), the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm believes the news creates uncertainty for the PBM industry. As such, Edward Jones views CVS Health shares as appropriately valued.
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