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CVS Health (CVS) Stock Price & Analysis

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CVS Stock Chart & Stats

$83.85$2.52(3.10%)
At close: 4:00 PM EST
$80$85$90$95Aug 10Aug 24Sep 8Sep 21Oct 5Oct 19Nov 2
Day’s Range
$80.69 - $84.38
52-Week Range
$69.51 - $110.68
Previous Close
$81.33
Volume
N/A
Average Volume (3M)
10.24M
Market Cap
$102.27B
Enterprise Value
$171.23B
Total Cash (Recent Filing)
$14.89B
Total Debt (Recent Filing)
$75.30B
Price to Earnings (P/E)
9.4
Beta
0.44
Next Earnings
Feb 17, 2027 (Est.)
EPS Estimate
1.16
Last Dividend Ex-Date
Oct 22, 2026
Dividend Yield
3.27%

Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls Say

Strong Cash Generation

Robust operating and free cash flow provides internal funding for debt reduction, investment, dividends, and potential repurchases. The raised cash-flow outlook also indicates improving earnings quality and gives CVS greater flexibility to manage healthcare volatility over the next several quarters.

Integrated Healthcare Platform

The combination of insurance, pharmacy benefits, retail pharmacies, and care delivery creates multiple customer touch points and supports coordinated utilization management. This structure can improve engagement, purchasing scale, and affordability while giving CVS a durable position across healthcare services.

Improving Medicare Economics

Medicare margin recovery can materially strengthen the Health Care Benefits segment because disciplined pricing and repricing are improving the economics of a large membership base. Continued margin improvement would make earnings less dependent on temporary cost actions and support more durable profitability.

Bears Say

Thin Profit Margins

Low net and operating margins leave limited room for reimbursement pressure, medical-cost inflation, or unfavorable business mix before earnings are affected. Although revenue and net income improved, profitability remains materially below prior stronger periods, making sustained margin recovery essential.

Meaningful Leverage

CVS has improved leverage, but its sizable debt load still consumes financial capacity and can constrain capital allocation. Maintaining strong cash generation is important because weaker operating performance could reduce flexibility for investment, shareholder returns, or balance-sheet improvement.

2027 Operating Headwinds

Several structural pressures could weigh on near-term earnings even as management describes 2027 as a trough year. Lower membership and 340B revenue can reduce Health Services scale, while elevated medical costs and separation expenses may delay broader margin normalization.

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CVS FAQ

What was CVS Health’s price range in the past 12 months?
CVS Health lowest stock price was $69.51 and its highest was $110.68 in the past 12 months.
What is CVS Health’s market cap?
CVS Health’s market cap is $102.27B.
When is CVS Health’s upcoming earnings report date?
CVS Health’s next earnings report is estimated for Feb 17, 2027 (not yet confirmed), which is in 102 days.
How were CVS Health’s earnings last quarter?
CVS Health released its earnings results on Nov 04, 2026. The company reported $2.09 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.651 by $0.439.
Is CVS Health overvalued?
According to Wall Street analysts CVS Health’s price is currently Undervalued.
Does CVS Health pay dividends?
CVS Health pays a Quarterly dividend of $0.665 which represents an annual dividend yield of 3.27%. See more information on CVS Health dividends here
What is CVS Health’s EPS estimate?
CVS Health’s EPS estimate is 1.16.
How many shares outstanding does CVS Health have?
CVS Health has 1,278,970,300 shares outstanding.
What happened to CVS Health’s price movement after its last earnings report?
CVS Health reported an EPS of $2.09 in its last earnings report, beating expectations of $1.651. Following the earnings report the stock price went down -12.526%.
Which hedge fund is a major shareholder of CVS Health?
Hedge funds hold CVS Health shares: the largest hedge-fund position in CVS Health is 71,887,472 shares, and hedge funds decreased their holdings by 8.9M shares last quarter.
What is the TipRanks Smart Score and how is it calculated?
Smart Score combines eight research factors - such as analyst recommendations, hedge fund trends, and technical indicators - to measure a stock’s outlook. These signals are unified into a single score that reflects bullish or bearish momentum. See detailed methodology