In Brief — CVS Health (CVS) Stock

By Chris Stiles • Monday, November 21 12:00 • Permanent Link

Shares of Healthcare sector company CVS Health moved 0.4% today, and are now trading at a price of $97.78. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 1,771,386 compared to its average volume of 5,936,678. The S&P 500 index returned a -0.7% performance.

CVS Health Corporation provides health services in the United States. The company is based in Woonsocket and has 216,000 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $128,479,985,664. CVS Health currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 2.2% per year.

23 analysts are following CVS Health and have set target prices ranging from $98 to $130 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, CVS is trading -16.91% away from its average analyst target price of $117.68 per share.

Over the last year, CVS's share price has increased by 4.7%, which represents a difference of 20.0% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $111.25 per share whereas its 52 week low is $86.28. With an average free cash flow of $11,598,000,000.0 that have been growing at an average rate of 32.9% over the last four years, CVS Health is in a position to continue its strong stock performance trend.

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