CVS

Briefing on the Fundamentals of CVS Health (CVS)

CVS Health moved -0.41% this afternoon session, trading between a high of $77.62 and a low of $75.9 per share. Yesterday the stock finished at $77.0 per share, compared to an average analyst target price of $113.52.

CVS Health (previously CVS Corporation and CVS Caremark Corporation) is an American healthcare company that owns CVS Pharmacy, a retail pharmacy chain; CVS Caremark, a pharmacy benefits manager; Aetna, a health insurance provider, among many other brands. The large-cap healthcare plans company is based in the United States, and over the last twelve months it has returned a dividend yield of 3.14%. CVS Health has trailing twelve months earnings per share (EPS) of 3.121, which at today's prices amounts to a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 24.6.

Based on its expected future earnings growth, the company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.359. Usually a PEG ratio between zero and one indicates a potentially undervalued company.

Here's an overview of the company's gross margins in recent years:

Date Reported Revenue (k) Cost of Revenue (k) Gross Margin YoY Growth
2022-12-31 $322,467,000 $345,066,000 -7.01% -26.76%
2021-12-31 $292,111,000 $308,255,000 -5.53% -45.91%
2020-12-31 $268,706,000 $278,888,000 -3.79% 9.55%
2019-12-31 $256,776,000 $267,544,000 -4.19% -155.79%
2018-12-31 $194,579,000 $179,963,000 7.51% n/a
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