Take This Into Account Before Investing in CVS

By Susan Ramirez • Wednesday, November 01 12:12 • Permanent Link

CVS Health logged a -2.4% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $67.38 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. CVS's trading volume is 9,528,226 compared to the stock's average volume of 8,262,446.

CVS Health trades -25.27% away from its average analyst target price of $90.16 per share. The 22 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $76.0 to $110.0, and on average have given CVS Health a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in CVS, you'll want to know the following:

CVS Health's current price is 22.1% above its Graham number of $55.18, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
CVS Health has moved -30.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 13.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.19, CVS Health has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 30.8 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
CVS has a forward P/E ratio of 7.8 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $8.6 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.97 — a number near or below 1 signifying that CVS Health is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.19 compared to its sector average of 4.29
CVS Health Corporation provides health services in the United States.
Based in Woonsocket, the company has 219,000 full time employees and a market cap of $86.54 Billion. CVS Health currently returns an annual dividend yield of 3.3%.

The above analysis is intended for educational purposes only and was performed on the basis of publicly available data. It is not to be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Any buy, sell, or other recommendations mentioned in the article are direct quotations of consensus recommendations from the analysts covering the stock, and do not represent the opinions of Market Inference or its writers. Past performance, accounting data, and inferences about market position and corporate valuation are not reliable indicators of future price movements. Market Inference does not provide financial advice. Investors should conduct their own review and analysis of any company of interest before making an investment decision.