CVS

CVS Stock Plummets – Reasons Behind the Decline

CVS Health stock is trading -12.74% below its average target price of $65.48 after dropping -1.2% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Pharmaceutical Retail company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $59.0 to $81.0 per share.

CVS Health's short interest — meaning the percentage of the share float that is being shorted — is lower than average at 1.4%. The stock's short ratio is 1.93. The company's insiders own 0.11% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests.

Another number to watch is the company's rate of institutional share ownership, which now stands at 81.3%. In conclusion, we believe there is mixed market sentiment regarding CVS Health.

Institutions Invested in CVS Health

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-03-31 Vanguard Group Inc 9% 116,117,490 $6,634,953,307
2024-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 7% 87,101,436 $4,976,975,999
2024-03-31 State Street Corporation 4% 55,004,275 $3,142,944,239
2024-03-31 Capital World Investors 3% 43,776,874 $2,501,410,553
2024-03-31 Dodge & Cox Inc 3% 41,012,543 $2,343,456,681
2024-03-31 Capital International Investors 3% 37,917,923 $2,166,630,097
2024-03-31 FMR, LLC 3% 34,423,281 $1,966,946,255
2024-03-31 Morgan Stanley 2% 29,039,992 $1,659,345,125
2024-03-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 25,382,075 $1,450,331,750
2024-03-31 Bank of America Corporation 1% 16,159,874 $923,375,190
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