The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

CVS

Concerning the House

CVS Health Corporation provides health solutions in the United States. The Health Care Benefits segment offers traditional, voluntary, and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, and behavioral health plans; medical management capabilities; Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement plans; prescription drug plans (PDPs); and Medicaid health care management services. It serves employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, health care providers, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups, and expatriates. The Health Services segment offers pharmacy benefit management solutions, including plan design and administration, formulary management, retail pharmacy network management, specialty and mail-order pharmacy, clinical services, disease management, medical spend management services, and pharmacy and other administrative services. It serves employers, insurance companies, unions, government employee groups, health plans, PDPs, Medicaid managed care plans, CMS, plans offered on public health insurance exchanges, and other sponsors of health benefit plans. The Pharmacy & Consumer Wellness segment sells prescription and over-the-counter drugs, consumer health and beauty products, personal care products, and other general merchandise products. This segment also distributes prescription drugs; and provides related pharmacy consulting and other ancillary services to care facilities and other care settings. It operates online retail pharmacy websites, retail specialty pharmacy stores, and compounding pharmacies, as well as branches for infusion and enteral nutrition services. The company was formerly known as CVS Caremark Corporation and changed its name to CVS Health Corporation in September 2014. CVS Health Corporation was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

United States · www.cvshealth.com

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 17 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$372.81B+8.7%
Gross profit$28.55B+7.4%
Operating income$8.52B+2.3%
Net income$8.34B+12.2%
Cash from ops$13.43B+7.8%
Quotation

$94.99

+0.27 (+0.3%)

52w hi$109.92
52w lo$63.87
Vol4.12M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.34

Short+0.16
Medium+0.47
Long+0.47

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

CVS Health Corporation

Healthcare · Healthcare Plans

Market cap$121.49B
Enterprise value$183.69B
Trailing P/E25.06x
Forward P/E11.17x
EV / EBITDA11.01x
P / S (ttm)0.29x
Profit margin1.2%
Return on equity6.2%
Revenue growth+7.1%
Earnings growth+188.8%
Debt / equity95.50
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.31
Corr SPX0.14
Annual vol34.4%
Annual ret+30.7%
Sharpe0.89
Max DD-35.1%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.27
Sector+0.12
Technical+0.17
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$95.44$96.12$94.49$94.994.12M
Aug 12$93.75$95.15$93.15$94.728.26M
Aug 11$95.47$96.36$93.01$93.508.12M
Aug 10$95.33$96.34$94.68$95.677.03M
Aug 7$95.20$96.28$94.57$95.7012.40M