profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
CVS Health
$89.35-0.49% today
+12.8% in 1 year
1-year low $70.081-year high $110.60
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $64.66 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What CVS Health sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $322 billion in 2022 to $402 billion in 2025, with $1.77 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
CVS Health handed back 44% of the cash it generated last year.
$3.4B
Free cash flow 2025$7.8B
Bought back its own shares$0
Paid as dividends$3.4B
Cash vs. debt$8.5B vs. $80.0B
CVS Health vs. similar companies
CVS Health grows the slowest of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVS Health | 64.7× · Very expensive | ||
 UnitedHealth | 30.3× · Expensive | ||
 Elevance Health | 16.4× · Fair price | ||
 The Cigna Group | 13.1× · Cheap | ||
 Humana | 45.5× · Expensive |
Compare CVS Health with Guardian Pharmacy Services
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads CVS Health's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 268,706 | 292,111 | 322,467 | 357,776 | 372,809 | 402,067 | |
| – | – | 54,502 | 54,431 | 51,401 | 55,362 | |
| – | – | 16,290 | 14,599 | 9,695 | 10,385 | |
| 17,118 | 17,526 | 12,347 | 18,197 | 13,703 | 9,861 | |
| 7,179 | 8,001 | 4,311 | 8,344 | 4,614 | 1,768 | |
| 5.46 | 6.02 | 3.26 | 6.47 | 3.66 | 1.39 | |
| – | – | 16.9% | 15.2% | 13.8% | 13.8% | |
| – | – | 5.1% | 4.1% | 2.6% | 2.6% | |
| 2.7% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1.2% | 0.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 230,715 | 232,999 | 228,275 | 249,728 | 253,215 | 253,538 |
| Cash | 7,854 | 9,408 | 12,945 | 8,196 | 8,586 | 8,453 |
| Total debt | 85,042 | 75,999 | 70,732 | 79,385 | 82,920 | 79,950 |
| Total liabilities | 161,014 | 157,618 | 156,506 | 173,092 | 177,485 | 178,156 |
| 69,389 | 75,075 | 71,469 | 76,461 | 75,560 | 75,214 | |
| 1,314 | 1,329 | 1,323 | 1,290 | 1,262 | 1,271 | |
| 6.5% | 6.8% | 4.5% | 7.0% | 4.5% | 2.7% | |
| 10.3% | 10.7% | 6.0% | 10.9% | 6.1% | 2.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15,865 | 18,265 | 16,177 | 13,426 | 9,107 | 10,639 | |
| 2,437 | 2,520 | 2,727 | 3,031 | 2,781 | 2,832 | |
| 13,428 | 15,745 | 13,450 | 10,395 | 6,326 | 7,807 | |
| Dividends paid | 2,624 | 2,625 | 2,907 | 3,132 | 3,373 | 3,397 |
| 0 | 0 | 3,500 | 2,012 | 3,023 | 0 | |
| 400 | 484 | 447 | 588 | 540 | 535 |
Valuation
- 64.7×
- 12.5×
- –
- 1.4×
- 0.3×
- 14.6×
- 18.8×
- 6.8%
- 1.5%
- 2.9%
Profitability
- 13.8%
- 2.6%
- 0.4%
- 2.7%
- 2.7%
- 4.8%
- 3.9%
- 1.2%
- 3.6%
- –
Growth
- +8.4%
- −23.9%
- +23.4%
- +5.9%
- −1.3%
Financial health
- 7.3×
- 1.06
- 31.0%
- 1.7×
- 0.84
- 0.66
- 1.61
How it ranks in Healthcare
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 37%of 963
Bottom 28%of 894
Bottom 16%of 632
Bottom 43%of 908
Top 14%of 991
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $95.20
- Range
- $90.00 – $101.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 2.57 | 2.18 | +17.9% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 1.09 | 1.00 | +9.0% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 1.60 | 1.37 | +16.8% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 1.81 | 1.46 | +24.0% |
| May 1, 2025 | 2.25 | 1.70 | +32.4% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 1.19 | 0.91 | +30.2% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | 1.09 | 1.44 | −24.3% |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 1.83 | 1.73 | +5.8% |
2.9%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$29a year at today's yield, before tax
+5.9%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.40 in 2015 → $2.66 in 2025
How safe it looks
192.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 43.5%
News
GLP-1s can save health system money if priced below $350 a month: analysisSeeking Alpha · Nov 14, 2026How to figure out a key question this open-enrollment season: Are you overpaying for health insurance?MarketWatch · Nov 13, 2026Obamacare Subsidies Lapsed. Here's Why Health Insurer Stocks Are Watching the New Congress.Yahoo Finance · Nov 8, 2026Notable healthcare headlines for the week: Moderna, Pfizer, and CVS Health in focusSeeking Alpha · Nov 8, 2026The Healthcare ETF Showdown: Broad Global Health or Targeted Pharma Power?Yahoo Finance · Nov 7, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
20No pass
Benjamin Graham
44No pass
Philip Fisher
16No pass
Peter Lynch
21No pass
Joel Greenblatt
2No pass
Charlie Munger
8No pass
Terry Smith
13No pass
Questions about CVS Health
Is CVS Health a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, priced as if everything goes right. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the CVS Health AI analysis
What does CVS Health do?
CVS Health Corporation provides health solutions in the United States. It is in Healthcare Plans, based in Woonsocket, RI, United States, with 219,000 employees.
Does CVS Health pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.9% a year, about 192% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $3.40 billion in dividends.
Is CVS Health stock halal?
No. CVS Health does not pass our halal screen: its main business, conventional insurance, is not permitted. How we check
How has CVS Health stock done over the past year?
Up 12.8% over the past twelve months, to $89.35. It traded between $70.08 and $110.60 and is 19.2% below its high.
Who are CVS Health's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are UnitedHealth, Elevance Health, The Cigna Group and Humana. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with CVS Health's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.