CVS Health Corporation

SNSE:CVS Stock Report

Market Cap: US$57.0b

CVS Health Valuation

Is CVS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CVS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CVS ($57.48) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($233.8)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CVS is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CVS?

Key metric: As CVS is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CVS. This is calculated by dividing CVS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CVS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio11.4x
EarningsUS$5.02b
Market CapUS$56.98b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CVS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CVS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average27.4x
CI Cigna Group
25.8x24.2%US$73.9b
LH Labcorp Holdings
43.5x21.9%US$19.3b
FME Fresenius Medical Care
20.1x19.3%€13.2b
DGX Quest Diagnostics
20.1x11.7%US$17.4b
CVS CVS Health
11.4x18.7%US$57.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CVS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.4x) compared to the peer average (27.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CVS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Healthcare Industry?

14 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CVS 11.4xIndustry Avg. 20.1xNo. of Companies70PE01632486480+
14 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CVS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.4x) compared to the Global Healthcare industry average (20.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CVS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CVS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio11.4x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CVS's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CVS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$57.48
US$67.55
+17.5%
14.1%US$93.00US$51.00n/a25
Dec ’25US$57.48
US$68.35
+18.9%
13.5%US$93.00US$57.00n/a25
Nov ’25US$57.48
US$69.46
+20.8%
14.4%US$93.00US$59.00n/a25
Oct ’25US$57.48
US$67.14
+16.8%
14.0%US$93.00US$59.00n/a25
Sep ’25US$74.11
US$67.26
-9.2%
13.0%US$93.00US$59.00n/a25
Aug ’25US$74.11
US$67.74
-8.6%
13.1%US$93.00US$58.00n/a25
Jul ’25US$74.11
US$69.10
-6.8%
13.4%US$93.00US$59.00n/a26
Jun ’25US$74.11
US$69.02
-6.9%
13.5%US$93.00US$59.00n/a26
May ’25US$74.11
US$84.69
+14.3%
10.8%US$101.00US$60.00n/a26
Apr ’25US$73.51
US$89.46
+21.7%
7.5%US$103.00US$77.00n/a26
Mar ’25US$73.51
US$89.74
+22.1%
7.0%US$103.00US$77.00n/a25
Feb ’25US$80.41
US$90.66
+12.8%
7.4%US$104.00US$80.00n/a24
Jan ’25US$69.64
US$88.41
+27.0%
8.6%US$104.00US$76.00n/a24
Dec ’24US$69.64
US$87.91
+26.2%
9.2%US$104.00US$76.00US$57.4823
Nov ’24US$69.64
US$90.19
+29.5%
10.4%US$110.00US$76.00US$57.4823
Oct ’24US$69.64
US$91.47
+31.4%
10.3%US$110.00US$76.00US$57.4824
Sep ’24US$67.12
US$92.31
+37.5%
9.8%US$110.00US$76.00US$74.1124
Aug ’24US$68.65
US$94.30
+37.4%
12.2%US$120.00US$72.00US$74.1123
Jul ’24US$68.65
US$99.33
+44.7%
16.6%US$143.00US$76.00US$74.1124
Jun ’24US$67.51
US$100.21
+48.4%
16.6%US$143.00US$76.00US$74.1123
May ’24US$74.74
US$109.18
+46.1%
13.3%US$143.00US$86.00US$74.1122
Apr ’24US$74.74
US$113.24
+51.5%
10.0%US$143.00US$95.00US$73.5121
Mar ’24US$89.77
US$114.05
+27.0%
9.4%US$143.00US$95.00US$73.5121
Feb ’24US$87.22
US$116.87
+34.0%
6.5%US$130.00US$100.00US$80.4123
Jan ’24US$93.40
US$118.40
+26.8%
4.9%US$130.00US$106.00US$69.6423
Dec ’23US$100.04
US$118.61
+18.6%
4.9%US$130.00US$106.00US$69.6423

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/19 12:32
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

CVS Health Corporation is covered by 63 analysts. 24 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Harshit GuptaAccountability Research Corporation
Christopher GrajaArgus Research Company
Samuel HudsonAtlantic Equities LLP