CVS Health Valuation

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

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

  • 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 (€63.43) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€262.71)

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?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CVS key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA8.3x
PEG Ratio1.5x

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 Average32.8x
FRE Fresenius SE KGaA
44.6x22.6%€15.8b
FME Fresenius Medical Care
23.3x20.7%€11.6b
SYAB SYNLAB
25x36.4%€2.3b
SHL Siemens Healthineers
38.3x19.5%€58.1b
CVS CVS Health
10.2x6.9%€85.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CVS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.2x) compared to the peer average (32.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a23.4%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

Fetching data

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a23.4%
n/an/an/a
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CVS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.2x) compared to the European Healthcare industry average (18.4x).


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 Ratio10.2x
Fair PE Ratio36.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CVS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.8x).


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
Current€63.43
€82.44
+30.0%
7.8%€96.54€71.23n/a26
Apr ’25€73.10
€81.91
+12.0%
7.5%€94.31€70.50n/a26
Mar ’25€68.72
€83.03
+20.8%
7.0%€95.30€71.24n/a25
Feb ’25€68.76
€83.22
+21.0%
7.4%€95.46€73.43n/a24
Jan ’25€71.46
€80.28
+12.3%
8.6%€94.43€69.01n/a24
Dec ’24€62.40
€80.74
+29.4%
9.2%€95.52€69.81n/a23
Nov ’24€62.42
€85.35
+36.7%
10.4%€104.09€71.92n/a23
Oct ’24€66.12
€86.55
+30.9%
10.3%€104.08€71.91n/a24
Sep ’24€60.70
€85.69
+41.2%
9.8%€102.11€70.55n/a24
Aug ’24€68.30
€85.86
+25.7%
12.2%€109.26€65.56n/a23
Jul ’24€63.10
€91.39
+44.8%
16.6%€131.57€69.93n/a24
Jun ’24€64.80
€93.41
+44.1%
16.6%€133.29€70.84n/a23
May ’24€66.14
€99.52
+50.5%
13.3%€130.34€78.39€63.4322
Apr ’24€68.75
€103.83
+51.0%
10.0%€131.12€87.11€73.1021
Mar ’24€78.68
€107.57
+36.7%
9.4%€134.88€89.60€68.7221
Feb ’24€80.46
€108.31
+34.6%
6.5%€120.47€92.67€68.7623
Jan ’24€87.06
€112.17
+28.8%
4.9%€123.16€100.42€71.4623
Dec ’23€96.90
€114.03
+17.7%
4.9%€124.98€101.91€62.4023
Nov ’23€95.51
€122.05
+27.8%
5.8%€132.87€102.21€62.4223
Oct ’23€98.24
€123.01
+25.2%
4.4%€131.29€112.10€66.1223
Sep ’23€97.12
€121.63
+25.2%
4.4%€130.05€111.04€60.7023
Aug ’23€92.86
€116.96
+25.9%
5.0%€126.56€101.64€68.3024
Jul ’23€87.98
€111.37
+26.6%
5.1%€120.29€96.61€63.1024
Jun ’23€90.29
€109.84
+21.6%
5.2%€118.44€95.13€64.8023
May ’23€95.60
€108.50
+13.5%
4.3%€114.85€99.23€66.1423

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


Discover undervalued companies

Simply Wall Street Pty Ltd (ACN 600 056 611), is a Corporate Authorised Representative (Authorised Representative Number: 467183) of Sanlam Private Wealth Pty Ltd (AFSL No. 337927). Any advice contained in this website is general advice only and has been prepared without considering your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should not rely on any advice and/or information contained in this website and before making any investment decision we recommend that you consider whether it is appropriate for your situation and seek appropriate financial, taxation and legal advice. Please read our Financial Services Guide before deciding whether to obtain financial services from us.