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CVS Health CVS Interest coverage

Interest coverage at other companies

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111.9×+101×
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HumanaHUM
4.8×-5.0×
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UnitedHealth GroupUNH
4.8×-3.5×
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AmazonAMZN
33.7×+2.6×
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CenteneCNC
-10.9×-16.0×
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Elevance HealthELV
5.4×-1.7×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$100.43B+6.2%
Gross profit$45.0B+3.3%
Operating income$4.7B+38.7%
Net income$2.9B+65.4%
EPS (diluted)$2.30+63.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$9.8B-5.6%
Total debt$15.2B-14.2%
Total equity$77.5B+0.7%
Total assets$252.97B-1.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$4.2B-6.7%
CapEx$849.0M+14.3%
Free cash flow$3.4B-10.8%

Valuation

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Market cap$126.52B+7.0%
Enterprise value$131.99B+4.3%
P/E43.2×+20.7×
P/S0.3×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin44.7%-0.1pp
Operating margin1.5%-1.1pp
Net margin0.7%-0.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity3.8%-3.2pp
Debt / equity0.2×0.0×
Current ratio0.9×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from CVS Health’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: CVS Health’s 10-Q, filed May 6, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is CVS Health's interest coverage?
CVS Health (CVS) reported interest coverage of 1.9× in Q1 2026.
How has CVS Health's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
CVS Health's interest coverage decreased by 39.6% year-over-year, from 3.2× to 1.9×.
What is the long-term trend for CVS Health's interest coverage?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), CVS Health's interest coverage has grown at a -18.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 20.6× to 9.2×.
What does interest coverage mean?
How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
How do you interpret interest coverage?
Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
How does interest coverage compare across companies?
Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.