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CVS Health CVS Price / earnings

Price / earnings at other companies

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16.3×-1.6×
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19.3×-2.4×
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46.3×+5.5×
UnitedHealth Group logo
UnitedHealth GroupUNH
20.4×-1.3×
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28.3×-2.3×
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13.1×+0.6×

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/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 the most recent quarter.

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 price / earnings?
CVS Health (CVS) reported price / earnings of 31.2× in Q1 2026.
How has CVS Health's price / earnings changed year-over-year?
CVS Health's price / earnings increased by 92.6% year-over-year, from 16.2× to 31.2×.
What is the long-term trend for CVS Health's price / earnings?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), CVS Health's price / earnings has grown at a 48.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 60.5× to 295.9×.
What does price / earnings mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.
How do you interpret price / earnings?
Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.
How does price / earnings compare across companies?
Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.