What is CVS Health's investment purchases?

CVS Health (CVS) reported investment purchases of $4.19B in Q1 2026.

How has CVS Health's investment purchases changed year-over-year?

CVS Health's investment purchases increased by 17.8% year-over-year, from $3.55B to $4.19B.

What is the long-term trend for CVS Health's investment purchases?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), CVS Health's investment purchases has grown at a 10.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $9.96B to $15.01B.

What does investment purchases mean?

Cash spent purchasing investment securities across all categories.

CVS Health CVS Investment Purchases

Investment Purchases at other companies

HumanaHUM

$2.89B+250%

UnitedHealth GroupUNH

$6.52B+57.6%

CenteneCNC

$987M-39.4%

Elevance HealthELV

$4.74B+19.5%

Oscar HealthOSCR

$914.84M+172%

Alignment HealthcareALHC

$10.6M-40.8%

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$131.99B+55.0%

Enterprise value$137.46B+48.8%

P/E45×+26.2×

P/S0.3×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin44.7%-0.1pp

Operating margin1.5%-1.1pp

Net margin0.7%-0.7pp

FCF margin1.8%—

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

Reported directly by CVS Health in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireInvestments.

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 investment purchases?: CVS Health (CVS) reported investment purchases of $4.19B in Q1 2026.
How has CVS Health's investment purchases changed year-over-year?: CVS Health's investment purchases increased by 17.8% year-over-year, from $3.55B to $4.19B.
What is the long-term trend for CVS Health's investment purchases?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), CVS Health's investment purchases has grown at a 10.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $9.96B to $15.01B.
What does investment purchases mean?: Cash spent purchasing investment securities across all categories.