Juanmonino/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Investment Thesis I'm not sure how many investors currently hold CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) for the growth or the dividend, but with the recent drop in share price, some may be left wondering if the dividend is secure. As an investor solely investing for dividends to supplement my retirement, this is always my main concern when my portfolio holdings have a bad quarter or year. In this article, I discuss the company's recent earnings, which caused the stoc ...

Is this still a safe dividend stock you can buy and hold for the long haul?Shares of CVS Health (CVS -0.83%) have been under pressure this month after the healthcare giant reported uninspiring quarterly results. It also reduced its guidance for the year. With the company facing higher costs and headwinds due to macroeconomic conditions, investors have grown wary of the stock, and its dividend as well. Now yielding around 4.8% per year, is CVS Health's dividend too high and due for a cut?Can CVS Health affor ...

CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) BofA Securities 2024 Health Care Conference May 14, 2024 10:20 AM ET Company Participants Thomas Cowhey - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Allen Lutz - BofA Securities Allen Lutz Your analyst at BofA. On behalf of the entire bank, I'd like to welcome everyone to 2024 BofA Healthcare Conference. We are incredibly grateful and excited to have CVS Health with us. We have CFO, Tom Cowhey; and Head of IR, Larry McGrath, in the audience. I think Tom has some p ...

Year to date, shares of CVS are now down by nearly 30%.Shares of CVS Health (CVS 0.25%) have been falling sharply this month after investors were unimpressed with the healthcare giant's latest earnings numbers. The sell-off has been so extreme that not only is CVS trading near its 52-week low, but the stock is now at levels it hasn't been at since 2020. It seems to be trading at a high discount, and with the big decline in price, its dividend is now yielding 4.8%, which is far higher than normal.Is the sell ...

Concerns higher than during COVID-19 pandemic, with the effects of social media a driving factorWOONSOCKET, R.I., May 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent CVS Health® (NYSE: CVS)/Morning Consult survey found that a majority of adults have significant concerns about their mental health and rates across the country continue to rise. Image provided by CVS Health Two-thirds (65%) of adults have experienced concerns about their own mental health or the mental health of their friends and family, which is up six ...

When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock's price, but are they really important?Before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage, let's see what these Wall Street heavyweights think about CVS Health (CVS) .CVS Health currently has an average brokerage recommendation (ABR) of 1.98, o ...

The insurance business can be a great way to build wealth over time.Often overlooked in this era where investors are seeking out fast returns, insurance companies just might offer you a decent path to millionaire status over time.Insurance is all about putting a price tag on risk, which makes it one of the most inflation-resilient business out there. After all, as costs go up, so do premiums, even if those premiums remain fairly consistent in terms of the percentage of value of the assets being insured.In a ...

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Key TakeawaysThe S&P 500 fell 0.3% on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, as the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady and Chair Jerome Powell discounted the likelihood of an imminent rate hike.CVS shares plunged after the pharmacy giant missed estimates and cut guidance amid higher health care costs and Medicare reimbursement pressures.Bio-Techne shares soared as the biotech firm posted better-than-expected results, lifted by strength in the diagnostics and genomics segment. Major U.S. equities indexes were mixed ...

The volatile consumer healthcare sector showed up big in CVS’ Q1 earnings Wednesday (May 1), with solid revenue from its store operations but a warning about revenue projections due to its foray into the insurance sector. By the numbers, CVS Health reported first-quarter revenues of approximately $88 billion, marking a 4% increase year-over-year. However, the more concerning figure was the adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.31, well below analysts’ projections of about $1.69, according to the Associate ...