CVS shares plunged following its latest earnings report. Is it a buy?CVS Health (CVS -0.20%) is one of the most influential healthcare companies in the country.It operates the nation's largest pharmacy chain, a massive pharmacy benefit management business, and the health insurer Aetna, which covers 26 million people. But the stock has been losing ground lately, and shares plunged again after CVS delivered its first-quarter report, which showed rising medical costs from patients covered by its Medicare Advan ...

The CVS pharmacy logo is displayed on a sign above a CVS Health Corp. store in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 7, 2024.Pharmacy staff at two CVS retail stores in Rhode Island voted to join a new national pharmacy union on Friday, signaling growing momentum in a movement to help thousands of U.S. pharmacy workers address what they allege are unsafe working conditions. Pharmacy workers at locations open 24 hours a day in Wakefield and Westerly won their union elections, making them the first stores to unionize ...

The recommendations of Wall Street analysts are often relied on by investors when deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock. Media reports about these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts changing their ratings often affect a stock's price. Do they really matter, though?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 r ...

The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. CVS Health presently has a stellar rank, in the top 10% of the coverage universe, which suggests it is among the top most "interesting" ideas that merit further research by investors.Start slideshow: 10 Oversold Dividend Stocks »But m ...

CVS Health’s (CVS) retail division — CVS Pharmacy — launched Well Market,  a new store brand consumables line featuring snacks, beverages and groceries. Products from Well Market can now be purchased on CVS.com and in CVS pharmacies across the United States.The recent development will expand CVS Health’s food and beverage portfolio.More on Well MarketWell Market provides a range of products with zero grams of trans fat and no artificial preservatives, sweeteners, or colors and products that reflect consumer ...

WOONSOCKET, R.I., May 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Health® (NYSE: CVS) today announced that President and CEO Karen S. Lynch and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Tom Cowhey will participate in a fireside chat with investors at the Bernstein 40th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference on May 29, 2024, at approximately 10:00 am ET.An audio webcast of the event will be broadcast simultaneously on the Investor Relations portion of the CVS Health website at investors.cvshealth.com where it wil ...

Key PointsCVS Health operates over 9,000 pharmacies as well as the nation’s third-largest health insurer, Aetna.CVS Health stock has a 4.64% annual dividend yield and trades at just 8.19X forward earnings compared to the 10-year average PE of 18.19, a 65% discount.Aetna suffered over $900 million in unexpected Medicare Advantage (MA) utilization expenses in Q1. Still, it stated that it will prioritize profits in 2025, cut certain supplemental benefits, and exit counties it deems unprofitable for MA.5 stocks ...

NEW YORK, May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of CVS Health Corporation ("CVS" or the "Company") (NYSE: CVS). Such investors are advised to contact Danielle Peyton at [email protected] or 646-581-9980, ext. 7980.The investigation concerns whether CVS and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices. [Click here for information about joining the class action] On May 1, 2024, CVS issued a pr ...

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 ...