CVS Health (CVS) Competitors $44.36 +0.58 (+1.32%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends CVS vs. WBA, GRDN, PETS, YI, CJJD, MCD, BABA, BKNG, LOW, and TJXShould you be buying CVS Health stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CVS Health include Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Guardian Pharmacy Services (GRDN), PetMed Express (PETS), 111 (YI), China Jo-Jo Drugstores (CJJD), McDonald's (MCD), Alibaba Group (BABA), Booking (BKNG), Lowe's Companies (LOW), and TJX Companies (TJX). CVS Health vs. Walgreens Boots Alliance Guardian Pharmacy Services PetMed Express 111 China Jo-Jo Drugstores McDonald's Alibaba Group Booking Lowe's Companies TJX Companies Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) and CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation. Do analysts recommend WBA or CVS? Walgreens Boots Alliance presently has a consensus target price of $12.58, suggesting a potential upside of 31.70%. CVS Health has a consensus target price of $70.50, suggesting a potential upside of 58.93%. Given CVS Health's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CVS Health is more favorable than Walgreens Boots Alliance.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Walgreens Boots Alliance 4 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.87CVS Health 0 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 14 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.70 Is WBA or CVS a better dividend stock? Walgreens Boots Alliance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. CVS Health pays an annual dividend of $2.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Walgreens Boots Alliance pays out -10.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVS Health pays out 67.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Walgreens Boots Alliance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Do institutionals & insiders believe in WBA or CVS? 58.6% of Walgreens Boots Alliance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of CVS Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of Walgreens Boots Alliance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of CVS Health shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is WBA or CVS more profitable? CVS Health has a net margin of 1.36% compared to Walgreens Boots Alliance's net margin of -5.85%. Walgreens Boots Alliance's return on equity of 14.23% beat CVS Health's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Walgreens Boots Alliance-5.85% 14.23% 2.88% CVS Health 1.36%10.72%3.21% Does the media prefer WBA or CVS? In the previous week, CVS Health had 9 more articles in the media than Walgreens Boots Alliance. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for CVS Health and 27 mentions for Walgreens Boots Alliance. Walgreens Boots Alliance's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat CVS Health's score of 0.14 indicating that Walgreens Boots Alliance is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Walgreens Boots Alliance 12 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral CVS Health 9 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 9 Neutral mention(s) 10 Negative mention(s) 2 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has preferable earnings & valuation, WBA or CVS? CVS Health has higher revenue and earnings than Walgreens Boots Alliance. Walgreens Boots Alliance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVS Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioWalgreens Boots Alliance$147.66B0.06-$8.64B-$10.01-0.95CVS Health$368.91B0.15$8.34B$3.9411.26 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WBA or CVS? CVS Health received 257 more outperform votes than Walgreens Boots Alliance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.53% of users gave CVS Health an outperform vote while only 65.48% of users gave Walgreens Boots Alliance an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformWalgreens Boots AllianceOutperform Votes116365.48% Underperform Votes61334.52% CVS HealthOutperform Votes142075.53% Underperform Votes46024.47% Which has more volatility & risk, WBA or CVS? Walgreens Boots Alliance has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVS Health has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryCVS Health beats Walgreens Boots Alliance on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Crypto Swap ProfitsURGENT: This Altcoin Opportunity Won’t Wait – Act NowCrypto has officially entered the "banana zone" – that wild phase where prices can 1000x in days. It happens like clockwork every 4 years, during the December to February window of a Bitcoin halving year. This is where fortunes are made – often LITERALLY overnight.>> Register for the Workshop Now Get CVS Health News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CVS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart CVS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCVS HealthDrug stores & proprietary stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$55.82B$7.29B$24.60B$19.19BDividend Yield5.71%7.67%165.84%3.58%P/E Ratio11.262.25108.7941.22Price / Sales0.150.273.7417.58Price / Cash4.2682.6121.7321.28Price / Book0.740.755.425.32Net Income$8.34B-$46.88M$675.22M$989.67M7 Day Performance-10.15%-5.75%-2.92%-3.45%1 Month Performance-22.26%3.53%0.23%-3.73%1 Year Performance-43.58%-47.46%8.77%12.06% CVS Health Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CVSCVS Health5 of 5 stars$44.36+1.3%$70.50+58.9%-42.6%$55.82B$368.91B11.26300,000Analyst RevisionWBAWalgreens Boots Alliance4.0648 of 5 stars$10.10-2.8%$12.58+24.5%-62.4%$8.73B$147.66B-1.04312,000Analyst RevisionGRDNGuardian Pharmacy Services0.3954 of 5 stars$23.25flat$22.00-5.4%N/A$1.47B$1.17B0.003,200News CoveragePETSPetMed Express0.8191 of 5 stars$5.64+2.4%$3.50-37.9%-32.2%$116.52M$281.06M0.00287Positive NewsYI1110.215 of 5 stars$0.80-3.7%N/A-41.1%$68.42M$2.11B-2.081,520CJJDChina Jo-Jo DrugstoresN/A$1.85flatN/A-56.8%$12.31M$154.54M0.00980Gap UpMCDMcDonald's4.122 of 5 stars$300.94+1.5%$320.50+6.5%+1.3%$215.66B$25.94B26.04150,000BABAAlibaba Group4.8757 of 5 stars$86.14-1.9%$114.07+32.4%+12.2%$205.85B$130.35B17.52204,891Gap DownBKNGBooking4.5776 of 5 stars$5,174.94-1.0%$4,866.03-6.0%+45.5%$171.27B$23.05B35.4723,600Analyst ForecastLOWLowe's Companies4.4135 of 5 stars$262.52+0.0%$280.85+7.0%+11.6%$148.23B$83.72B21.88284,000TJXTJX Companies4.3698 of 5 stars$124.34-0.4%$130.89+5.3%+35.5%$139.78B$54.22B29.38349,000 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Walgreens Boots Alliance Competitors Guardian Pharmacy Services Competitors PetMed Express Competitors 111 Competitors China Jo-Jo Drugstores Competitors McDonald's Competitors Alibaba Group Competitors Booking Competitors Lowe's Companies Competitors TJX Companies Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:CVS) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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