CVS Health (CVS) Competitors $56.83 +1.06 (+1.90%) (As of 11/20/2024 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation. Does the media refer more to WBA or CVS? In the previous week, CVS Health had 59 more articles in the media than Walgreens Boots Alliance. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for CVS Health and 10 mentions for Walgreens Boots Alliance. CVS Health's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Walgreens Boots Alliance's score of 0.57 indicating that CVS Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Walgreens Boots Alliance 5 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive CVS Health 28 Very Positive mention(s) 5 Positive mention(s) 18 Neutral mention(s) 8 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive 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 12.1%. CVS Health pays an annual dividend of $2.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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. Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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$147.66B0.05-$8.64B-$10.01-0.82CVS Health$357.78B0.20$8.34B$3.9414.42 Which has more risk and volatility, WBA or CVS? Walgreens Boots Alliance has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVS Health has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. 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% Do analysts prefer WBA or CVS? Walgreens Boots Alliance presently has a consensus price target of $12.88, indicating a potential upside of 56.37%. CVS Health has a consensus price target of $72.28, indicating a potential upside of 27.18%. Given Walgreens Boots Alliance's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Walgreens Boots Alliance is more favorable than CVS Health.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) 7 Hold rating(s) 13 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.65 Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WBA or CVS? CVS Health received 254 more outperform votes than Walgreens Boots Alliance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.49% of users gave CVS Health an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave Walgreens Boots Alliance an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformWalgreens Boots AllianceOutperform Votes116365.52% Underperform Votes61234.48% CVS HealthOutperform Votes141775.49% Underperform Votes46024.51% SummaryCVS Health beats Walgreens Boots Alliance on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Angel PublishingTesla Execs are Freaking OutIt’s so revolutionary that tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon, and NVIDIA are all lining up to get their hands on it. And Elon Musk has completely restructured Tesla to chase this opportunity. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that you don’t want to miss.Click here to get the details. 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$70.18B$8.76B$24.04B$19.87BDividend Yield4.77%8.42%169.98%3.50%P/E Ratio14.421.6097.0135.66Price / Sales0.200.187.1417.95Price / Cash4.5968.2719.8917.98Price / Book0.950.765.774.59Net Income$8.34B-$46.88M$688.15M$985.93M7 Day Performance3.12%-4.47%-1.23%0.45%1 Month Performance-2.32%-1.28%-2.18%1.05%1 Year Performance-16.52%-46.07%15.23%24.67% CVS Health Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CVSCVS Health4.9993 of 5 stars$56.83+1.9%$72.28+27.2%-16.7%$70.18B$357.78B14.42300,000Analyst UpgradeOptions VolumeAnalyst RevisionWBAWalgreens Boots Alliance4.0778 of 5 stars$8.24-0.6%$12.88+56.4%-60.8%$7.17B$147.66B0.00312,000Ex-DividendGRDNGuardian Pharmacy Services0.7263 of 5 stars$21.28-1.3%$22.00+3.4%N/A$1.34BN/A0.003,200Insider TradePETSPetMed Express0.5528 of 5 stars$4.58+1.1%$3.50-23.6%-40.7%$93.60M$281.06M0.00287YI1111.2092 of 5 stars$0.61-1.6%N/A-73.1%$53.03M$2.11B0.001,520Upcoming EarningsGap DownCJJDChina Jo-Jo DrugstoresN/A$1.85-8.9%N/A-53.7%$13.51M$154.54M0.00980Gap UpMCDMcDonald's4.7221 of 5 stars$290.89+0.1%$319.46+9.8%+4.3%$208.34B$25.49B25.54150,000BABAAlibaba Group4.8679 of 5 stars$86.77-0.4%$114.07+31.5%+10.6%$207.76B$130.35B17.60204,891Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastBKNGBooking4.5752 of 5 stars$5,016.43+0.8%$4,785.00-4.6%+58.9%$164.72B$21.37B34.0423,600Analyst ForecastPositive NewsLOWLowe's Companies4.5146 of 5 stars$263.03+1.5%$277.92+5.7%+28.7%$147.08B$86.38B21.94284,000Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionTJXTJX Companies4.4561 of 5 stars$119.74+0.2%$127.41+6.4%+33.7%$134.85B$54.22B28.92349,000Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive News 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 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBlackrock’s Sending THIS Crypto Higher on PurposeIt's a groundbreaking opportunity that could be poised for extraordinary gains. 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