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Cvs Health Corporation (XNYS:CVS) In-Depth Stock/Fundamental/Options Analysis Today

Primary Facts

CVS

Name:

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION (XNYS:CVS)

Sector:

2.51B

Industry:

Healthcare Plans

CEO:

Mr. Larry Merlo

Total Employees:

300,000

Our Technological Advancement Rating

Our Rating:

A+

Technological advancement compared to industry is 759.01% higher

ANALYSIS OF ALL CRITICAL FACTORS & RISKS RELATED TO THE STOCK & FUNDAMENTAL/LONG-TERM ANALYSIS OF CVS HEALTH CORPORATION(CVS) AS PER DATA ANALYSIS OF LAST 3 YEARS AND COMPARISON WITH COMPETITORS/PEERS, AND HEALTHCARE PLANS INDUSTRY. DATE: 07/09/2022

Primary Targets/Price Insights

Previous Close ($) :

99.44

One Month Price Target:

$99.84

Six Month Price Target :

$101.82

Likely Price in One Year's Time:

Ticker:

$104.21

Likely Trading Range Today Under (Normal Volatility)
 

$99.18

Price Upper limit ($) :

$99.82

Price Lower limit ($) :

Crash Risk Prep/Key Price Levels (High Volatility/Risk)

Price, as per data analysis, isn't likely to fall below:

Today:

$95.63

                                                               This week:

$90.93

                                                        This month :

$82.41

Other Primary facts

Market Cap:

129.62B

Market Cap Classification:

Large Cap

Number of Shares

IPO Date:

1.31B

Best/Worst Daily Performance (Last 3+ Years)
 

Highest Daily Appreciation:

10.9%

-12.31%

Worst Daily Decline:

Our Options Trading Entry Points

Iron Condor entry points for options expiring in 1 week's time

Low risk (<2%) entry points

Buy Call:

Sell Call:

Buy Put:

Sell Put:

$117.10

$108.93

$81.78

$89.95

Medium risk (<10%) entry points

Buy Call

Sell Call

$106.27

Buy Put:

Sell Put:

$104.53

$92.59

$94.35

These entry points can be used for other strategies, such as butterflies, straddles, etc.

Risk-Adjusted returns (Sharpe Ratio) of

CVS

Sharpe Ratio:

2.82%

Comparison:

CVS, is amongst the top 40% stocks with highest risk-adjusted returns

Sharpe ratio is -28.49% lower than the industry

& ratio is 23.74% higher than the market/S&P 500 average

Average Returns/Yield of

CVS

Daily returns:

0.06%

Weekly returns:

0.31%

Monthly returns:

1.25%

Yearly returns:

24.40%

Comparison of returns:

Average annual returns/yield (last 3 years) is -38.74% below industry average

Classification:

CVS, is amongst the top 40% highest yielding stocks in terms of daily returns

Results of T-Test of Returns:

0.57

Statistical test of Returns:

CVS has yielded returns statistically similar to the market

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Volatility (measured by Standard Deviation)

Daily Volatility:

1.89%

Weekly Volatility:

4.24%

Monthly Volatility:

8.47%

Yearly Volatility:

29.35%

Volitlilty of last five days (Measured by Standard Deviation) 

Average Volatility of this Week:

1.43%

Volatility in last five trading days has been -24.71% below long-term volatility

Value at Risk Analysis (VaR)

Daily VaR:

-3.83%

Weekly VaR:

-8.56%

Monthly VaR:

-17.12%

How Much Can the price of

CVS

Decline in a Recession?

Likely price decline in a recession: 

Base case (decline):

-14%

Worst case (decline):

-59.31%

This translates to price declining to:

$85.10

This translates to price declining to:

$40.46

Severe Crash Probability

Risk of crash in next 6/12 months: High (50-70%)

What is Value at Risk (VaR)?

VaR explained figure

Risk Fundamentals

CVS is a 20.84% riskier investment compared to the market/S&P 500 & is 3.52% riskier than Nasdaq (IXIC)

Risk (measured by volatility) is -18.59% below industry average

Overall, it is amongst the top 50% most risky stocks

Beta Examination of

CVS

Beta in relation to market/S&P 500--0.71

Expected beta in 1 year's time:

0.69

Expected beta in 3 year's time:

0.977

Unlevered (debt free) Beta:

0.413

Beta in relation to Nasdaq (XNAS):

0.481

Beta in relation to all global stocks::

0.592

Beta Comparison & Analysis

Beta of competitors/peers::

0.849

Beta is -16.00% lower than peers

Average Industry Beta: 

0.719

Beta is -0.84% below industry average

Sustainable Growth Rate Analysis

Sustainable growth rate for this stock/firm:

7.07%

Sustainable growth rate is -51.65% below industry average

Alpha provided | Alpha Analysis 

Alpha provided:

0.069

Alpha is -57.66% below industry average alpha yield

Alpha is 440% higher than market/& is unsustainably high

Analysis of Cost of Capital of

CVS

Equity cost of capital:

0.080

Equity cost of capital is -0.51% below industry mean WACC

Unlevered (without debt) cost of capital:  

4.65%

Before-tax cost of debt:

3.20%

After-tax cost of debt:

2.53%

Overall debt rating:

High AA grade (second highest grade)

Weighted average cost of capital (WACC):

2.53%

WACC is -7.18% below industry mean WACC

Key Per-Share Metrics & Analysis

Revenue per share:

$228.39

Revenue growth rate per share of (3Y):

1.76

Annual revenue growth rate is -74.00% below industry average

EPS:

$6.02

Expected Annual growth rate of  EPS (3Y):

5.27%

Expected future EPS growth rate is -49.02% lower than the Healthcare Plans industry

Free cash flow (FCF) per share:

$12.17

Balance sheet equity growth per share: 1.79%

Equity growth rate per share is -86.45% lower than the industry

Debt per share

$53.20

EBITDA per share

$12.31

Valuation Analysis Today of

CVS

P/E Ratio:

16.16

P/E Ratio of Competitors/Peers:

76.8

P/E ratio is -78.96% lower than main peers & is -26.43% lower than the industry

Stock price/value with industry average P/E ratio: $132.24

CVS is -24.80% undervalued if valued using industry average P/E ratio

Share value as per dividend discount (DDM) model: $60.20

Present value of the expected future dividends only: $30.14

P/S (Price to Sales ratio):

0.44

Price to sales ratio is -43.98% below the industry mean

P/B (Price to book value ratio):

1.76

Price to free cash flow: 8.17

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Net income growth rate (3Y):

-1150.82%

Net income growth rate is 1327.55% higher than the average industry net income growth rate

Dividend Analysis

Dividend payout rate: 9.04%

Dividend yeild: 2.11%

Previous Dividend: $0.55

Previous adjusted dividend: $0.55

Previous Dividend: $2.10

Expected next dividend best case: $0.57

Expected next dividend worst case: $0.53

Average dividend payment (long-term): $0.51

Average dividend increase/decrease (growth rate) % per period: 1.00%

Expected next dividend payment date: 08/01/2022

Expected next dividend record date: 21/07/2022

Expected next dividend declaration date: 06/07/2022

Previous dividend payment date: 05/02/2022

Previous dividend record date: 22/04/2022

Previous dividend declaration date: 03/09/2022

Dividend History:

2022-04-21--$0.55

2021-10-21--$0.50

2021-04-22--$0.50

2022-01-20--$0.55

2021-07-22--$0.50

2021-01-21--$0.50

Dividend growth rate is -70.26% lower than the industry average

In-depth Debt & Leverage Analysis

Debt to equity ratio:

94.61%

Net debt to equity ratio:

91.39%

Debt to assets ratio:

29.99%

Net debt to assets ratio:

28.97%

Debt-to-asset ratio is -53.54% below industry average

Ability to repay debt:

Interest coverage ratio:

6.64

Interest coverage ratio is 124.75% more than industry average

Looking forward:

Debt growth rate:

9.67%

Annual debt growth is -98% lower than industry average debt growth rate

Debt repayment rate in last quarter: 0.02%

Analysis of Key Statistics  

Correlation of price movement with the market:

0.605

Statistical significance of correlation:

CVS has a statistically significant correlation with the market

Average Correlation of  the industry with the market:

0.624

Stock price is -3.07% less correlated with the market compared to the industry average correlation

R Squared (percentage of price movement explained by movement of the market): 

0.624

Correlation of price movement with Nasdaq (^IXIC):

0.049

Covariance  of price movement with the market:

0.053

Kurtosis 

8.007

Returns have a significant fat-tails (leptokurtic), i.e., returns considerably higher or lower than the mean returns are more probable, compared to assets with normally distributed returns

Skewness of returns:

-0.142

Returns are, approximately, symmetrical

Fundamental Analysis & Dupont Analysis of

CVS

Gross Profit Margin Ratio:

92%

Operating Profit Margin Ratio:

4.37%

Operating profit margin is -247.45% lower than the industry

Net Profit Margin Ratio:

92%

Effective Tax Rate:

23.17%

Effective tax rate is 39.22% higher than the industry

Dupont Method

Net Profit Margin

Return on Equity Ratio (ROE):

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ROA

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10.82%

Return on equity (ROE) is -226.42% lower than the industry

Financial Leverage

Asset Turnover Ratio (ROA):

3.43%

Return on assets (ROA) is -188.92% lower than the industry

Financial Leverage:

1.4x

Current Ratio:

0.88

Current ratio is -46.78% below industry average

Cash Conversion Cycle (days):

17.2

Cash conversion cycle is -93.51% below industry average

The remaining useful life of property plant & equipment is: 2.9 years

Stock based compensation to net income ratio:

1.11%

In-depth Efficiency  Analysis

Revenue generated per employee:

999.5K

Each employee generates -34% less revenue than industry average revenue per employee

EBITDA generated per employee: 

53.9K

Each employee generates -31% less EBITDA than industry average revenue per employee

Profit generated per employee: 

26.6K

Each employee generates -36% less net income/profit than industry average revenue per employee

Free cash flow (FCF) generated per employee: 

8.4K

Each employee generates -39% less free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee

Assets/Capital per employee

571.3K

Each employee generates -39% less free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee

Research & Development (R&D) Analysis

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Competitors/Peer firms of 

CVS

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY (XNYS:BMY)

MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (XNYS:MDT)

GSK PLC (XNYS:GSK)

ZOETIS INC. (XNYS:ZTS)

STRYKER CORPORATION (XNYS:SYK)

ASTRAZENECA PLC (XNAS:AZN)

HCA HEALTHCARE, INC. (XNYS:HCA)

CIGNA CORPORATION (XNYS:CI)

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION (XNYS:EW)

Current Analyst Ratings

Strong buy�21%

Buy�42%

Hold�38%

Sell�0%

Strong sell�0%

Overall analyst sentiment is: Buy

Income Statement

Period:

TTM

Date:

3/31/22

Revenue:

299.84B

Cost of Revenue:

Gross Profit:

R&D Expense

General & Admin Expenses:

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Income Tax Expense:

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Balance Sheet

Date:

Calendar Year:

Period:

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Cash & Short Term Investments:

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Inventory:

Other Current Assets:

Total Current Assets:

PP&E:

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Intangible Assets: 

Long Term Investments: 

Tax Assets: 

Other Non-Current Assets: 

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Other Assets: 

Total Assets: 

Accounts Payable: 

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Other Non-Current Liabilities:

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Other Liabilities:

Total Liabilities:

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Retained Earnings:

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss:

Other Total Stockholders' Equity:

Total Stockholders' Equity:

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:

Total Investments:

Total Debt:

Net Debt:

230.35B

69.49B

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38.02B

38.02B

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2.43B

3.33B

16.16B

13.11B

7.99B

10.40B

2.41B

7.99B

Statement of Cash Flow

Date:

Period:

1.06B

Differed Income Tax :

- 187000.00K

Stock Based Compensation :

89.00M

Change in Working Capital :

293.00M

Accounts Receivables:

- 1967000.00K

Other Working Capital:

-

Other Non-Cash Items:

-

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:

3.56B

Investments in PP&E:

- 1051000.00K

Net Acquisitions:

- 7000.00K

Purchases of Investments:

- 3474000.00K

Sales/Maturities of Investments:

Other Investing Activities:

​Net Cash Used for Investing Activities:

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Free Cash Flow (FCF):

3/31/22

2022

Q1

8.44B

2.90B

11.34B

26.45B

18.16B

5.53B

61.48B

31.65B

79.06B

28.54B

22.60B

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9.55B

171.39B

-

232.87B

12.74B

6.07B

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-

50.98B

69.78B

69.85B

13.28B

88.95B

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158.73B

47.68B

56.49B

- 190000.0K

- 30145000.00K

March 31, 2022 at 6:00:00 AM

268.37B

73.83B

232.56B

25.50B

75.92B

67.5B

2.57B

- 31000.00K

- 1993000.00K

- 14000.00K

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- 2000000.00K

- 722000.00K

86.00M

- 2650000.00K

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- 1080000.00K

11.61B

12.69B

3.56B

- 1051000.00K

2.51B

Our Proprietary Portfolio Rating

Our Rating:

B

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Price Forecast/Expected Price in Next 5 Years of

CVS

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

$104.73

$222.59

$233.26

$244.44

$256.16

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