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CVS CVS Health

healthcare · 2026-10-27

N/A
too hard · 40
Owner-earnings value$104.03
Price$92.53
Margin of safety +12.4%

Quality gate · 40/100

Returns on capital 0/30
Consistency 18.0/22
Margins / pricing power 5.8/16
Balance sheet 1.1/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 5.2/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 5% < 9%) · over-levered (net debt/EBITDA 5.3x > 4x)

Median ROIC5.2%
Gross margin14.2%
Net debt / EBITDA5.3x
FCF conversion199%
Share count / yr-0.8%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)6.39B
Owner-earnings yield5.4%
Free-cash-flow yield9.9%
Growth used (normalized)7.6%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)4.8%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
16.88B 7.6%6.31B
27.37B 7.1%6.20B
37.85B 6.6%6.06B
48.33B 6.1%5.90B
58.80B 5.6%5.72B
69.24B 5.1%5.51B
79.66B 4.5%5.28B
810.05B 4.0%5.04B
910.40B 3.5%4.79B
1010.72B 3.0%4.53B

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~5%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 8%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-27 40 $92.53 $104.03 +12.4% N/A
2026-09-07 40 $96.74 $104.03 +7.5% N/A
2026-07-17 39 $106.50 $74.43 -30.1% N/A
2026-07-02 39 $104.81 $74.43 -29.0% N/A
2026-06-25 39 $101.87 $74.43 -26.9% N/A
2026-06-23 39 $101.57 $74.43 -26.7% N/A