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How CVS Health Corporation stacks up
CVS · against 28 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Profitability
44/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #26 of 29 · scores higher than 11% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score1 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including CVS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 44?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Its metrics sit close to the Healthcare norm.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 63% of peers. Operating margin: 2.0% vs peer median 7.1%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 5.0% vs peer median 4.7%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 1.9% vs peer median 1.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CVS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CVS | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 28 reported | 5.0% | 8.8% | 19% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 29 reported | 2.0% | 19.8% | 18% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 29 reported | 1.9% | 6.2% | 14% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 26 reported | 6.2% | 12.6% | 24% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 29 reported | 13.6% | 60.0% | 14% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CVS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11.26T JPY (≈$76.6B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 1 | 177.5B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 534.1B HKD (≈$68.4B) | 96 | 75 | |
| 3 | 134.5B USD | 96 | 70 | |
| 5 | 155.7B USD | 94 | 64 | |
| 22 | 84.5B EUR (≈$92.9B) | 60 | 51 | |
| 22 | 126.5B USD | 60 | 56 | |
| 24 | 78.1B USD | 59 | 60 | |
| 25 | 89.7B USD | 52 | 50 | |
| 26 | 116.9B USD | 44 | 47 | |
| 27 | 66.3B USD | 37 | 30 | |
| 28 | 207.7B USD | 30 | 18 | |
| 29 | 91.2B USD | 14 | 18 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score