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How CVS Health Corporation stacks up
CVS · against 1,335 other Healthcare companies
Profitability
44/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #742 of 1,336 · scores higher than 44% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score133 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 · 1,226 reported | 5.0% | 4.7% | 51% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 1,251 reported | 2.0% | 7.1% | 37% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 1,315 reported | 1.9% | 1.7% | 52% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 1,252 reported | 6.2% | 3.2% | 58% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 1,394 reported | 13.6% | 45.9% | 20% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CVS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.1B EUR (≈$3.4B) | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | 321.5B INR (≈$3.9B) | 100 | 70 | |
| 1 | 174.8B INR (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 97.3B INR (≈$1.2B) | 100 | 80 | |
| 5 | 12.3B CNY (≈$1.7B) | 99 | 85 | |
| 742 | 13.3B CNY (≈$1.9B) | 44 | 49 | |
| 742 | 9.0B CNY (≈$1.3B) | 44 | 45 | |
| 742 | 388.2B JPY (≈$2.6B) | 44 | 62 | |
| 742 | 1.2B SGD (≈$945M) | 44 | 35 | |
| 742 | 116.9B USD | 44 | 47 | |
| 742 | 965M EUR (≈$1.1B) | 44 | 37 | |
| 742 | 759M USD | 44 | 54 | |
| 742 | 393M USD | 44 | 61 | |
| 742 | 1.3B USD | 44 | 58 |
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