“Operating expenses • Operating expenses decreased $347 million, or 3.3%, in the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the prior year primarily due to the absence of $929 million in legacy litigation charges recorded in the prior year, partially offset by…”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
CVS Health Corporation
CVS
Market read
CVS Health Corporation's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 10 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 7.3% versus the comparable filing period.
- CVS disclosed a 7.0% increase in pharmacy same-store prescription volume on a 30-day equivalent basis as a revenue driver.
- Pharmacy same-store prescription volume rose 6.8% on a 30-day equivalent basis in the quarter.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if CVS's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 10 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 7.3% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 2.0 percentage points.
- Net income increased 191.8% versus the comparable filing period.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- CVS disclosed a 7.0% increase in pharmacy same-store prescription volume on a 30-day equivalent basis as a revenue driver.
- Pharmacy same-store prescription volume rose 6.8% on a 30-day equivalent basis in the quarter.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +7.8% year over year.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 6.02x in the latest annual period.
- Macroeconomic conditions has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Operating margin changed -1.1 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- P/E is 199% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 36% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
95.28Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“The increase was primarily driven by pharmacy drug mix, the 6.9% increase in pharmacy same store prescription volume on a 30-day equivalent basis and brand inflation.”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
“Net cash used in financing activities increased by $3.5 billion in the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the prior year primarily due to higher repayments of long-term debt during the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the prior year and proc…”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
“These increases were partially offset by regulatory-related price reductions on certain drugs, the impact of recent generic drug introductions and pharmacy reimbursement pressure.”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 0.3× · EV/sales 0.3×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 10:00 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for CVS. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-08-05 against the comparable filing from 2025-07-31.
Capital and cash conversion
Reported investment and cash context
- Capital spending YoY
- +14.1%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +0.7%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- +4.4%
- FCF margin change
- +1.7 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 7.3% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 2.0 percentage points.
- Net income increased 191.8% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
No thresholded deterioration was identified.
Filing receipts
“2025 Revenues • Total revenues increased slightly in the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the prior year primarily driven by pharmacy drug mix, increased prescription volume, including contributions from the Company’s Rite Aid asset acquisitions which were completed during the third quarter of 2025, and brand inflation.”
“2025 Revenues • Total revenues increased slightly in the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the prior year primarily driven by pharmacy drug mix, increased prescription volume, including contributions from the Company’s Rite Aid asset acquisitions, and brand inflation.”
“2025 Revenues • Total revenues increased $5.3 billion, or 11.5%, in the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the prior year primarily driven by pharmacy drug mix and brand inflation, partially offset by continued pharmacy client price improvements.”
Historical filing backfill generated after the original filing window. It is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind CVS
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
CAHCardinal Health, Inc.partnerFeb 10, 2026 ▾
“Generic Sourcing Venture The Company and Cardinal Health, Inc.”
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.competitorFeb 10, 2026 ▾
“In the areas it serves, the Company competes with other drugstore chains (e.g., Walgreens), supermarkets, discount retailers (e.g., Walmart), independent pharmacies, restrictive pharmacy networks, online retailers (e.g., Amazon), membership clubs, infusion ph…”
Depended on by
MCK24.0% of MCKcustomerMay 8, 2026 ▾
“Sales to our largest customer, CVS Health Corporation (“CVS”), accounted for approximately 24% of our total consolidated revenues in fiscal 2026.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
CVS is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Healthcare Plans. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for CVS; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.