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CVS Health (LTS:0HRS) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 8.41 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is CVS Health Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-01), CVS Health's share price is $67.85. CVS Health's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.07. Hence, CVS Health's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 8.41.

The historical rank and industry rank for CVS Health's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0HRS' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.82   Med: 9.4   Max: 27.95
Current: 8.39

During the past 13 years, CVS Health's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 27.95. The lowest was 4.82. And the median was 9.40.

LTS:0HRS's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
84.62% of 13 companies
in the Healthcare Plans industry
Industry Median: 15.44 vs LTS:0HRS: 8.39

CVS Health's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2.74. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $8.07.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of CVS Health was -20.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -7.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 5.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 10.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, CVS Health's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 209.00% per year. The lowest was -134.20% per year. And the median was 15.10% per year.


CVS Health Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for CVS Health's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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CVS Health Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

CVS Health Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.33 6.68 8.71 9.17 9.80

CVS Health Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.17 5.58 5.07 7.92 9.80

Competitive Comparison of CVS Health's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, CVS Health's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


CVS Health's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, CVS Health's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CVS Health's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



CVS Health Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

CVS Health's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=67.85/8.07
=8.41

CVS Health's Share Price of today is $67.85.
CVS Health's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $8.07.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

CVS Health  (LTS:0HRS) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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CVS Health (LTS:0HRS) Business Description

Address
One CVS Drive, Woonsocket, RI, USA, 02895
CVS Health offers a diverse set of healthcare services. Its roots are in its retail pharmacy operations, where it operates over 9,000 stores primarily in the U.S. CVS is also the largest pharmacy benefit manager (acquired through Caremark), processing over 2 billion adjusted claims annually. It also operates a top-tier health insurer (acquired through Aetna) where it serves about 26 million medical members. The company's recent acquisition of Oak Street adds primary care services to the mix, which could have significant synergies with all its existing business lines.

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