During the past 12 months, CVS Health's average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate 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.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of CVS Health was 209.00% per year. The lowest was -134.20% per year. And the median was 15.10% per year.
Competitive Comparison of CVS Health's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate
For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, CVS Health's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year FCF Growth Rate 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 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry
For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, CVS Health's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where CVS Health's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate falls into.
CVS Health 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Calculation
This is the 3-year average growth rate of Free Cash Flow per Share. The growth rate is calculated using exponential compounding based on the latest four year annual data.
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CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Explanation
Free Cash Flow per Share is the amount of Free Cash Flow per outstanding share of the company's stock. Free Cash Flow is considered one of the most important parameters to measure a company's earnings power by value investors because it is not subject to estimates of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (DDA). However, when we look at the Free Cash Flow, we should look from a long term perspective, because any year's Free Cash Flow can be drastically affected by the spending on Property, Plant, & Equipment (PPE) of the business in that year. Over the long term, Free Cash Flow should give pretty good picture on the real earnings power of the company. It's used in the calculation of Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %.
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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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