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CVS Health (LIM:CVS) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 6.24 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is CVS Health Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-05), CVS Health's current share price is $59.95. CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $9.61. CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 6.24.

The historical rank and industry rank for CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

LIM:CVS' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.65   Med: 12.41   Max: 48.06
Current: 6.66

During the past years, CVS Health's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 48.06. The lowest was 4.65. And the median was 12.41.

LIM:CVS's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
75% of 12 companies
in the Healthcare Plans industry
Industry Median: 11.245 vs LIM:CVS: 6.66

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

CVS Health's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $3.017. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $9.61 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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CVS Health Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

CVS Health Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.00 13.77 10.92 8.55 4.82

CVS Health Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 8.37 6.06 6.59 4.82 7.09

Competitive Comparison of CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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CVS Health Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=59.95/9.61
=6.24

* 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.

CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, CVS Health's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=3.017/134.9266*134.9266
=3.017

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

CVS Health Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.454 100.684 0.608
201509 1.135 100.392 1.525
201512 2.532 99.792 3.423
201603 1.675 100.470 2.249
201606 1.063 101.688 1.410
201609 3.196 101.861 4.233
201612 1.406 101.863 1.862
201703 2.972 102.862 3.898
201706 1.531 103.349 1.999
201709 2.046 104.136 2.651
201712 -0.631 104.011 -0.819
201803 1.838 105.290 2.355
201806 2.460 106.317 3.122
201809 0.545 106.507 0.690
201812 1.688 105.998 2.149
201903 0.946 107.251 1.190
201906 3.660 108.070 4.570
201909 1.783 108.329 2.221
201912 1.577 108.420 1.963
202003 1.954 108.902 2.421
202006 5.077 108.767 6.298
202009 1.019 109.815 1.252
202012 2.172 109.897 2.667
202103 1.561 111.754 1.885
202106 4.040 114.631 4.755
202109 3.697 115.734 4.310
202112 2.547 117.630 2.922
202203 1.892 121.301 2.105
202206 3.812 125.017 4.114
202209 6.497 125.227 7.000
202212 -2.000 125.222 -2.155
202303 4.999 127.348 5.297
202306 4.131 128.729 4.330
202309 1.683 129.860 1.749
202312 -2.743 129.419 -2.860
202403 3.313 131.776 3.392
202406 1.947 132.554 1.982
202409 -1.124 133.029 -1.140
202412 0.865 133.157 0.876
202503 3.017 134.927 3.017

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


CVS Health  (LIM:CVS) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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CVS Health Business Description

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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 US. CVS is also a large pharmacy benefit manager (acquired through Caremark), processing about 2 billion adjusted claims annually. It also operates a top-tier health insurer (acquired through Aetna) where it serves about 27 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 existing business lines.