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CVS Health (WBO:CVS) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 0.24 (As of Jun. 02, 2025)


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What is CVS Health Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-02), CVS Health's current share price is €55.17. CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €233.51. CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 0.24.

The historical rank and industry rank for CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:CVS' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.18   Med: 0.5   Max: 1.33
Current: 0.25

During the past years, CVS Health's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 1.33. The lowest was 0.18. And the median was 0.50.

WBO:CVS's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked better than
78.57% of 14 companies
in the Healthcare Plans industry
Industry Median: 0.68 vs WBO:CVS: 0.25

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 PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

CVS Health's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €69.220. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is €233.51 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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CVS Health Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio 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 PS Ratio Chart

CVS Health Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.44 0.57 0.46 0.35 0.18

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 PS Ratio 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 0.34 0.25 0.26 0.18 0.27

Competitive Comparison of CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio 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 PS Ratio Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.


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CVS Health Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

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

CVS Health's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=55.17/233.51
=0.24

* 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 Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

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

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=69.22/134.9266*134.9266
=69.220

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

CVS Health Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201506 29.256 100.684 39.206
201509 30.715 100.392 41.281
201512 33.907 99.792 45.845
201603 35.311 100.470 47.421
201606 36.200 101.688 48.033
201609 37.047 101.861 49.073
201612 40.747 101.863 53.973
201703 40.213 102.862 52.748
201706 39.707 103.349 51.839
201709 37.986 104.136 49.218
201712 40.180 104.011 52.123
201803 36.406 105.290 46.654
201806 39.455 106.317 50.072
201809 39.823 106.507 50.449
201812 42.637 105.998 54.273
201903 41.902 107.251 52.715
201906 43.116 108.070 53.831
201909 45.094 108.329 56.166
201912 45.919 108.420 57.145
202003 46.047 108.902 57.051
202006 44.157 108.767 54.777
202009 43.293 109.815 53.193
202012 43.511 109.897 53.421
202103 43.904 111.754 53.007
202106 45.419 114.631 53.460
202109 47.197 115.734 55.024
202112 50.669 117.630 58.120
202203 52.529 121.301 58.430
202206 57.745 125.017 62.322
202209 62.335 125.227 67.163
202212 59.963 125.222 64.610
202303 61.696 127.348 65.368
202306 63.772 128.729 66.842
202309 65.201 129.860 67.745
202312 66.532 129.419 69.363
202403 64.216 131.776 65.751
202406 67.320 132.554 68.525
202409 68.293 133.029 69.267
202412 73.941 133.157 74.924
202503 69.220 134.927 69.220

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue 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  (WBO:CVS) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue 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 PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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CVS Health 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 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.