CVS Health (WBO:CVS) Debt-to-Equity

: 1.04 (As of Dec. 2023)

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CVS Health's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €4,322 Mil. CVS Health's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €68,474 Mil. CVS Health's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €70,115 Mil. CVS Health's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.04.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for CVS Health's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:CVS' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.34 Med: 1 Max: 1.39
Current: 1.04

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of CVS Health was 1.39. The lowest was 0.34. And the median was 1.00.

WBO:CVS's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
89.47% of 19 companies
in the Healthcare Plans industry
Industry Median: 0.39 vs WBO:CVS: 1.04

CVS Health Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for CVS Health's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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CVS Health Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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1.39

1.23

1.01

0.99

1.04

CVS Health Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.99	1.07	1.13	1.08	1.04

Competitive Comparison

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, CVS Health's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, CVS Health's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CVS Health's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

CVS Health Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

CVS Health's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(4321.821	+	68474.224)	/	70114.737
	=	1.04

CVS Health's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(4321.821	+	68474.224)	/	70114.737
	=	1.04

CVS Health (WBO:CVS) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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CVS Health (WBO:CVS) Business Description

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Address

One CVS Drive, Woonsocket, RI, USA, 02895

Website

https://www.cvshealth.com

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.