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CVS Health Corp (CVS) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Company snapshot — CVS Health Corp

CVS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
CVS Health runs three linked businesses: a health insurer selling medical, dental and Medicare plans, a pharmacy-benefit manager negotiating drug pricing for employers and health plans, and a retail arm selling prescriptions and consumer health products through its stores and mail order. It is based in the United States and traces back to a retail pharmacy chain that expanded into insurance and drug-benefit management.
Where it sits in the stack
CVS carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it sits in the broader universe as a healthcare-plans name, spanning insurance underwriting, pharmacy-benefit management and retail pharmacy rather than any layer of the compute stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group is not defined for this name; the comparison the market draws is with UnitedHealth Group, another combined insurer and pharmacy-benefit manager.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
CVS is a constituent of the S&P 500 but does not carry a Closelooknet score, and the diary has not yet logged a quote or mention for it.
What the diary watches
The diary watches how the balance shifts between the insurance segment's margins and the pharmacy-benefit and retail segments' volumes, since the three businesses can move against each other.

CVS Health Corp (CVS) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for CVS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by UBS, 2026-09-03

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for CVS from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target UBS — target 118 from 126 Target cut to $118 from $126 (+21.4% to spot) 2026-09-03

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Healthcare Plans · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Healthcare Plans

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against CVS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.98%, quarterly · last 0.67 USD on 2026-07-23

Dividends and capital return

What CVS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.66 USD per share · a 2.98% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.66 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.67 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-23
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.61 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.66 USD · 2025: 2.66 USD · 2026: 1.99 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-19

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.36 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How CVS has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.36 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), CVS Health Corp moved 0.36% on average · correlation 0.11 · higher than 35% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.09 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.80% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.94% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is CVS Health Corp (CVS)?

CVS Health Corp trades as CVS on the US exchange (US) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is CVS in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — CVS Health Corp is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does CVS trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -8.1% vs the 50-day and +2.4% vs the 200-day average, 19% below the 52-week high and +29.4% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does CVS Health Corp do?

CVS Health runs three linked businesses: a health insurer selling medical, dental and Medicare plans, a pharmacy-benefit manager negotiating drug pricing for employers and health plans, and a retail arm selling prescriptions and consumer health products through its stores and mail order. It is based in the United States and traces back to a retail pharmacy chain that expanded into insurance and drug-benefit management. Closelooknet's peer group is not defined for this name; the comparison the market draws is with UnitedHealth Group, another combined insurer and pharmacy-benefit manager.

Where does CVS Health Corp sit in the AI build-out?

CVS carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it sits in the broader universe as a healthcare-plans name, spanning insurance underwriting, pharmacy-benefit management and retail pharmacy rather than any layer of the compute stack. CVS is a constituent of the S&P 500 but does not carry a Closelooknet score, and the diary has not yet logged a quote or mention for it.

Does CVS Health Corp pay a dividend?

CVS Health Corp has paid 2.66 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.98% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.67 USD on 2026-07-23. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does CVS Health Corp trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year CVS Health Corp had a beta of 0.36 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 35% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.80% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on CVS Health Corp recently?

The most recent analyst action on CVS Health Corp on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by UBS on 2026-09-03 (target 118 from 126). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CVS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Healthcare Plans, then Healthcare. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.