CVS Health Corp

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In the Rite Aid–Walgreens merger, Walgreens is paying about 0.6x trailing-12-month revenues and 13.6x trailing-12-month EBITDA.

CVS generates close to 70% of its annual sales by offering a full range of pharmacy benefit management services.

UnitedHealth Group is, by revenue, the largest healthcare company in the world.

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Unlike several other US companies, Walgreens didn’t suspend its dividends due to COVID-19. As of July 6, the company’s dividend yield was 4.2%.

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CVS Health stock is up about 13% in November. Strong financial performance is driving the stock higher, but low earnings growth could limit further upside.

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Walgreens and CVS Health shares are trading at a low valuation multiple. The stocks have fallen 22.3% and 8.7%, respectively, in 2019.

In a regulatory filing on Tuesday, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) announced that it will close 200 stores in the US to focus on store optimization.

Walgreens Boots Alliance stock (WBA) fell 6.4% on March 1 after Baird’s reduction in target price.

The consumer non-cyclical segment recorded a dividend yield of 3%.

CVS recorded total sales of $186 billion (+4% YoY) in the last 12 months. The Pharmacy Services segment was the company’s biggest moneymaker.

Around 70% of the US population lives within three miles of a CVS store, while more than 75% of the population lives within five miles of a Walgreens store.

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The top three drugstore chains in the US are in the process of forming new associations through mergers and acquisitions to create a more diversified portfolio and protect themselves from the growing online threat.

The consumer staples sector had a slight gain of 0.10% led by a stock increase in the stock price of CVS Health, Coty, Estee Lauder, and Walmart.

CVS is paying more than 11 times the trailing 12-month EBITDA for Aetna.

In August 2016, Walgreens announced a long-term strategic alliance with Prime Therapeutics, America’s fourth-largest PBM.

The US is Walgreens’ largest market and accounts for more than 70% of its total sales and operating income.

The US drugstore market is dominated by two major players—CVS Health (CVS) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA). CVS and WBA accounted for ~29% of the country’s prescription dispensing revenues in 2016.

Rite Aid’s shareholders have been the real losers from the delay and eventual termination of the deal between Rite Aid (RAD) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) in October 2015.

Rite Aid’s profitability has worsened over the years. Its gross margin has fallen from 29.0% in fiscal 2013 to just 22.6% in the first quarter of the current fiscal year.

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Walgreen Boots Alliance’s (WBA) common stock trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol “WBA.”

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) and CVS Health (CVS) largely dominate the US drug store market.

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US drugstores typically generate revenues by selling prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, health and beauty products, and general merchandise.

The Retail Pharmacy USA division is Walgreens Boots Alliance’s (WBA) largest revenue generator.

Following the completion of the second-step transaction on December 31, 2014, Walgreens Boots Alliance reorganized its operations into three segments.

CVS Health’s Retail Pharmacy segment reported sales of $17.2 billion in 2Q15, an increase of 2.2% over 2Q14. CVS boosted its share of the retail pharmacy market to 21.6% in 1Q15, from 21% in 2Q14.

CVS Health (CVS) expects Retail Pharmacy sales growth between 0.5% and 2% year-over-year in 2Q15. Total same-store sales are expected to be in the range of -1.25% to 0.25%.

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Walgreens Boots Alliance is a firm created by the merger of Walgreens and Alliance Boots in December 2014.