CVS Health Corporati Dividend yield

CVS Health Corporati is part of Food and Drug Retailers business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. CVS Health Corporati is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

CVS Health Corporati paid a total dividend of 2,897 million USD last year, for a market value of 133,294 millions (Market Cap 133,056 millions). Dividend per share of CVS Health Corporati is 2.20 USD, and his stock market price 101.21 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, CVS Health Corporati has a dividend yield of 2.17%, which is lower than the amount offered by the market average , but bigger than Consumer Services industry. Dividend yields are similar among companies from the same industry, so it is a positive sign for the company.

In addition, you should compare CVS Health Corporati dividend yield with other Food and Drug Retailers companies or firms from USA.

CVS Health Corporati Dividend Payout

About the ability of CVS Health Corporati to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.20 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.17%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). CVS Health Corporati payout on ernings is currently 28.46%, which is lower than the market average, but higher than companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 38.25% and 25.53% respectively. Both figures show that CVS Health Corporati is in a good position to keep maintaining his dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of CVS Health Corporati is USD 13.86 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.20, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of CVS Health Corporati, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Services industry and Food and Drug Retailers sector companies.

CVS Health Corporati Dividend History

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.17%	2.20	28.46%	1,317
2021	1.94%	2.00	27.74%	1,317
2020	2.93%	2.00	28.99%	1,307
2019	2.69%	2.00	0.00%	1,299
2018	3.05%	2.00	43.67%	1,291
2017	2.76%	2.00	33.39%	1,019
2016	2.21%	1.70	31.19%	1,074
2015	1.49%	1.40	30.50%	1,125

*In millions

CVS Health Corporati Stock performance

Finally, last moth CVS Health Corporati showed a return of -2.40% compared to a worldwide 1.12% average, and a 0.56% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 34.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 5.73%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Food and Drug Retailers firms.