CVS Caremark Corp (CVS): Today's Featured Retail Laggard

CVS Caremark (CVS) pushed the Retail industry lower today making it today's featured Retail laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, CVS Caremark fell 58 cents (-1.3%) to $44.12 on average volume. Throughout the day, 8.3 million shares of CVS Caremark exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 8.2 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $43.95-$44.85 after having opened the day at $44.83 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $44.70. Other companies within the Retail industry that declined today were: New York & Company (NWY), down 8.3%, Cache (CACH), down 7%, Gaiam (GAIA), down 4.3%, and Stamps.com (STMP), down 4.1%.

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CVS Caremark Corporation provides pharmacy health care services in the United States. CVS Caremark has a market cap of $57.96 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.9, below the average retail industry P/E ratio of 17.3 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 10.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 16 analysts that rate CVS Caremark a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates CVS Caremark as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

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On the positive front, Michael Kors Holdings (KORS), up 16.5%, Saks Incorporated (SKS), up 6.2%, Christopher & Banks Corporation (CBK), up 5.6%, and Tuesday Morning Corporation (TUES), up 3.8%, were all gainers within the retail industry with TJX Companies (TJX) being today's featured retail industry leader.

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