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

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CVS Caremark (CVS) pushed the Retail industry higher today making it today's featured retail winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.3%. By the end of trading, CVS Caremark rose 83 cents (1.6%) to $51.89 on average volume. Throughout the day, 5.1 million shares of CVS Caremark exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 6.2 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $50.92-$52.06 after having opened the day at $50.99 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $51.06. Other companies within the Retail industry that increased today were: GNC Acquisition Holdings (GNC), up 10.3%, Best Buy (BBY), up 3.9%, Big Lots (BIG), up 3.8%, and Stein Mart (SMRT), up 3%.

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CVS Caremark Corporation provides pharmacy health care services in the United States. CVS Caremark has a market cap of $63.79 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.9, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 5.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 17 analysts that rate CVS Caremark a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and one rates 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, good cash flow from operations and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

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On the negative front, Stamps.com (STMP), down 14.6%, Fresh Market (TFM), down 8.4%, ALCO Stores (ALCS), down 6.7%, and Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH), down 4.7%, were all laggards within the retail industry with Whole Foods Market (WFM) being today's retail industry laggard.

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