CVS Caremark Corp (CVS): Today's Featured Retail Laggard
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) pushed the Retail industry lower today making it today's featured Retail laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.4%. By the end of trading, CVS Caremark fell 53 cents (-1.2%) to $45.30 on average volume. Throughout the day, 5.1 million shares of CVS Caremark exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 6.1 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $45.26-$45.70 after having opened the day at $45.57 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $45.83. Other companies within the Retail industry that declined today were:
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), down 9.1%,
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), down 8.3%,
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), down 5.6%, and
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), down 4.7%.
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CVS Caremark Corporation provides pharmacy health care services in the United States. CVS Caremark has a market cap of $57.02 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.4, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 12.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 17 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
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, 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 weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full CVS Caremark Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 7%,
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), up 5.8%, and
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), up 5.7%, were all gainers within the retail industry with
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) being today's featured retail industry leader.
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