Diversified healthcare company CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) will be announcing earnings results this Tuesday morning. Here’s what to expect.
CVS Health beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 4.1% last quarter, reporting revenues of $102.9 billion, up 7.8% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ revenue estimates and a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting CVS Health’s revenue to grow 6.1% year on year to $103.7 billion, improving from the 4.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.00 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. CVS Health has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.
Looking at CVS Health’s peers in the health insurance providers segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Cigna delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 10.4%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.8%, and Centene reported revenues up 21.9%, topping estimates by 3%. Cigna traded up 7.5% following the results.
Read our full analysis of Cigna’s results here and Centene’s results here.
The euphoria surrounding Trump’s November win lit a fire under major indices, but potential tariffs have caused the market to do a 180 in 2025. While some of the health insurance providers stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 3.1% on average over the last month. CVS Health is down 2.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $94.76 (compared to the current share price of $78.24).
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