CARVANA CO. vs CVS HEALTH Corp, two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CVNA and CVS diverge most: on return on assets, CVNA reads 10.8% and CVS reads 0.4%; on net margin, CVNA reads 6.3% and CVS reads 0.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CVS's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CVNA | CVS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $62.36 | $104.42 |
| Market cap | $46.1B | $133.6B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/B | 8.98 | 1.72 |
| P/S | 1.84 | 0.33 |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.8 | 17.5 |
| Revenue growth | +54.2% | +7.6% |
| Gross margin | 18.8% | — |
| Operating margin | 9.2% | 4.7% |
| Net margin | 6.3% | 0.2% |
| Return on equity | 30.5% | 1.3% |
| Return on assets | 10.8% | 0.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 17.1% | 3.2% |
| FCF yield | 2.0% | 5.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.5% |
| Debt / equity | 1.01 | 0.78 |
| Current ratio | 3.93 | 0.87 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.36 | 2.43 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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