CVS HEALTH CORPORATION vs The Home Depot, Inc., two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CVS and HD diverge most: on return on equity, CVS reads 3.7% and HD reads 85.6%; on p/b, CVS reads 1.39 and HD reads 17.43. 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). What HD'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 | CVS | HD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $86.18 | $290.75 |
| Market cap | $110.9B | $289.6B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +2.5% |
| P/E | 22.7 | 20.4 |
| P/B | 1.39 | 17.43 |
| P/S | 0.27 | 1.71 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.6 | 13.8 |
| Revenue growth | +7.3% | +2.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 33.7% |
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 14.3% |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 8.4% |
| Return on equity | 3.7% | 85.6% |
| Return on assets | 1.2% | 13.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.4% | 22.8% |
| FCF yield | 10.6% | 5.2% |
| Dividend yield | 3.1% | 3.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.77 | 3.18 |
| Current ratio | 0.87 | 1.08 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.39 | 4.91 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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