CVS HEALTH CORPORATION vs Ross Stores, Inc., two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CVS and ROST diverge most: on net margin, CVS reads 0.7% and ROST reads 10.8%; on return on assets, CVS reads 1.2% and ROST reads 16.6%. 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 | CVS | ROST |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $86.18 | $222.36 |
| Market cap | $110.9B | $71.0B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +17.4% |
| P/E | 22.7 | 26.9 |
| P/B | 1.39 | 10.53 |
| P/S | 0.27 | 2.90 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.6 | 17.3 |
| Revenue growth | +7.3% | +14.1% |
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 17.6% |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 10.8% |
| Return on equity | 3.7% | 39.4% |
| Return on assets | 1.2% | 16.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.4% | 32.6% |
| FCF yield | 10.6% | 3.9% |
| Dividend yield | 3.1% | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.77 | 0.15 |
| Current ratio | 0.87 | 1.61 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.39 | 8.45 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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