CVS HEALTH Corp vs WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC., two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CVS and WSM diverge most: on debt / equity, CVS reads 0.78 and WSM reads 0.00; on net margin, CVS reads 0.2% and WSM reads 13.8%. 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 WSM'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 | WSM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $104.42 | $228.56 |
| Market cap | $133.6B | $27.4B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +28.4% |
| P/E | — | 25.6 |
| P/B | 1.72 | 14.66 |
| P/S | 0.33 | 3.48 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.5 | 18.2 |
| Revenue growth | +7.6% | +1.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 44.0% |
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 16.2% |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 13.8% |
| Return on equity | 1.3% | 58.2% |
| Return on assets | 0.4% | 21.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.2% | 58.7% |
| FCF yield | 5.5% | 4.0% |
| Dividend yield | 2.5% | 1.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.78 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.87 | 1.33 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.43 | 7.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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