What if you invested $1000 in CVS on Jan 1, 2020?
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Historical Annual Returns
Over the past 20 years, CVS Health Corporation has delivered an average annual return of 10.9%. The stock peaked in 2025 with a massive +85.6% gain, while investors faced a downturn in 2024 (-42.2%). Overall, the stock finished in the green 12 times out of 20 years.
Avg Return
+10.9%
Win Rate
60%
12W - 8L
Best
+85.6%
2025
Worst
-42.2%
2024
Performance Consistency
About CVS Health Corporation
Visit Website ↗CVS Health Corporation is an American multinational healthcare company that has evolved from a retail pharmacy chain into a diversified healthcare provider. It offers integrated health plans and services, including medical, dental, disability, life, and accident insurance, as well as pharmacy services and healthcare solutions.
Key Business Segments
Health Care Benefits
Provides a full range of traditional, voluntary, and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services through Aetna.
Pharmacy Services
Provides pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services, mail order pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, and retail long-term care pharmacy services through CVS Caremark.
Retail/Long-Term Care
Operates retail pharmacies (CVS Pharmacy) andMinuteClinic walk-in medical clinics, offering prescription and over-the-counter drugs, as well as health and wellness products.
Key Innovations
- ✓Pioneered the concept of in-store health clinics (MinuteClinic), making healthcare more accessible.
- ✓Successfully integrated health insurance (Aetna) with pharmacy services and other healthcare solutions, creating a vertically integrated healthcare company.
Historical Milestones
CVS is founded as Consumer Value Store in Lowell, Massachusetts.
CVS becomes a standalone public company, trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
CVS Corporation merges with Caremark Rx, Inc., creating CVS Caremark and establishing itself as an integrated pharmacy services provider.
CVS Health acquires Aetna, a major health insurance provider, a transformative move that integrates health insurance into its offerings.