CVS Health beats on earnings, gets lift from Covid vaccines and prescription volumes

Earnings

A customer walks towards the entrance of a CVS Health Corp. store in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017.
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CVS Health on Wednesday beat expectations for fiscal third-quarter earnings as the company got a boost from filling more prescriptions and giving more Covid-19 vaccines.

Despite that, shares of the company fell about 1% in premarket trading.

Here’s what the company reported for the three-month period ended Sept. 30, compared with what analysts were expecting, based on a survey of analysts by Refinitiv:

  • Earnings per share: $1.97 adjusted vs. $1.78 expected
  • Revenue: $73.79 billion vs. $70.49 billion expected

CVS reported third-quarter net income of $1.59 billion, or $1.20 per share, down from $1.22 billion, or 93 cents per share, a year earlier.

Excluding items, it earned $1.97 per share, more than the $1.78 per share expected by analysts surveyed by Refinitiv.

Revenue jumped to $73.79 billion from $67.06 billion a year earlier, outpacing expectations of $70.49 billion.

As of Tuesday’s close, shares of CVS were up about 33% this year. Shares touched a 52-week high on Tuesday, but closed at $91.15. The company’s market value is $120.28 billion.

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