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Vol. II · No. 207Sunday, 26 July 2026
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The Screen · Healthcare · Healthcare Plans

CVS Health

CVS · a US exchange · USD · Market cap $137.5B · 219,000 employees

CVS Health Corporation provides health solutions in the United States.

PASS · Titan Ethical · score 81.6
107.74 USD

At the last full screen
2026-07-24

Screened 2026-07-24 · the tape above runs as of 22:40 UTC · 24 Jul · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed

The Label · The Season, Not the Day

This name holds its accumulation label.

CVS Health holds its Accumulation at $107.74. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 27 days.

As held on the ledger · 2026-07-24
PhaseAccumulation
Quantitative stateConsolidating, no directional conviction, held for 27 days
Price at the screen$107.74
Valuation47.25 trailing · 12.80 forward price to earnings
Values screenPASS · score 81.6
Beta0.60
The Workings

Five Screens, Shown in Full

Full pass across all five screens. This security clears the Titan Ethical Standard: its business and its balance sheet both stay inside the lines.

TestFigureLimitWhat it meansStatus
Business activity Permissible Core business clean Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. Pass
Debt load 31.53% Below 33% Interest-bearing debt is just 31.5% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money. Pass
Interest-bearing cash 10.54% Below 33% Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 10.5% of assets, under the one-third limit. Pass
Receivables 9.77% Below 49% Money owed to the company is 9.8% of assets, under the 49% limit. Pass
Revenue purity 0.00% Below 5% Only 0.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. Pass

Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.

What the Numbers Say It Is Worth

The Fair Value Range

Our framework reads FAIR VALUE: it trades at roughly a 29% discount to our $138.75 fair value, weak competitive moat, 6.10% revenue growth.

138.75Conservative138.75Base case215.48Growth case 107.74Price

Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-07-24 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 28.8% margin of safety to the base estimate.

The Street's Range
79.00Street low 111.00Street average 148.00Street high 107.74Price

Third-party analyst targets: 26 covering, consensus Strong Buy. The average target sits +3% from the screen price.

Reading the gap · Our model sees value the Street hasn't fully caught up to yet.

Price History & Projections
$155$102$48TODAY5y agoPROJECTIONStreet high$148.00 +51%Conservative$138.75 +41%Our fair value$138.75 +41%Street avg$111.00 +13%

Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-07-24 screen.

Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.

The Business, in Plain Words

Everyday health needs meet a stretched pharmacy giant

Millions of Americans walk into a CVS each week for prescriptions or insurance paperwork, and the company sits squarely in the middle of that daily flow. It trades at $107 against a calculated worth of $139, a 29% margin of safety, with revenue growing 6% and a forward multiple of just 12.8 times. The business clears our ethical screen, yet it still only earns a 1% profit margin and a 4% return on equity.

The weak moat leaves it exposed to reimbursement pressure and competition from both insurers and online dispensers. Analyst targets cluster around $111, only modestly above the current price, so the gap to fair value rests largely on execution rather than structural advantage.

Low returns on capital and thin margins flag the classic risk that earnings could stay depressed for longer than the multiple suggests. Analysis, not advice.

The fundamentals · plain-English read
Forward P/E12.8xexpensive even after accounting for its growth
Trailing P/E47.3xexpensive: the price assumes strong growth ahead
EPS, trailing2.28
EPS, forward8.42
Revenue growth+6.1%slow but positive growth
Profit margin0.7%barely profitable
Return on equity3.8%a modest return on shareholder capital
FCF yield3.78%
Dividend yield2.74%
Debt to equity1.01a meaningful debt load worth watching
Current ratio0.87below 1: short-term bills exceed liquid assets
Beta0.60steadier than the market
Short interest, float0.02%
52-week range58.99 - 110.68
MoatWEAK
Market cap$137.5B
Employees219,000

The risks · The main risks here are ordinary market swings and the chance our fair-value read proves too optimistic.

Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.

Where & How to Trade

CVS trades on a US exchange. As a listed security it is accessible through almost any international broker offering its home market. New to this, or investing from abroad? Our guide to accessing global markets covers brokers, currencies and the practical steps.

The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited

Every Entry, As Written

2026-07-24 Accumulation $107.47 +0.0% Entry 5

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 18% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 58%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 29%. The street (26 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $102. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.

2026-07-23 Accumulation · changed $107.47 +12.0% Entry 4

The framework has shifted from markup to accumulation since the last review. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 12.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 18% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 58%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 29%. The street (26 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $102. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.

2026-07-18 Markup $95.93 +0.0% Entry 3

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 18% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 58%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 29%. The street (26 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $102.

2026-07-03 Markup $95.93 +0.0% Entry 2

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.

2026-07-02 Markup $95.93 Entry 1

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.

Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.

Latest News · What the Market Is Reading on CVS

Headlines from third-party outlets, linked for reference: not our reporting, not advice.

Related Securities · Others in CVS's Space

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The Insider Ledger · Form 4 Filings, As Filed
Most recent filings · CVS
DateInsiderTitleTypeSharesValue
2026-05-21 ROBBINS LARRY Director 3,372,000 $317,471,136
2026-05-14 NORWALK LESLIE V Director 1,447 $140,576
2026-05-14 BALSER JEFFREY R M.D., PH.D. Director 2,058 $199,935
2026-05-14 SANSONE GUY P Director 1,447 $140,576
2026-05-14 AGUIRRE FERNANDO Director 1,563 $151,845
2026-05-14 BROWN C DAVID II Director 1,544 $150,000
2026-05-14 KIRBY JOHN SCOTT Director 1,447 $140,576
2026-05-08 MANDADI TILAK Officer 69,551 $6,230,379
2026-03-31 KHICHI SAMRAT S General Counsel 12,531 $899,976
2026-03-31 CAPOZZI HEIDI B Officer 10,025 $719,996

Public filings, recorded as found. The full tape lives at Insider Intelligence.

The Political Ledger · Congressional Disclosures
Disclosures naming CVS
DatePoliticianPartyTypeAmount
2026-04-13 Ro Khanna Democrat Purchase 1K–15K
2025-11-21 Dwight Evans Democrat Sale 1K–15K
15 May2026 Ro Khanna Democrat buy 1K–15K
1 May2026 Ro Khanna Democrat buy 1K–15K
What Holding Actually Paid · Price Plus Dividends
If $1,000 had been placed · historical, not a promise
PeriodPrice thenPrice returnDivs per share$1,000 becameTotal return
1 month $92.22 +6.4% · $1,064 +6.4%
2 months $78.64 +24.8% $0.67 $1,256 +25.6%
3 months $75.41 +30.1% $0.67 $1,310 +31.0%
6 months $79.47 +23.5% $1.33 $1,251 +25.1%
1 year $61.99 +58.3% $2.66 $1,626 +62.6%
2 years $55.58 +76.5% $5.32 $1,861 +86.1%
3 years $63.87 +53.6% $7.86 $1,659 +65.9%
5 years $72.42 +35.5% $12.27 $1,524 +52.4%

Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

The Ledger's Promise

This entry now belongs to the ledger. Whatever CVS does next, these words stay.

CVS Health · CVS · Accumulation · $107.74
Recorded 2026-07-24 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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