CVS posts its first favorable MBR in quarters, but elevated cost trends test its ability to sustain the gains.
CVS unveils a $20B digital strategy to tackle healthcare gaps and reshape consumer health experiences.
CVS Health (CVS) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.
CVS Health reportedly plans to invest $20 billion over the next 10 years to build a “tech-enabled consumer health experience” that will encompass the company, its vertically integrated businesses, and other companies, including competitors, who want to join.
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Zacks.com users have recently been watching CVS Health (CVS) quite a bit. Thus, it is worth knowing the facts that could determine the stock's prospects.
Perhaps it's not all too surprising to witness the S&P 500 run into turbulence after two of the best years for stock gains in recent memory.
CVS Health (CVS) witnesses a hammer chart pattern, indicating support found by the stock after losing some value lately. This coupled with an upward trend in earnings estimate revisions could mean a trend reversal for the stock in the near term.
CVS Health has shown impressive year-to-date performance, driven by strong Q1 results and strategic shifts in its business model. I reiterate a buy rating on CVS due to its low valuation, mixed technicals, and promising earnings growth prospects. Key catalysts include improved performance in Healthcare Benefits, higher star ratings in Medicare Advantage, and strategic exits from less profitable areas.
CVS' turnaround may be here, given the seemingly stabilizing medical cost trends as similarly reported by its peers, with it triggering the moderating Medical Benefit Ratio. This is despite the stable enrollments and the higher utilization, thanks to its improved Medicare Advantage star ratings and the growth in its commercial-fee businesses. We are likely to see CVS' Health Care Benefits segment report sequential improvements after the exit from the Affordable Care Act [ACA] plans from 2026 onwards as well.
CVS Health (CVS) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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