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Degree of Financial Leverage (DFL) for CVS Health Corp

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CVS Health Corporation provides health solutions in the United States. It operates through Health Care Benefits, Health Services, and Pharmacy & Consumer Wellness segments. The Health Care Benefits se...

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The following section summarizes insights on CVS Health Corp's Degree of Financial Leverage (DFL):

Performance Summary

CVS Health's latest twelve months degree of financial leverage (dfl) is 1.58
CVS Health's degree of financial leverage (dfl) for fiscal years ending December 2020 to 2024 averaged 1.29.
CVS Health's operated at median degree of financial leverage (dfl) of 1.23 from fiscal years ending December 2020 to 2024.
Looking back at the last 5 years, CVS Health's degree of financial leverage (dfl) peaked in December 2024 at 1.58.
CVS Health's degree of financial leverage (dfl) hit its 5-year low in December 2022 of 1.17.
CVS Health's degree of financial leverage (dfl) decreased in 2020 (1.27, -5.6%), 2021 (1.21, -4.4%), and 2022 (1.17, -3.7%) and increased in 2023 (1.23, +5.4%) and 2024 (1.58, +28.5%).

How does CVS Health Corp's Degree of Financial Leverage (DFL) benchmark against competitors?

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We've identified the following companies as similar to CVS Health Corp because they operate in a related industry or sector. We also considered size, growth, and various financial metrics to narrow down the list to the ones listed below.

CVS Health Corp Degree of Financial Leverage (DFL) Benchmarks
Name	Ticker	Degree of Financial Leverage (DFL)
Evolent Health Inc	NYSE:EVH	-0.10
Wellgistics Health Inc	NASDAQCM:WGRX	0.88
Accolade Inc	NASDAQGS:ACCD	0.97
agilon health Inc	NYSE:AGL	0.98
Healthcare	SECTOR:HLTH.US	1.00
SunLink Health Systems Inc	NYSEAM:SSY	1.00
Privia Health Group Inc	NASDAQGS:PRVA	1.00
Universal Health Services Inc	NYSE:UHS	1.13
Medtronic PLC	NYSE:MDT	1.13
Cigna Corp	NYSE:CI	1.17
CVS Health Corp	NYSE:CVS	1.58
Adapthealth Corp	NASDAQCM:AHCO	1.71

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Degree of Financial Leverage (DFL)

The degree of financial leverage measures the sensitivity of a company's earnings per share to fluctuations in operating income, as a result of change...

Definition of Degree of Financial Leverage (DFL)

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The degree of financial leverage measures the sensitivity of a company's earnings per share to fluctuations in operating income, as a result of changes in its capital structure.

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The chart above depicts the distribution of degree of financial leverage (dfl) for companies operating in the Healthcare sector in the Developed economic region. Over 2,510 companies were considered in this analysis, and 2,415 had meaningful values. The average degree of financial leverage (dfl) of companies in the sector is 0.96 with a standard deviation of 0.26.

CVS Health Corp's Degree of Financial Leverage (DFL) of 1.58 ranks in the 96.6% percentile for the sector. The following table provides additional summary stats:

Degree of Financial Leverage (DFL) In The Healthcare Sector
Economic Risk Region	Developed
Total Constituents	2,515
Included Constituents	2,415
Min	-0.79
Max	2.20
Median	1.00
Mean	0.96
Standard Deviation	0.26

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