CVS Health Corp vs Nasdaq Inc — how do they compare? CVS Health Corp trades at $106 (market cap $135.48B), while Nasdaq Inc trades at $91.44 (market cap $49.77B). The key difference: CVS Health Corp is far larger — about 2.7× Nasdaq Inc's market cap, and CVS Health Corp pays the higher dividend (2.51%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CVS | NDAQ | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $135.48B | $49.77B |
Sector | Health | Financials |
52-Week High | $106.18 | $100.98 |
52-Week Low | $58.75 | $76.85 |
Enterprise Value | $202.02B | $56.84B |
Dividend Yield | 2.51% | 1.27% |
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Following its acquisition of Aetna in late 2018, CVS Health now provides an even more integrated healthcare-services offering for its members. Legacy CVS combined both the largest pharmacy benefit manager, processing over 2 billion adjusted claims annually, and a sizable pharmacy operation, including nearly 10,000 retail pharmacy locations primarily in the U.S. Adding a managed-care organization with 24 million medical members gives the company a strong position in the insurance industry and should help CVS better control overall healthcare costs for its clients.
Read more on CVS →Founded in 1971, Nasdaq is primarily known for its equity exchange, but in addition to its market-services business (about 35% of sales), the company sells and distributes market data as well as offers Nasdaq-branded indexes to asset managers and investors through its information-services segment (30%). Nasdaq's corporate-services business (20%) offers listing services and related investor relations products to publicly traded companies and through the company's market technology group (15%), Nasdaq facilitates the exchange operations of other exchanges throughout the world and provides financial compliance services.
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