CVS Health Corp vs Banco Santander SA — how do they compare? CVS Health Corp trades at $93.39 (market cap $122.36B), while Banco Santander SA trades at $14.85 (market cap $211.88B). The key difference: Banco Santander SA is the larger of the two by market cap, and CVS Health Corp pays the higher dividend (2.78%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CVS | SAN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $122.36B | $211.88B |
Sector | Health | Financials |
52-Week High | $110.60 | $14.71 |
52-Week Low | $65.51 | $9.37 |
Enterprise Value | $184.71B | — |
Dividend Yield | 2.78% | 1.89% |
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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 →Santander's focus is on retail and commercial banking. Latin America is geographically the largest operation, with Brazil by far the largest. Its continental European business is still mainly Iberian. Santander's U.K. presence is the result of the acquisition of building society Abbey. In the U.S., Santander operates a vehicle finance business and a regional bank focused on the Northeastern states.
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