CVS Health Corp vs SYSCO Corporation — how do they compare? CVS Health Corp trades at $93.39 (market cap $122.36B), while SYSCO Corporation trades at $84.25 (market cap $40.14B). The key difference: CVS Health Corp is far larger — about 3× SYSCO Corporation's market cap, and CVS Health Corp pays the higher dividend (2.78%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CVS | SYY | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $122.36B | $40.14B |
Sector | Health | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $110.60 | $91.16 |
52-Week Low | $65.51 | $69.30 |
Enterprise Value | $184.71B | $53.32B |
Dividend Yield | 2.78% | 2.62% |
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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 →Sysco is the largest U.S. food-service distributor, boasting 17% market share of the highly fragmented food-service distribution industry. Sysco distributes over 400,000 food and nonfood products to restaurants (63% of revenue), healthcare facilities (8%), education and government buildings (8%), travel and leisure (7%), and other locations (14%) where individuals consume away-from-home meals. In fiscal 2022, 82% of the firm's revenue was U.S.-based, with 7% from Canada, 4% from the U.K., 2% from France, and 4% other.
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